Desperate (1947)
5/10
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13 November 2013
Anthony Mann directed this early film noir that stars Steve Brodie as an independent trucker who is tricked into helping thieves drive the getaway truck for stolen furs. He thwarts this plan by alerting police, but is held captive by them as the leader Walter Radack(played by Raymond Burr) wants him to confess for the crime because his younger brother was captured. Brodie escapes however and takes his pregnant wife(played by Audrey Long) on the run, with a vengeful Radack in pursuit... Mediocre film has a menacing performance by Burr but feels longer than it is, and loses steam before the violent climax. Mann would do better in the genre quite soon though!
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