A minor B picture, mostly notable for being an early screen credit (I think it might be his first) for Roger Corman. He helped provide the story and is down as a co-producer - and certainly the tale isn't too dissimilar to the first he did for AIP, The Fast and the Furious. Richard Conte is an ex-GI who is falsely accused of murder and has to go on the lam, hooking up with a good looking girl - actually two good looking girls.
The film is a lot more polished than many of Corman's early films - in addition to Conte it's got Joan Bennett and Wanda Hendrix as the female leads (Bennett is the suspicious one, Hendrix is horny). The characters' motivations seem to go all over the shop - instead of hiding people go into plain view, the women don't bail when they clearly should.
There's an interesting finale at a house half filled with water and it's novel to see something set in Nevada at the time. Conte isn't really engaging as a star but at least can act; I enjoyed the trashy blonde and Hendrix's cuteness; Bennett looks old. Only really for completists of 50s film noir or Roger Corman. Or Richard Conte (hey, you never know - there might be some).
No comments:
Post a Comment