Recently having seen Lawrence Tierney's hilarious guest appearance in an episode of Seinfeld called The Jacket for the first time,I was pleasantly surprised to learn that my dad had recently picked up a Film Noir starring Tierney.
Looking at the running time stated on the DVD box (61 minutes!),I began to get more hope up that Tierney's lean'n' mean side would be on full display for this "quota quickie".
The plot:
Being ordered to take a short break from her work,newly appointed secretary Evelyn Smith decides to go for a swim at a near by beach.As Smith starts to relax by the beach,an ex-Marine called Johnny Christopher appears from out of nowhere,and right away,seems to have his eyes only on Evelyn.Despite originally being unease around him,Smith soon begins to fall for Christopher's charm.
Later on,Evelyn has to leave Johnny on the beach, so that she can get back to work on time.As she heads back to her work place.Not being someone who gives up easily,Christopher is soon back on Evelyn's trail and heads straight to the mansion front door of her workplace.Loudly knocking on the door,Johnny is soon met by a waiter,who introduces him to the secretary of the building:Evelyn Smith.To Christopher's complete shock,Evelyn seems to have changed into a completely differ woman,who does not recognise Johnny at all.Getting the door slammed in his face,and no offers of help at all from the locals.Johhny quickly realities that he is the only one who can find out what happened to the "real" Evelyn Smith.
View on the film:
Complimenting Anne Jeffreys charmingly dizzy,bikini-clad performance of Evelyn Smith,and George Cleveland's wonderful,crusty sea-dog.Lawrence Tierney gives a great performance as ex-marine Johnny Christopher,who Tierney shows to be someone that just cant bring themselves to stay away from a strong whiff of increasing mystery,as others who should be doing their jobs attempt to explain Christopher's suspicions away as the words of a mentally unbalanced ex-marine.
For the super-fast pace screenplay,writers Stuart Palmer and George Callahan do a mostly excellent blend of Film Noir with a light comedy touch,which allows director Phil Rosen to do a good mix of terrific,low-lit Film Noir mood pieces and some hilarious lovers on the run comedy moments.With the screenplay and Rosen's directing having set the stage for a moody Noir ending.
I was disappointed to discover that instead of ending the film on a possibly melon collie note,Rosen and the writes instead decided that they would just stop their lead characters from falling over the edge,and give the film a "they all lived happily ever after" ending,which feels very much at odds with everything that had happened previously in this entertaining Film Noir.
Looking at the running time stated on the DVD box (61 minutes!),I began to get more hope up that Tierney's lean'n' mean side would be on full display for this "quota quickie".
The plot:
Being ordered to take a short break from her work,newly appointed secretary Evelyn Smith decides to go for a swim at a near by beach.As Smith starts to relax by the beach,an ex-Marine called Johnny Christopher appears from out of nowhere,and right away,seems to have his eyes only on Evelyn.Despite originally being unease around him,Smith soon begins to fall for Christopher's charm.
Later on,Evelyn has to leave Johnny on the beach, so that she can get back to work on time.As she heads back to her work place.Not being someone who gives up easily,Christopher is soon back on Evelyn's trail and heads straight to the mansion front door of her workplace.Loudly knocking on the door,Johnny is soon met by a waiter,who introduces him to the secretary of the building:Evelyn Smith.To Christopher's complete shock,Evelyn seems to have changed into a completely differ woman,who does not recognise Johnny at all.Getting the door slammed in his face,and no offers of help at all from the locals.Johhny quickly realities that he is the only one who can find out what happened to the "real" Evelyn Smith.
View on the film:
Complimenting Anne Jeffreys charmingly dizzy,bikini-clad performance of Evelyn Smith,and George Cleveland's wonderful,crusty sea-dog.Lawrence Tierney gives a great performance as ex-marine Johnny Christopher,who Tierney shows to be someone that just cant bring themselves to stay away from a strong whiff of increasing mystery,as others who should be doing their jobs attempt to explain Christopher's suspicions away as the words of a mentally unbalanced ex-marine.
For the super-fast pace screenplay,writers Stuart Palmer and George Callahan do a mostly excellent blend of Film Noir with a light comedy touch,which allows director Phil Rosen to do a good mix of terrific,low-lit Film Noir mood pieces and some hilarious lovers on the run comedy moments.With the screenplay and Rosen's directing having set the stage for a moody Noir ending.
I was disappointed to discover that instead of ending the film on a possibly melon collie note,Rosen and the writes instead decided that they would just stop their lead characters from falling over the edge,and give the film a "they all lived happily ever after" ending,which feels very much at odds with everything that had happened previously in this entertaining Film Noir.