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A young deaf women confronts desperate crooks who are using one of her remote resort cabins for a hideout.
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Action! - Female 4 Front: Breaking Grounds With Ida Lupino
Despite its merits, Ida Lupino's contribution to the "Screen Directors Playhouse" leaves much to be desired. Even though the director is known for successfully blending melodrama and suspense in her other films, this one is an exception in my opinion. Perhaps the short running time (just 25 minutes) of the production prevented the director from putting in the time necessary to fully develop the characters and plot. Peter Lorre, as always, is fantastic simply for being in the film; however, SPOILER his death was filmed in such a comical fashion that it distracted me from the film, and the episode ended somewhat abruptly.
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While its gender politics are regressive, it still manages to highlight the plight of the disabled under capitalism (and patriarchy) in a short conversation before jumping into a chilling crime-and-romance story that feels a bit rushed (due to format, no doubt) while still delivering great performances and a disturbing ending.
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*ida lupino* | ranked and here’s a review that i liked
well this definitely would’ve worked better as a feature film, because this is so frustratingly short. i don’t have much to say for this one. in conclusion, rawr
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I need a post-credits scene where Mary finally catches a fish, and enthusiastically turns around to find two dead men on the ground.
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a deaf woman takes in 2 men without realising they’re crooks who plan on using one of the remote cabins as a hideout. written and directed by Ida Lupino, this was her contribution to the "Screen Directors Playhouse" TV program. a great blend between noir and romance, with Peter Lorre stealing the show and providing a comedic touch… even if it might be unintentional.
Teresa Wright and William Talman were wonderful together, providing such tenderness and poignancy with their chemistry. this also had rushed pacing, possibly due to the time allotted, and a surprisingly disturbing ending — overall, a great watch!
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Now, how are you going to argue with a man that gets in the way of a gun?
Two crooks on the run hide in a closed resort run by a deaf woman. The worst part about this is that it isn’t a full length feature film. The concept and setting is so interesting, and Teresa Wright was just so very good and beautiful. Peter Lorre? Incredible, show stopping. I love you, Ida Lupino.
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i'm glad she still has her car and i hope she catches a fish!
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Wright and Talman bring it, of course, but people need to see this Peter Lorre performance. He emanates so many different temperatures with so little time. A tad sheepish with portraying deafness as hardly an obstacle in terms of accessibility - at times like a prop for An Evening at the Improv. It's saved by moments of genuine empathy, far above any of the already slim mentions out of the 50's.
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This is solidly serviceable for what it was, but the two things that limit it are somewhat related, with the largest being that I think this doesn't find quite enough time to really dig into the core story elements here... there's two pretty solid scenes, one with Peter Lorre and William Talman that sets up the backstory but does a decent job of characterizing them both in the process, and then a bit at the end between William Talman and Teresa Wright (and also Talman to Wright), but those two scenes alone are like making a drawing by just connecting two points with a straight line.... they're great points, but there's not enough to give this shape between them.
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how is peter lorre saying “awww poor girlie” not a regular rotation meme yet because that line read sent me into another dimension plane with serotonin. willy is so unserious 😭
what a single location slay from ida lupino. love how lush and verdant the colorized version i watched felt—the cabin with the trees all around. didn’t feel like 25 minutes at all and could’ve sat for a whole feature.
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Whew! what a phenomenal 25 minutes that was, it literally had me wanting more at the end as this easily could have been fleshed out into a full length feature. It’s filled with a glorious cast (villain peter lorre always a good time & that angel teresa wright) & not to mention the director and writer, ida lupino with an exquisite whip around for an intro.
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Ida Lupino directing Teresa Wright in a made for TV short film based on an Ida Lupino story with a perfectly typecast Peter Lorre as the villain? Well that’s one way to get my interest… anyway, this is very good.
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