What would you do if you thought someone kissed your wife? Obviously, you'd sew the guy's mouth shut and send him off into the jungles of French Indochina with his arms tied behind his back to be mauled to death by lions while you ride back to base camp on your elephant.
Obviously.
What would you do if you suspected the man you met on the steamer back to America had designs on your wife as well? Well, you do have that black mamba head laying about...
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"How about you just let us go?" Hostage Noir
One of the first films I watched when I got into "old movies" as a a newly-minted high school graduate in 1992 was KEY LARGO. Loved all the tension and byplay between the characters as played by a Warner Bros. all-star team. Not as big a fan of the rather pat action finale, but that's a story for another blog.
As good a KEY LARGO is, its Warner A picture pedigree leaves it scrubbed of the grime and grit associated with Noir City. So, tonight, we're going to look at two crimey hostage chamber pieces from RKO Radio Pictures that, while not truly noir, have some of the characteristics of the movement and are well worth your time.
As good a KEY LARGO is, its Warner A picture pedigree leaves it scrubbed of the grime and grit associated with Noir City. So, tonight, we're going to look at two crimey hostage chamber pieces from RKO Radio Pictures that, while not truly noir, have some of the characteristics of the movement and are well worth your time.
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