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Simone Signoret,
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Dane Clark,
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Frank Tuttle,
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: Image Entertainment
: Vintage Noir, Chase, Quest, Chase
: 88 min.
: English
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Eddie Roback (Dane Clark), an American army deserter turned criminal, is going to trial in Paris after a ten-month delay when he is sprung on his way to court in a pitched gun battle. A manhunt ensues with the police just a few paces behind, including a nicely staged scene in a department store in which Roback manages to improvise an escape, only to be standing by across the street from his intended destination as his waiting confederates are taken by the police. Investigators try to get ahead of him by reaching out his girlfriend, Denise Vernon (Simone Signoret). Feigning innocence, she makes contact with the wounded Roback, who is turned away by his former associates in his attempts to find shelter and escape. She eventually finds him a hiding place in the studio of Max Salva, a lecherous photographer with a sadistic streak, who may have given Roback up to the police. Denise tries to find him a way out of the country, with money from an American writer, Frank Clinton (Robert Duke), while the police slowly catch on to Roback's whereabouts, drawing the net ever closer. Several battles of wits unfold at once, drawing the viewer in, across intertwining, overlapping plot elements. Even nature raises its hand against Roback as a crippling fog slows his seemingly easy escape to Belgium. All of the players are drawn together for a final confrontation that is every bit as violent as anything seen in American crime films of the period. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide
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by eifert
July 4, 2004 - 9:08 PM PDT
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1 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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Simone Signoret and Dane Clark star in this story of a wanted fugitive trying to raise money to get out of the country. The interesting character is Signoret, the dame. She's as smart as a whip and runs the show for the men in her life. Clark (who starred in the southern gothic noir "Moonrise" -not available on DVD) plays the fugitive with an over-the-top flair. Unfortunately, the film starts very strong then slowly gets worse. The shootout in the warehouse has been done so many times before and since it almost pains me to see it. Do any movie goers feel excited when their favorite action flick ends up an abandoned warehouse/factory?
This film is supposedly digitally restored, but it looks like a regular old transfer from film to me. The movie is for noir and old movie buffs only. Watch Danes Moonrise or Signorets Diabolique instead.
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