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Laura
Why this pick
Its polished small-town-to-high-society noir mood, morally compromised investigator, and enigmatic woman sustain the same elegant, psychologically charged atmosphere without sacrificing suspense.
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MOVIE1945 1h 38m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Eric Stanton (Andrews), a down-on-his-luck drifter, gets pulled off a bus in the hamlet of Walton because he does not have the $2.25 extra fare to take him to San Francisco. He finds a greasy spoon called Pop's Eats, where Pop (Percy Kilbride) is worried about waitress Stella because she has not shown up for work for days. Ex-New York cop Mark Judd (Bickford) tells him not to worry. Sure enough, the sultry Stella (Darnell) soon returns. Stanton (like the others) is attracted to her, but she is unimpressed by his smooth talk and poverty.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Alice Faye
June Mills
Dana Andrews
Eric Stanton
Bruce Cabot
Dave Atkins
John Carradine
Professor Madley
Linda Darnell
Stella
Charles Bickford
Mark Judd
Anne Revere
Clara Mills