Kick-Back Friday: #81

By bmartin on August 28, 2009 4:57 PM |

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Out of the Past (1947): Classic, classic, CLASSIC noir. Right up there with Double Indemnity. Cigarette smoke will be coming out of your speakers.

Does Robert Mitchum, as an ex-"detective," deserve redemption, or he is consigned to a damned life with a very bad girl? Nice scenes are created, in particular, between Mitchum and Kirk Douglas (in his second film), who plays Mitchum's off-and-on mob employer.

Better-than-average commentary is also provided on the DVD by noir expert James Ursini.

N.B. 1984's Against All Odds was the flop remake.

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