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Dennis O'Keefe,
Dennis O'Keefe,
Claire Trevor,
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Anthony Mann,
Anthony Mann
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: Vci Video
: Film Noir, Vintage Noir, Quest, Revenge
: 138 min.
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Violent and viscerally sexual, Anthony Mann's muscular low-budget noir tells the tale of a framed gangster's quest for vengeance after he busts out of prison. Once freed, gangster Joe Sullivan Dennis O'Keefe) and his girl friend Pat (Claier Trevor) set off to find the mobster who set him up. The kidnapping of Ann Martin (Marsha Hunt), the social worker who wrote to Joe in prison, leads the fugitive into a romantic triangle of death, passion and tragedy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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by eifert
August 6, 2004 - 6:13 PM PDT
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5 out of 5 members found this review helpful
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Raw Deal is Anthony Mann's 1948 crime noir follow-up to the slightly better T-Men. Again it stars James Cagney-wannabe Dennis O'Keefe this time as bad apple Joe Sullivan. Escaped convict Sullivan, after a criss cross, is being chased by both the police and the mob. He becomes a lambster with two dames one bad -co-star Clair Trevor (so deliciously evil the year before in Born To Kill) and one good. Like all noirs, the bad girl is always the most interesting. Trevor plays her part perfectly as the love-starved and none-to-bright Pat. The plot is your basic noir - criminal on the loose. What sets this and other Mann movies apart are the interesting camera angles and black and white photography from cinematographer John Alton. Never satisfied with conventional camera setup, Alton always made Mann's films look great. Also worth mentioning is an incredibly brutal scene featuring baddy Raymond (The Blue Gardenia) Burr splashing a flaming drink into a woman's face. It's shocking to say the least.
"I told you he had a cash register mind. Rings every time he opens his mouth."
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