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Dec 05, 2017voisjoe1_0 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This 1955 film was somewhat of a anti-film noir film noir. Sudden eruptions of shocking violence. One of the first films to start the story before the credits. Disconcerting display of the credits to unsettle the audience. Film shots that seem to be radically framed a la Robert Bresson. One of the first films to include African-American characters that are real. Robert Aldrich, an independent minded director, was not happy to just utilize established techniques. He always wanted to do something totally different. Some say this was the last of the long string of American black and white film noir.