I feel Richard Conte is an incredibly underated actor. He is an actor that has probably appeared in more noir movies than anyone else. When they stopped making these type of movies his career seemed over. Apart from oceans 11 and of course the godfather he rarely appeared in any movies which is a shame.

@BlueBeeMCMLXI

Жыл бұрын

Can we ditch this "under-rated" tag ...the people it is used to describe are almost always luminaries... and rated.

@rawbsworld6604

11 ай бұрын

🤦‍♂️😂 he can carry the lead and has ! Stage & screen he chose character roles 👍 it’s what he liked playing , so it’s easy to see why it may appear he was underrated ! ✌️

@danbride7221

3 ай бұрын

True always liked him in the movies I've seen him in

These movie showcase the history of the 1950s. Las Vegas strip, driving down the Highway 91 which is I15 now. Thanks so much for posting.

Richard Conte is always a pleasure to watch in these kind of film noir.

I am in love with Richard Conte after watching him in the movies lol.... I especially like his bad guy acting which was spot on! He was a wonderful actor and very handsome. This was another gem! Thanks for sharing...

Once again, a thoroughly engaging *_'Oldie But Goody'...._* that I've enjoyed so many times over the years.👌 A well-scripted little tale full of "gotcha" moments, with Richard Conte in CLASSIC form; Joan Bennett in a somewhat unique character role; and Wanda Hendrix with *_definitely a "20 inch waist"_* !!! 😍 The only "goof" was Las Vegas police receiving a call from the Inn on the California side of the state line, and telling the Inn manager, _"Thanks..... I'll be there in 15 minutes"_ !!! 🤣

Love Richard Conte in anything he is in. Great story, great film. Thank you, Broken Trout!!

This is the greatest film noir it was so good I watched it twice in one day yesterday. Richard Conte is the king of film noir. Clever story & plot with many unexpected surprises. A bit far fetched & improbable but entertaining. I like how he turned the tables on the police & escaped in a patrol car & then stopped to help the 2 women fix their car. And when the car broke down they get into a station wagon & he crashes thru roadblocks & 2 motorcycles & the car is a total wreck & still running in the desert. Thanks for uploading this movie.

This movie has also clever foreshadowing from the very beginning: the bracelet representing collecting broken hearts, the missing dog leash, etc.

LOVE these movies. The scripts and acting are adorable. Cars suddenly wouldn't start, people were perfect pistol shots at car tires, and radiators always blew up. Nobody actually talked to ànybody that way. But should have.

@BlueBeeMCMLXI

Жыл бұрын

A car tire at 20 feet isn't so hard.

@DavidBrown-bp4iq

Жыл бұрын

@@BlueBeeMCMLXI Me too on a good day. But every day? First shot? Moving car? You're better than me.

@rawbsworld6604

11 ай бұрын

🤦‍♂️ not to mention the character just came from a war why wouldn’t he know how to shoot? ! And front end damage surprised the radiator lasted as long as it did in the desert

Superb movie. Full suspense. Action.

"Ever get contaminated by a .45?" Classic!

@thisisme3238

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that was an epic moment!

@joelonzello4189

2 жыл бұрын

We found your friend 😲

@catchaser52

Ай бұрын

Lead poisoning, 😎

Sheriff was the same actor that was the star in the Racket Squad later, recognize his voice anywhere. Richard Conti was an excellent actor and played in some great crime movies, certainly cant bash Joan Bennett

Love Richard Conte, thanks

From France, 30.4.2022. Thanks you, it is a good film.

Good Movie ! Lots of honeys including Wanda Hendrix 😍. Loved the final scenes at the Salton Sea and the great desert scenery & cars !

Great movie, hadn't seen it in a while. Still great, thanks for posting!

Not a bad flick--holds its own after all these years....

@thisisme3238

2 жыл бұрын

Some of these noir movies are some of the best in their time era. 👍

Hilarious 😂 scene when motel manager called Jim Mr.Straps! 🤣

Good movie , good story . I enjoyed watching this movie . Thank you

@BrokenTrout

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you too Lucy! Take care, BT.

Co-written, by one of my producing/directorial heroes, ROGER CORMAN😁!! A MASTER, at creating dramatic sci-fi/horror, gems 🎞️👍!!! Love the irony, here. Supposed killer flees, hitchhikes, and gets picked up, by the REAL, killer 🤔!! Not a bad, story twist! And that's Roger CORMAN, for ya😏!!!

I love C- movies.

Wow. This movie was so ahead of its time. One character acted violently out of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and another character acted romantically out of Stockholm Syndrome years before these terms were created!

@Hexon66

Жыл бұрын

Or maybe those conditions had always existed, and somebody decided to give them names 😉

@BlueBeeMCMLXI

Жыл бұрын

Good bloody grief...

