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Belita and Barry Sullivan in SUSPENSE Year: 1946 Rating: ***1/2 |
It's hard living up to such a broad yet existential title as SUSPENSE; but the very beginning does it perfectly... albeit lasting only several seconds as an armed woman, flanked by two goons, aims her pistol at a ratty-looking fella, and then fires... hitting a target and winning the teddy bear prize, handed over by her "victim" working the stand...
Who then gives homeless-looking loser Barry Sullivan's Joe Morgan directions to an ice skating rink/auditorium... and what follows are the best sequences as Sullivan talks his way from being a popcorn vendor to security guard to practically running the show by making it more dangerous and thus... suspenseful...
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Belita and Barry Sullivan in SUSPENSE
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Of course being a Noir he soon falls head-over-heels for a taken woman, and that's where real life ice skating champ Belita, married to the always-menacing Albert Dekker, comes in... she's the showcase star and he's the wealthy, enigmatic owner... and we eventually learn that Sullivan's quick climb was for reasons other than his fast-talking charm...
A shame since his character needed more spontaneous con artistry since, once he and Belita realize they're both equally smitten with each other... despite her husband's deadly intentions and a shady dame from the past (Bonita Gransville)... SUSPENSE, directed by THIS GUN FOR HIRE Frank Tuttle, in becoming a full-blown sport-propaganda/romantic melodrama, leaves those initial crime-genre origins on ice.
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Barry Sullivan in SUSPENSE
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Belita in SUSPENSE |
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Belita in SUSPENSE |
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Barry Sullivan in SUSPENSE |
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George E. Stone is the Opening Arcade Sequence of SUSPENSE with Marion Martin, Nestor Paiva and Dewey Robinson
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Barry Sullivan in SUSPENSE with Belita and Albert Dekker
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The boss's manager Eugene Pallette with Barry Sullivan in SUSPENSE
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Belita in SUSPENSE |
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Belita in SUSPENSE with Barry Sullivan
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Belita in SUSPENSE with Albert Dekker
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Belita in SUSPENSE with Barry Sullivan |
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Belita in SUSPENSE with Barry Sullivan |
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Bonita Granville in SUSPENSE |
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Warner Archives DVD of SUSPENSE |
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