Friday, July 07, 2006

Movie Review - The House On Telegraph Hill

The House On Telegraph Hill (1951)
directed by Robert Wise
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix

Isn't the real hero of this amalgamated haunted house/frigid housewife/blue-blood noir the easygoing Major Bennett, a little inclined to too much drinking and self-deprecation, eager to help the woman in trouble and confident that, whatever her mistakes, she's worth his unconditional support? That and villain Richard Baseheart looks just like Doug Niedermeyer in a trenchcoat and fedora.