@bwm_72

Жыл бұрын

@@Hexon66 Um...

@Mikael5732

Жыл бұрын

@@Hexon66Exactly.

@robertdipaola3447

Жыл бұрын

​@@Hexon66exactly!!!

Fun fact: it was Sony Bono who worked tirelessly to save & restore the Salton Sea when he was in Congress.

@Alanoffer

2 жыл бұрын

Sonny bono was one of the very rare honest people in congress and it’s my opinion it hastened his end sadly

@eddiem.5811

2 жыл бұрын

He tried to protect nature and was murdered by nature, ie, a tree......

@rogerrendzak8055

2 жыл бұрын

@@eddiem.5811 A tree 🎄? Hmmm 🤔, I have to admit, that's funny 😏!!

@PorkChopJones

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, as a kid we went there in the early 1970's to try to catch some fish. After 8 hours we caught only two small ones before all the fish started dying off.

Love old classic movies back in the day not like junk have now days 😎

Great movie. One of the best!

@starvingartistful

2 жыл бұрын

did you even watch this garbagepile?

@hurryandleave9680

2 жыл бұрын

@@starvingartistful How was it a "garbagepile"?

@Nunofurdambiznez

2 жыл бұрын

LOL One of the best compared to what?? I mean, don't get me wrong, I loved it.. but .. "one of the best".. yeah, not so much..

@hurryandleave9680

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nunofurdambiznez If I liked it, it has to be one of the best, because I don't like most movies, and what I like sets the standard.

@thisisme3238

2 жыл бұрын

@@hurryandleave9680 The film noir such as this one, ARE some of the best in their time era. 👍

Yeah, it is a noir. I'm convinced moderns do not get what NOIR really means - it ain't about lighting. Directed by Nathan Juran from a story by U.S. Andersen and Roger Corman (*yep). The first feature film on which Roger Corman worked as an associate producer. Corman based the yarn on a trip he took to the Salton Sea. "I saw all these old houses that were deserted. The first floors were flooded, and I thought it would be a great climax to a picture - some sort of chase across the desert and a shoot-out in the flooded house. So, I started with the climax of the film and worked back to create my story." Love that.

@BlueBeeMCMLXI

Жыл бұрын

Among my fave American road movies. And Conte hands out manly instruction that still makes sense - hamper that which threatens you. Thanks Broken Trout, you old gill puss.

I am so in the mood for this !

Mary-Beth💕 Small but memorable part in this one 💕🇬🇧!!!

2 bits of trivia: Roger Corman, he of the " B " movies, typically horror films, has a credit in the beginning of the film. The diner stop at the 20 minute mark was the same diner Dennis Weaver stops at in the movie DUEL.

@danb2622

2 жыл бұрын

I thought that diner looked familiar. Thank you!

@margaretroselle8610

2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! “Duel” was a great movie.

@secretsquirrel6308

2 жыл бұрын

I am fairly certain the diner and gas station is at Baghdad which is on Rt 66 east of Barstow and still there.

@secretsquirrel6308

2 жыл бұрын

I shivered watching Duel. Notice never is shown the driver of the truck (although in one scene we see his arms, which I believe was a mistake by the crew). Because the duel is between good and evil in man. It is 'too good' a depiction.

@rogerjenkinson7979

2 жыл бұрын

ya seen 1 diner,ya seen 'em all.

A jolly good yarn……..thoroughly enjoyed it, thanks!

@BrokenTrout

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

Audie Murphy’s 1st wife, she is the brunette Wanda Hendrix wearing a pony tail riding with Joan Bennett and Richard Conte in the Ford Convertible. Great movie !😊Ah Frank Jenks playing the other Marine in civilian clothes.😊Iris Adrian plays the waitress !

@kneeman66

Жыл бұрын

She's hot

Very good movie, fantastic

Thank you so much for sharing this awesome movie.

BEAUTIFUL!!!

I love happy endings.

this is a fantastic movie "BT", great show case for Conte, its a great way of showing how all things tie in together, well written and well acted ... thanks for the upload

@BrokenTrout

4 жыл бұрын

Your very welcome Richard, I agree Conte is a fine actor @Richard Dominguez

@starvingartistful

2 жыл бұрын

did you even watch this garbagepile?

I enjoyed the movie and Richard Conte's performance. Joan Bennett's part was a bit over the top. How many recognized the Marine at the check point. He was rescued seaman Sinkowitz from Christmas In Connecticut, one of our favorite movies. Sydney Green Street, Sackal and Barbara Stanwyck were in it too!

Joan Bennett shops at the same shops as June Cleaver

Terrific thriller. Thanks.

Reed Hadley and Mary Beth Hughes were two guest stars on the old Red Skelton TV show .

@kneeman66

Жыл бұрын

Mary Beth Hughes is a knockout

The 1950s. An era of manly men, and of "dames" and "broads." No feminism, no political correctness. . . .

