‘Sometime people who are never
alone are the loneliest.’
Jim Wilson is an honest and tough
cop working for eleven years in his service. His Achilles heal is his
uncontrolled inner frustration and anger while dealing with criminals. Taking
things easy is out of his character. Its dirty job and he’s the one taking it
too personally, too psychologically as loner of his own world. Once his fellow
officer warned him, “When I go home I don’t take this stuff with me, I leave it
outside but the way you carry it around inside, you must like it. Maybe you
think that’s make you good cop. The way you’re going, you won’t be good to
anybody, not even yourself! Somebody had to tell you, to get anything out of
this life; you gotta put something in it from the heart!’ It’s been two weeks
since sergeant cop was murdered and his two suspected killers running free but
as Wilson messing up with criminals his senior
assigned him to investigate a murder case in far Siberia .
Nicholas Ray brilliantly entwined
ambiguity of thrill and intensity of drama in the plot and execution where a
loner cop playing volatile role between emotion and duty. He successfully
transferred default dark city location of noir to snow clad icy peaks and hair
pin bends. Both Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan delivered the characters torn
between the worlds indifferent to them. Must to mention the thrilling score of
Bernard Herrmann and gripping and well maintained pace in duration that runs less
than one hour thirty minutes.
Recommended to all Noir fans.
Ratings-7.5/10
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