metsfan Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Anyone else found this film a bit confusing? Apart from that, I have to say it was enjoyable and John Hodiak did a great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken123 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Too many good character actors Harry Morgan, Sheldon Leonard, and even Lloyd Nolan were wasted. I could not see why Nancy Guild was attracted to John Hodiak.Miss Guild, for an untrained actress was OK. The film's producer Anderson Lawler was a very close friend of Gary Cooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 > Anyone else found this film a bit confusing? I think the tradition of confusing mystery plots goes back at least to the mystery movies of the 1930s, such as some of Warren William's and Ricardo Cortez's films. This is different from the gold gangster films that had easy to follow plots. The confusing plots probably go back to the 1920 mystery novels that some of the early movies were based, and in fact I read a bunch of Sherlock Holmes short stories years ago and they were confusing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken123 Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 The most confusing thing about it was Nancy Guild's falling for John Hodiak. In this film he was a bit of a stiff. Conte - Yes Hodiak - No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviegeek Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 > Anyone else found this film a bit confusing? Apart > from that, I have to say it was enjoyable and John > Hodiak did a great job. Happens a lot with amnesia films. Hodiak was strong, but yeah the story lacks clear-cut direction in some parts. That's part of its appeal though I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 Yes, I suppose so. The commentator mentioned this as well as not knowing reason why the woman fell for Hodiak's character. It was unfortunate to know that John Hodiak suffered a bee sting while filming the hospital scene. While his face was being wrapped up in the gauze, a bee got in the bandages. His face was swollen during the filming of that scene and production was stopped for a few days for his recuperation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 > Yes, I suppose so. The commentator mentioned this as > well as not knowing reason why the woman fell for > Hodiak's character. Hey, the beautiful dame always falls for the hero of the movie. The most unbelievable case of this was when Janet Leigh fell in love with Frank Sinatra on the train in The Manchurian Candidate. He was cracking up and acting crazy, but hey, he was Frank Sinatra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 LOL. Thanks for the laugh, I needed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsclassic Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Another good movies ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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