On Dangerous Ground
Tale of a tough New York City cop who is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. When the cop is sent to the country to investigate a murder, he meets a blind woman who changes his view of the world he lives in.
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Nicky Ray - uttsjs
To start ... I don't think there is a bad Nicholas Ray movie so I may be a tad biased.
From the Chicago Reader
On Dangerous Ground
One of the loveliest of Nick Ray's movies: this 1952 feature begins as a harsh film noir and gradually shifts to an ethereal romanticism reminiscent of Frank Borzage. Robert Ryan is the unstable hero, a thuggish cop sent upstate in search of a murderer; he ends up falling in love with the killer's blind sister (Ida Lupino, who took over some of the direction when Ray fell ill). Ray excels both in the portrayal of the corrupt urban environment, a swirl of noirish shadows and violent movements, and in his exalted vision of the snow-covered countryside, filmed as a blindingly white, painfully silent field for moral regeneration. With Ward Bond and an excellent score by Bernard Herrmann. 82 min.not a classic - bosoxx
I am quite partial to film noir & generally over rate them.I realize some critics claim this is a true classic of the genre [there is disagreement on this]but, for me, it was too hokey even for its time.Ryan does his best with a mawkish script, Bond rages about & Lupino, an interesting figure in film, pulls every emotional string posible.But its a lost cause for the most part.I know some rave about Ray as a Director but I cant see it.His films always seem to be a mess.
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Nicky Ray - uttsjs
To start ... I don't think there is a bad Nicholas Ray movie so I may be a tad biased.
From the Chicago Reader
On Dangerous Ground
One of the loveliest of Nick Ray's movies: this 1952 feature begins as a harsh film noir and gradually shifts ...not a classic - bosoxx
I am quite partial to film noir & generally over rate them.I realize some critics claim this is a true classic of the genre [there is disagreement on this]but, for me, it was too hokey even for its time.Ryan does his best with a mawkish script, Bond rages ...