The editor of a New York exploitation newspaper meets the wife he had abandoned years ago, while using another name, at a Lonely Hearts ball sponsored by his newspaper. She threatens to expose him as a wife-deserter, wife-beater and an impostor, and, in anger, he pushes her and accidentally kills her. Later, when her body is found, he assigns his protégé reporter to the story, as a good, exploitable follow-up story to the ball. And, then, he is forced to sit back and watch ... (Full plot summary below)
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The editor of a New York exploitation newspaper meets the wife he had abandoned years ago, while using another name, at a Lonely Hearts ball sponsored by his newspaper. She threatens to expose him as a wife-deserter, wife-beater and an impostor, and, in anger, he pushes her and accidentally kills her. Later, when her body is found, he assigns his protégé reporter to the story, as a good, exploitable follow-up story to the ball. And, then, he is forced to sit back and watch while the reporter slowly tracks down the killer.
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| Seanax.comSean Axmaker... directed by Phil Karlson with a suitably sleazy atmosphere of journalistic cynicism. |
| User ReviewDave JYeah, pow! Sam Fuller! One of our favorite directors from the 50s, Phil Karlson, does right by this, but the thing that sticks above all else is the Story, and it's Fuller all the way. Every single scene screams the good fight and the argument, and no one looks clean, except maybe the dame. And there's a lot of "dames" in this, because it's all hard-boiled tough-guys looking for the big killing, manipulating the media machine to make the big story and crushing the little guys underneath. This ones moves by big turns and cranks it up one moment to next, and first the hero's a real schmuck, and you think it too, and then the bad guy says some things that make sense, and who can blame him? And in the end who the hell knows? Man, it's amazing what can be done with a story in under 90 minutes. Two big treats: Donna Reed, who I had a crush on since seeing her in It's A Wonderful Life when I was a kid and man she's hot!, and Henry Morgan who always turns up in the most delightful ways with the same warm thing he had going that he did so well as Colonel Potter, except in this he's got a camera and a cigar and talks a load of tough stuff. Love that language, pushing the envelope, no blood and guts onscreen but plenty in the language, meat-cleavers in their heads and everything! Yeah, now that's what I call fun. More please. Oh wait, there aren't too many more like this! Nah, there's plenty. Keep watchin'. (Yeah, I know five stars is a big deal for a little picture like this, but it's got guts, alright? Now shaddup and get back ta work, ya mugs!) |
| User ReviewEric RPhil Karlson adapting Samuel Fuller's book. Yep, this is as fantastic as you would expect. The screenplay is just pretty much perfect and the film unfolds perfectly with a great great performance by Broderick Crawford as the devious editor of a newspaper, Mark Chapman. Its essentially a film that really is the epitome of journalistic cynicism. |
| User ReviewGraham GEverything a noir could give me, I got. Rock on. |
| User ReviewMartin T"It'll sell a lot of papers". A sleazy tabloid editor gets himself in hot water... and has to stop his own ace reporter from exposing him! This is terrific stuff, directed by always-capable Phil Karlson and based on a novel by Sam Fuller (I guess I like him more as a writer than a director). Tight script with a lot of snappy dialogue and sordid details, and good performances all around. Between this and The Mob, Broderick Crawford is growing on me quick. As the noose tightens around his neck, you simultaneously want to see him wriggle out of it and get what's coming to him. |
| User ReviewRussell GIf you ever meet someone who wonders what film noir is all about, you can't go wrong with showing them this one. A damned tight thriller that never takes the easy way out. The newspaper room back drop completely works and Crawford is amazing as the ruthless editor. Recommended! |
| User ReviewDavid CTaut newspaper noir with Broderick Crawford growlingly great as the managing editor of â??a disgusting tabloid pandering to the passions of the base moron," as one of his gray lady stockholders complains. Excellent supporting cast. |
| User ReviewBill BNot bad. Great cast. The pacing was a little slow for me. |
