Out Of The Past

Year: 1947

Grade: B+

Country: USA

Director: Tourneur

Review

five noir films, four days – it’s been fun. the film is based upon a novel entitled “Build My Gallows High” which i think is a great title, and actually shows up as a line late in the film. robert mitchum is great. i haven’t seen many of his films, but it seems to me that he’s perfect for this type of role so i would expect that he more than dabbled in film noir. jane greer is good as the femme fatale – she has the soft look down pat, but doesn’t have the fire that barbara stanwyck (double indemnity) or peggy cummins (gun crazy) have. the script is pretty great and has far too many great lines to summarize here. the scenery is different from the normal urban landscape of most film noir…sure there’s plenty of that, but it’s contrasted with the open scenery more befitting a western. i didn’t see as sharp direction as i saw in gun crazy, but i may have simply missed it. at any rate, the film is a classic and deserves your eyes if you’re into film noir.