Jean Renoir's last movie in the US casts Robert Ryan as a coast guard officer suffering from PTSD who befriends the wife (Joan Bennett) of a blind artist (Charles Bickford). This leads the three of them down a precarious road as the coast guard officer decides to test the artist's blindness.
It's too bad that the movie failed to find an audience during its initial run. Renoir makes clever use of the coastline and scenery, while getting the best out of the cast members. He manages to create one of the most intense plots with minimal violence. This is one of the most underappreciated works of old Hollywood. Definitely see it.
It's too bad that the movie failed to find an audience during its initial run. Renoir makes clever use of the coastline and scenery, while getting the best out of the cast members. He manages to create one of the most intense plots with minimal violence. This is one of the most underappreciated works of old Hollywood. Definitely see it.