#visually this isn't the most impressive example of the genre‚ but in scripting and dialogue this is a beautifully constructed top tier noir
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The Web (1947)
"Isn't there some way we can get together on this?"
"Oh, sure. You confess and I'll arrest you."
#the web#1947#film noir#american cinema#michael gordon#william bowers#bertram millhauser#harry kurnitz#ella raines#edmond o'brien#vincent price#william bendix#maria palmer#john abbott#fritz leiber#howland chamberlain#tito vuolo#wilton graff#robin raymond#hans j. salter#visually this isn't the most impressive example of the genre‚ but in scripting and dialogue this is a beautifully constructed top tier noir#it feels like every line is a sharp retort‚ a witty aside or a loaded innuendo; Eddie O'Brien‚ grinning like a cheshire cat and doing his#best to channel Bogart‚ alternates between rattling off insults and flattery‚ routinely humbled by the wonderful Ella Raines and of course#a young Vincent Price‚ exuding pure smarm as a cool and callous killer who isn't once rattled by O'Brien's strongarm tactics#the plot isn't especially original and offers few surprises but it's honestly so beautifully drawn‚ executed with such precision and such#superb charm that it's kind of impossible not to have a great time. even side characters are fully developed and given their own#full personality and life beyond the central focus (particularly rewarding is Bendix as a deadpan asshole cop whose dogged refusal to trust#anyone at all threatens to see O'Brien swing for a crime he didn't (quite) commit). top notch cast and an excellent script#all ending in a suitably shadowy denouement; there are better noir films‚ sure‚ but this still feels sort of indispensable to the canon
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