Bowie is a young prisoner escaping from a prison farm with two bank robbers. They are taken in by the Mobleys for a price. Bowie hopes to prove his innocence but must join the others in a bank robbery. He falls for the Mobley daughter, Keechie. After the chaos of the crime, the young love try to start a doomed star-crossed life together.
This is a noir of a pair of doomed young lovers. The two leads have an interesting sincerity. They have a youthful innocence but also a world-weariness. They don't come off as movie stars. They seem more real than that. The drama isn't allowed to push too far into melodrama. There is compelling violence and needed consequences. This has a solid noir for its time.
This is a noir of a pair of doomed young lovers. The two leads have an interesting sincerity. They have a youthful innocence but also a world-weariness. They don't come off as movie stars. They seem more real than that. The drama isn't allowed to push too far into melodrama. There is compelling violence and needed consequences. This has a solid noir for its time.