cult film freak: adele jergens

Written by James M. Tate / 2/11/2022 / No comments / adele jergens , armored car , charles mcgraw , douglas fowley , fifties , film noir or melodrama , gene evans , heist , james flavin , richard fleischer , steve brodie , william talman

RICHARD FLEISCHER DRIVES THE NOIR 'ARMORED CAR ROBBERY'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-5tMIED6Fo0bg5HIW6BhRqdTANrSt4zBVeVppmx0NajRZ_7_zlFVUhJWsI1IIwL_C3hWHPHIoDLFLcg6lAmqqbD1QvQjK_IMuhl0aSRKrMVGyuZ7DcMTm3tq-XOXk30iLCpIuVDI65HPhnD3IUhmQIBCzFXGYCf5nfRGOPSCLCOThMV20nooYgGd3A/s1425/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-14%20at%2010.18.44%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-5tMIED6Fo0bg5HIW6BhRqdTANrSt4zBVeVppmx0NajRZ_7_zlFVUhJWsI1IIwL_C3hWHPHIoDLFLcg6lAmqqbD1QvQjK_IMuhl0aSRKrMVGyuZ7DcMTm3tq-XOXk30iLCpIuVDI65HPhnD3IUhmQIBCzFXGYCf5nfRGOPSCLCOThMV20nooYgGd3A/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-14%20at%2010.18.44%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: ARMORED CAR ROBBERY Year: 1950 Rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>The same year John Huston brought us one of the greatest Film Noir offerings, THE ASPHALT JUNGLE... centering on a pivotal heist following a meticulous setup that turns into an inevitably violent aftermath... a comparably unknown director, Richard Fleischer, had his own heist to reveal, and with a title like ARMORED CAR ROBBERY, you know exactly what you're in for... somewhat... 
 
With a title describing the entire plot, there's plenty to go right and wrong in the process — depending what side you're on, and how and when the tables turn. Equally balancing the story between cops and robbers, the good guys are led by Charles McGraw, who would work under Fleischer in both of their most famous Noir vehicles, THE NARROW MARGIN...

adele jergens, armored car, charles mcgraw, douglas fowley, fifties, film noir or melodrama, gene evans, heist, james flavin, richard fleischer, steve brodie, william talman

RICHARD FLEISCHER DRIVES THE NOIR 'ARMORED CAR ROBBERY'

Title: ARMORED CAR ROBBERY Year: 1950 Rating: **** The same year John Huston brought us one of the greatest Film Noir offerings, THE ASPHAL...

Written by James M. Tate / 8/12/2020 / No comments / adele jergens , dana andrews , farley granger , fifties , film noir or melodrama , mala powers , mark robson , paul stewart , robert keith , thriller

DANA ANDREWS WITH FARLEY GRANGER IN 'EDGE OF DOOM'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PzFAsx4v-EVguq04ofxZb45-RXlp9I5y7MGnhzzcs4YupXPCch-kpGElpSs9iDO0jeERi9vL9W-6oxEUKWN6llibXYSeaGlNvNvAbq5VAdmDuSsnqWguayBD5Vsc5kCVVnIldtk_iZNOz1AZ0uwwwW9rcqU4OFbTAHFVB4wyI1duWmbAMOQTZcRIL9qg/s1498/514941129_1412931453686518_8372849479591904166_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PzFAsx4v-EVguq04ofxZb45-RXlp9I5y7MGnhzzcs4YupXPCch-kpGElpSs9iDO0jeERi9vL9W-6oxEUKWN6llibXYSeaGlNvNvAbq5VAdmDuSsnqWguayBD5Vsc5kCVVnIldtk_iZNOz1AZ0uwwwW9rcqU4OFbTAHFVB4wyI1duWmbAMOQTZcRIL9qg/s16000/514941129_1412931453686518_8372849479591904166_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: EDGE OF DOOM aka STRONGER THAN FEAR Year: 1950 Rating: ***1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>The idea of a Catholic Film Noir isn't so strange being that the "genre" and the religion are both full of guilt, and this above-average crime melodrama in the fashion of CRIME AND PUNISHMENT stars super-guilty-looking Farley Granger (equally as ashamed of his murdering-self in Alfred Hitchock's ROPE), who kills an old cranky priest that didn't give his long-dead father last rites because he'd committed suicide instead of — like Granger's beloved mother that he wants a lavish funeral for despite their shabby apartment-dwelling reality — dying more naturally, and with dignity... 
 
Enter Dana Andrews... not as the doomed priest but the young, more open minded Father with the normally Jewish last name of Roth (Hollywood obviously wanted to please everyone): he's called in for Ma's last rites instead of the old man, dealing with his own pointless personal family issues...

adele jergens, dana andrews, farley granger, fifties, film noir or melodrama, mala powers, mark robson, paul stewart, robert keith, thriller

DANA ANDREWS WITH FARLEY GRANGER IN 'EDGE OF DOOM'

Title: EDGE OF DOOM aka STRONGER THAN FEAR Year: 1950 Rating: ***1/2 The idea of a Catholic Film Noir isn't so strange being that the ...

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