Directed by Fritz Lang
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros)
Superb performances by the three leads, steady direction from Lang and an original play by Clifford Odets result in a powerful, adult story. Stanwyck is the newly widowed drifter who shows up at her brother's working class home one day. Paul Douglas is the gentle giant who falls in love with her despite their obvious differences. Robert Ryan is the friend Stanwyck tries but fails to resist. The setting is a California fishing town inhabited by Italian immigrants. I wasn't sure until the very last scene how this was going to be resolved. A raw, emotional experience that threatens to erupt in violence at every turn.
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