It took me three viewings before this postman finally delivered for me. Giving that many opportunities for a film is not normal but my film noir friends all liked this so much, I thought I'd missed something on previous viewings, so I kept trying.
My patience was rewarded on the first viewing of it on DVD. Maybe the clearer picture helped. At any rate, if someone else viewed this and found it boring - particularly the first half - I would understand. Finally, however, I, too,I found it interesting all the way through.
Hume Cronyn, not the stars of the film John Garfield and Lana Turner, sparked my interest. He gave a fascinating portrayal of a lawyer and I wish his role had been bigger. Cecil Kellaway also is good as Tuner's husband, and I enjoyed Leon Ames as the district attorney.
The film almost makes the two low-life leads into sympathetic characters, which is just plain wrong and probably also why twisted critics all like this. They prefer to side with the criminals rather than the victims. Both Garfield and Turner's characters are morally bankrupt. Garfield even jokes early on in the film about how fooling around with another man's wife "is nothing."
The ending was a bit strange. Once again, the first two viewings I didn't like it, but on the third I thought was happened was appropriate.
My patience was rewarded on the first viewing of it on DVD. Maybe the clearer picture helped. At any rate, if someone else viewed this and found it boring - particularly the first half - I would understand. Finally, however, I, too,I found it interesting all the way through.
Hume Cronyn, not the stars of the film John Garfield and Lana Turner, sparked my interest. He gave a fascinating portrayal of a lawyer and I wish his role had been bigger. Cecil Kellaway also is good as Tuner's husband, and I enjoyed Leon Ames as the district attorney.
The film almost makes the two low-life leads into sympathetic characters, which is just plain wrong and probably also why twisted critics all like this. They prefer to side with the criminals rather than the victims. Both Garfield and Turner's characters are morally bankrupt. Garfield even jokes early on in the film about how fooling around with another man's wife "is nothing."
The ending was a bit strange. Once again, the first two viewings I didn't like it, but on the third I thought was happened was appropriate.