@eddiem.5811

2 жыл бұрын

OK, but what are your pronouns?

@bigdog5217

2 жыл бұрын

Yes the 50,s......back when men were men and women were women and when you saw someone walking down the street anywhere in the USA you knew what the heck you were looking at....nowdays...not so much...LOL

@keithdukes5990

2 жыл бұрын

America was at it's Zenith!

@joelonzello4189

2 жыл бұрын

Post War America was awesome !

@paxhumana2015

2 жыл бұрын

@@eddiem.5811 , people like you lot are reasons why disasters are on the rise.

Loved it. Thanks

@BrokenTrout

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Joan Bennett was 44 here and just gorgeous

so old by 1956, Joan Bennet is not recognizable, but that voice is unmistakable from Scarlet Street or Woman in the Window.

@ChrisCarlin-is8wv

2 ай бұрын

She made those two grand babies movies with Spencer Tracy just two and four years before. She didn’t change much from then.

This movie is a masterpiece, thank you so much for sharing ..

@acehandler1530

2 жыл бұрын

Messterpiece did you say? I found it to be stupidendous.

Good title, Highway Patrol + Dragnet: Broderick meets Sgt Friday :)

Darn good sneaky flick. NOIR ! Love this one

Conte is reliably great in all he does. Her slow burn at 4:08 was marvelous! Fine crime drama, but "film noir" it ain't!

Good movie.

Came across this by accident. Looking for old b&w movies - my weekend pastime. '50's film noir does it for me. Great movie; great actors. I wonder what the budget was! Anyone know? Thanks Broken Trout, very much appreciated.

@misterrobert6799

Жыл бұрын

$74,603

Good movie - thanks!

At 22:30 I think the cop in the diner slaps the waitress on the butt. I might be wrong but check it out!

Dalton Sea is an inigma love the 50s

Funny - smashed up station wagon can go for countless miles through the desert but the cops can't drive 20' around an ice cream truck in the middle of the road!

@thisisme3238

2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤣😂🤣

@thejerseyj5479

2 жыл бұрын

@@thisisme3238 I had to laugh at that and the nonsense about not being able to move a truck with a couple of flats.

@thisisme3238

2 жыл бұрын

@@thejerseyj5479 It was a bit funny, wasn't it? 😂🤣😂🤣

@captaindoeverything

2 жыл бұрын

it's not a documentary guys, bake some nachos and enjoy the show

@acehandler1530

2 жыл бұрын

@@captaindoeverything It's not Science Fiction tho' - physics is physics in the 'real' world. They were too cheap to dig some ditches to satisfy the plot point 😜

Joan Bennett was hot before Dark Shadows.

Richard Conte...so easy on the eyes! 👀

This was made back when the Salton Sea still had plenty of water. Now days not so much.

Fantastic

Ending was so beautiful. Loss of Salton Sea is to me as bad as the loss of WTC#1 and #2, and civilized society.

Always liked Conte.

Good little film. Wasn’t really sure of the sergeant’s innocence until right at the end.

In the 1950s actors spoke a lot in movies, but they spoke well. not like today's movies.

Richard Conte 💋

Mr Strap! 😆 🤣 😂

They don't make movie's like these anymore. The trash they make now have no story lines or decent plots.

First rate stuff !!

Great Noir!

@BrokenTrout

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks (again) Frankie, even though this is a re-upload I too watched it again. Take care @Frankie Woodhouse

Mrs Cummings was in a great movie with Edward G Robinson. Lady in the Window i think it may have been called.

If it’s 120 degrees why is everyone wearing suits, jackets and other heavy clothing?

bom filme parabens pela postagem os classicos sao otimo por favor poste o travesseiro da morte 1945 a maldiçao da serpente 1955 o medico vampiro 1957 a volta do vampiro 1943 a maldiçao do farao 1957 obrigado muito sucesso

Roger Corman, he must've been a young man then.

Las Vegas with personality, pity it doesn't exist any longer.

Pretty good.

That's a shame about Tiger. Irresponsible jerks.

@acehandler1530

2 жыл бұрын

The leash pulled special duty...

@ChrisCarlin-is8wv

2 ай бұрын

It’s make believe, the dog was never run over.

They sure knew how to make a good movie

Yep, a happy ending.Made those cars Tough in My. Day(nearly 80). And the woman Beautiful.

Back in the day when nobody wore seat belts.

Lehendas em portugues, a comunidade brasileira, agradece.

Any explanation for the flooding at the Salton Sea at the time of the film?

@eddiem.5811

2 жыл бұрын

Global Warming, Climate Change, what else!

Almost halfway into this remarkable story. "The older bitch did it." The dog's missing leash. Something is going on...

