Evelyn Venable is thrilled when husband Craig Reynolds brings hme a diamond bracelet for her. His trucking business must be doing well! No, it's not. That's just a sideline and a cover: his real business is hijacking trucks, as she finds out when a couple of henchmen show up after a gun fight with cops. Before she can get a handle on what's going on, she's driving the getaway car, with a police man killed. Being a decent person, Miss Venable leaves and gets a job cooking for artist Reed Hadley, enchanting him with her ham and eggs and discussions of Schopenhauer.
There's something at the heart of this script that I can't figure out. I think it's because at less than an hour, director William Nigh lacks the budget and inclination to dig it out; I suspect it's about true love having an aspect of intellectual respect. That's thoroughly undercut by Hadley telling Miss Venable, once he's aware of the situation "Don't worry your head about it." Leave the thinking to big, strong artists!
There's decent story here, and good performances, but little more, a potentially strong film reduced to melodramatic mush.
There's something at the heart of this script that I can't figure out. I think it's because at less than an hour, director William Nigh lacks the budget and inclination to dig it out; I suspect it's about true love having an aspect of intellectual respect. That's thoroughly undercut by Hadley telling Miss Venable, once he's aware of the situation "Don't worry your head about it." Leave the thinking to big, strong artists!
There's decent story here, and good performances, but little more, a potentially strong film reduced to melodramatic mush.