Directed by Jacques TourneurMy rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros)
This noir classic is neatly packaged into three inter-related parts, each conveniently featuring a different girl. First, there is the wraparound narrative in a small California town near Tahoe. Mitchum owns a gas station and is courting Virginia Huston. In typical noir fashion, he tells her about his past in a long flashback. Here, femme fatale Jane Greer is the object of our detective's passions. He follows her to Mexico, gets involved in murder and flees back to the States where he is double and triple crossed. Back in real time, his past catches up with him and he leaves the small town to sort it all out once and for all. He meets Rhonda Fleming, she is all over him but after his experiences with Greer he sees right through her. Speaking of Greer, she shows up again, but the tables are turned and he uses her to get out of a jam.
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