Select language, opens an overlay

Comment

Dec 26, 2012Monolith rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
THIS is it. THIS is how you define film noir. Raymond Chandler was genius. Anything for a buck private dick Philip Marlowe's razor sharp narration to the cops about getting "sapped" on the head with a blackjack by an unseen mystery person in the fog, sending him into a "black pool"... Poetically sparking a match to light his smoke on Cupid's rear-end... Big goons named "Moose", femme fatales, stolen jade necklaces, a dead client, Dr. Jekyll (Marlowe's words, not mine) induced hallucinations... Absolutely top shelf shadowy sinister suspense. The whole cast is brilliant (particularly Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, and Mike Mazurki). FIVE STARS.