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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 347347" data-attributes="member: 8">[ATTACH=full]42022[/ATTACH]As in &quot;THE FILE ON....&quot;Hmm, this is starting to look a tad familiar; a gullible male lead and Barbara&#039;s character doing her smoke and mirrors thing. Not that familiarity says anything about the quality of the film.Wendell Corey basically narrates the beginning of the story as he describes in detail why he&#039;s drunk, unsatisfied and a dysfunctional element at home.It&#039;s quite a lot to accept and believe since we don&#039;t even know this character, but as soon as Thelma Jordon walks into his office it doesn&#039;t matter anymore.Cleve Marshall is not easy to like but I thought there was something intriguing about his self-destructive behaviour, partially because I didn&#039;t find the romance terribly convincing from his point of view.The crime itself was a little confusing but the courtroom scenes were entertaining (as per usual), however, as a fall guy Cleve didn&#039;t really suffer that much. I had hoped for a tighter and more explosive plot twist. I feel it kinda petered out and I didn&#039;t really care what happened to Tony Laredo.It&#039;s not bad but I wouldn&#039;t call it a masterpiece.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 347347, member: 8"] [ATTACH type="full"]42022[/ATTACH] As in "THE FILE ON...." Hmm, this is starting to look a tad familiar; a gullible male lead and Barbara's character doing her smoke and mirrors thing. Not that familiarity says anything about the quality of the film. Wendell Corey basically narrates the beginning of the story as he describes in detail why he's drunk, unsatisfied and a dysfunctional element at home. It's quite a lot to accept and believe since we don't even know this character, but as soon as Thelma Jordon walks into his office it doesn't matter anymore. Cleve Marshall is not easy to like but I thought there was something intriguing about his self-destructive behaviour, partially because I didn't find the romance terribly convincing from his point of view. The crime itself was a little confusing but the courtroom scenes were entertaining (as per usual), however, as a fall guy Cleve didn't really suffer that much. I had hoped for a tighter and more explosive plot twist. I feel it kinda petered out and I didn't really care what happened to Tony Laredo. It's not bad but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece. [/QUOTE]

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