In one of his last film roles, Bogart plays an escaped convict who takes a suburban family hostage in their home until his girlfriend can arrive with the money he needs to complete his escape. Unfortunately, she’s delayed and the hostage situation continues for two days, growing more and more intense. Fredric March is great [...]
Humphrey Bogart and George Raft play truck driver brothers, trying to get ahead before they get killed (who knew truck driving was so dangerous?), or, you know, framed into murder plots by Ida Lupino–their boss’s wife who has amorous designs on Raft, despite his much healthier relationship with a young Ann Sheridan (whose acting does, [...]
AKA Humphrey Bogart’s first real Hollywood film, playing the tough-guy criminal role that typecast him until the early 1940s. As Duke Mantee, he takes a desert gas station hostage when his getaway car breaks down. The station/diner is run by Bette Davis, who recently met and became enamored of philosophical traveler Leslie Howard. They are [...]
I’ve heard about this for so long and seen so many random clips and heard so many random lines that I don’t know how often I checked it off on lists as having seen it. Even though I hadn’t. But now I have! Go me. Kate and Bogie make this work, because honestly, the story, [...]
This film is better than I ever expected it to be, better than most films noires, better than most classic films, and better than most current films.
