Not as dramatic as ‘Out of the
Past’ and not as gritty as ‘Cape Fear’, this Robert Mitchum film has adventure,
drama, thrill and romance on platter with the man to watch. It’s queer to know
that Mitchum penned the screenplay based on one of real incident and the film
was his home production. However Mitchum hired Arthur Ripley to direct and its
interesting that his younger brother in the film played by his son James
Mitchum was not original choice. Senior Mitchum wanted to have Elvis Priestly
play the role but somehow things didn’t materialize due to Rock & Roll
Master’s manager’s interruption for charging exorbitant sum.
The plot of the film revolves
around the trade of hauling illegal non-tax paid whisky by men of Rillow
valley. Luke Doolin is fast wheel transporter and smart supplier who manages to
cut all hurdles. But sooner the trailing enforcement cops becomes a challenge
with interruptive threat of an organized criminal named Kogan who gutted to mean
business on his own terms. Luke is the one person who stands in the way and
Kogan and the ground becomes all too
rough for Luke. We all await for final confrontation till the story takes
different turn. Besides producing, writing the film, Mitchum has also played
the lead part and the man had class of his own. His character here is hard
headed & edgy on attitude who’s unstoppable by anybody. But it also shows
emotional and concerning human side too, especially towards his young brother,
parents and beloved. The car chase sequences seems too average from today’s standard
but back then it was surely considered as edge n the seat.
Not the best of Mitchum but surely
a worth watch for all his fans.
Ratings-6/10
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