@jillsmiley7701

Жыл бұрын

The dog strap killer!!!

@DavidBrown-bp4iq

Жыл бұрын

@@jillsmiley7701 Beware! ❤️

@DavidBrown-bp4iq

Жыл бұрын

@@jillsmiley7701 As long as you're not caught up in it. Cuz jeez.

@joelonzello4189

Жыл бұрын

Oh Geez...didn't make the missing leash connection

@DavidBrown-bp4iq

Жыл бұрын

@@joelonzello4189 I didn't either at first. "Then it hit me." There's a bit of Columbo in all of us.

You know...the difference between a real old movie and a old movie..is how they lit their cigarettes..real old was with a match..not so old was almost with a bricket...look closely and you will see that in this film we've become more modern...

Man, there were a lot of fast talking dames back in the day...

@captainjack8823

3 жыл бұрын

"They was built for speed, Bub."

@secretsquirrel6308

2 жыл бұрын

But the couldn't keep up with Wm. Bendix

@gogo-word

Жыл бұрын

Lol now more than ever 😅

Roger Corman's first produced script. He sold it for $2k.

I've watched a lot of these movies from the 40s and the 50s, and in almost all of them people are just so rude to each other. I thought people today are rude, but it seems like back then they were worse.

@spacemunky8164

2 жыл бұрын

Who asked for your opinion bud why don't you go somewhere else and comment about rudeness.

@garyolsen3409

2 жыл бұрын

It's a movie. Not real life.

@rogerrendzak8055

2 жыл бұрын

Rude is GOOD!!

@JDAbelRN

2 жыл бұрын

Just finished ww2 and a major, horrible conflict in Korea. Men in those horrible wars not really happy and bubbly.

@gogo-word

Жыл бұрын

Film noir is filled with actors who play tough, gritty characters. That is what film noir means...the wise guys and their dames. Films don't necessarily reflect real life.

Poor Tiger, Dog gone.

@LandondeeL

11 ай бұрын

In those days, in noir movies, dogs weren't allowed to live at the end!

Was this ending location (lake) the Salton Sea?

Salton Sea with water

A Roger Corman opus! What's not to love?

That is not a marine corps haircut.

Richard Conte with his slow paced ratta... tat...tat... Was an acquired taste for me. Now I see how perfect he is for so many roles he played.

Really how tough can it be with a swimming pool in every room lol

The area of the last scene, the Salton Sea, could supply all of the United States lithium needs if it is properly mined.

Good movie,no obscene language pretty ladies and nice cars.I didn't know that there was color changing fabric in the 50's.did you noticed how the young lady's dress changed colors? weird🤨

고전찬미 감사합니다

48:55 I don't think that cop meant to drive like that. Rather startled him it appears. THey just left it in.

Decent B grade crime drama, but not even close to being Noir. Thanx.

Thought he said he was 'separated'? Bet that house is high and dry now...ha

Don Bazini : the Godfather .

@rogerrendzak8055

2 жыл бұрын

Marlon Brando was, GAY!! He had male, lover's. Now here's where "THE GODFATHER" fans get all bent, out of shape! "Ohh, he wasn't gay, how dare you"? But actually, he WAS. Remember Wally Cox? He was the voice of "Underdog", and had his own TV show, "Mr. Peeper's". Was in a Twilight Zone episode, and a handful of films. And that's just one, guy…………

I'm guessing @ 33.40 we know where the dog lead is and who did it.

I would like to watch this movie and I thank you in advance for getting it here. Can you please erase the "Film Noir" bs cliche invented by TCM and Ben Stupidwicz? You look good using that rot cliche asinine description labeling the movie instead of its own title as reputation being enough for us to see it. Anybody who knows anything about great old movies are in that using TCM cliches to get us watch your movie is not needed.

@garyolsen3409

2 жыл бұрын

film noir, film noir, film noir, has a nice ring, Don't hold your breath, with your charm don't expect any one to accommodate you anytime soon.

@timfronimos459

2 жыл бұрын

Film noir listed long before Ben mankiewicz and TCM

@greeremalachi926

2 жыл бұрын

@@timfronimos459 Hi. Please prove me wrong. Could you show me a PRE-TCM and PRE-Mancodumbwicz published documentation/video/anything of that "word" (film noir) used in analogy of movies that were made in the 1950's ( especially with or by: John Garfield, Robert Mitchum, Holden, Mansfield, Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Hitchcock, Wilder, Minnelli, you get the idea)? And I will remove my comment. I'm waiting........................................................?

@rogerrendzak8055

2 жыл бұрын

@@greeremalachi926 Film noir is a word definition, for movie's from the 1930's-50's. It's a phrase coined in Hollywood, and has been used for DECADES!!! TCM, or Ben Mankiewicz did NOT invent/coin, this!! Long before TCM was even, around.