The Big Steal (Segel, 1949): Cinema Museum, 7.30pm
This is a 16mm presentation of a great Don Siegel film.
Time Out review:
Reuniting the team of Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and ace-scriptwriter Daniel Mainwaring after the classic noir-romance Out of the Past,
this takes a typical thriller situation (for that matter, a common
Don Siegel motif: society's outsider up against authority) and turns it into
a fast-moving, witty parody. Mitchum is the GI framed for a payroll
robbery, on the run from dumb officer William Bendix, falling in love with the
delectable Greer, and in pursuit of the real culprit. Dialogue sparkles,
the Mexican locations are atmospherically shot by Harry Wild, and
Siegel handles the action with characteristic pace and vigour. The
numerous plot twists are in themselves an exhilaratingly tongue-in-cheek
exaggeration of noir conventions, while remaining central to the
excitement of the film. Vigorous, playful stuff.
Geoff Andrew
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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