| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Date | 1944-04-24 |
| Tags | film noir |
I liked this film better than The Maltese Falcon. It's got some obvious similarities: the style of the dialogue; the protagonist meeting a woman and falling for her within moments; the woman turning out to be a villain; and of course as film noir there's some other stylistic similarity.
The relationship between Neff and Dietrichson was unbelievably sudden, but otherwise I thought the film's pacing was pretty good. The camerawork was quite good, too: the darkness of the night was very tangible.
| Character | Type | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Barton Keyes | None | Edward G. Robinson |
| Edward S. Norton, Jr. | None | Richard Gaines |
| Lola Dietrichson | None | Jean Heather |
| Mr. Dietrichson | None | Tom Powers |
| Mr. Jackson | None | Porter Hall |
| Nino Zachetti | None | Byron Barr |
| Phyllis Dietrichson | None | Barbara Stanwyck |
| Walter Neff | None | Fred MacMurray |
| Name | Role | Character |
|---|---|---|
| Barbara Stanwyck | Actor | |
| Billy Wilder | Director / Screenwriter |
|
| Byron Barr | Actor | |
| Edward G. Robinson | Actor | |
| Fred MacMurray | Actor | |
| Jean Heather | Actor | |
| Porter Hall | Actor | |
| Raymond Chandler | Screenwriter |
|
| Richard Gaines | Actor | |
| Tom Powers | Actor |