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68 minutes I'll never ...

posted 9 years ago by Ironman54
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well, you know the rest. Saw this recommended on another film noirs page and thought the comments were recommending this - in the parlance of the day 'Stinker'. Man is this one laughably BAD.

[–] MADDOXRJM 8 years ago

One persons opinion has no more value than another's. I greatly enjoyed the movie. In now way is it flawless, but better than many other movies. To each their own.

[–] Riding46 8 years ago

I agree too, there was a lot to this economic movie that had more to say than longer films, with vastly bigger budgets and over-rated stars.

[–] prplayer 8 years ago

68 minutes i'll never forget

so many movies, so little time

[–] Riding46 (71) 7 years ago

You could say that about any film. What you got was 68 mins of every b-movie cliché under the sun, in a movie. How can you say you were short-changed? I loved it, granted the budget was rock-bottom but it never stops entertaining, even for a minute.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

thank you

[–] liscarkat (19418) 4 years ago

Yes, it was low-budget, but Ann Savage made it entertaining as hell.

[–] Techto (1388) 10 months ago

I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s bad but it definitely isn’t among the better noir films I’ve seen. Forgettable.