Written by James M. Tate / 8/14/2020 / No comments / crime , fifties , film noir or melodrama , howard hughes , robert mitchum , robert ryan , suspense , william talman
WILLIAM TALMAN MAKING 'THE RACKET' WITH ROBERT MITCHUM
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| The Racket Year: 1951 stars: Robert Mitchum Rating: ***1/2 |
Bookending the literally explosive middle is an involving buildup, as nothing can touch Robert Ryan and his old-school way of running things. Then, during the last half, he realizes his particular kind of shady doesn't quite work in the world of ever-growing politics. But he's not going down easy, and it takes Mitchum's slowburn patience to wear him down. Throw in sexy Lizbeth Scott as the dame caught in the middle and you really have something kinda neat here.
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