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mariocki · 3 months ago

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A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)

"I hope you don't think that I'm taking your side against Mr. Munson. All those nice things that you did, like taking care of the lamb and getting supper ready, I saw through them easily. You're probably everything that Mr. Munson says you are."

"Oh, I'm a very bad character."

#a bullet is waiting #1954 #american cinema #john farrow #thames williamson #casey robinson #jean simmons #rory calhoun #stephen mcnally #brian aherne #dimitri tiomkin #howard welsch #film noir #allegedly....#indicator included this on one of their columbia noir sets‚ and most online sources describe it as film noir‚ but honestly i just don't see #it... it's just a crime film from the 50s‚ that doesn't make it noir. actually in spirit this is closer to a western #or maybe a 50s style romantic comedy (only a decidedly unfunny one) (and with a messed up notion of romance)#this is a mess tbh. scrappy young Rory Calhoun is a prisoner being transported by sheriff McNally; their plane crashes in the wilderness #where farmer Simmons must take them in and shelter them. it's not a hugely original idea but it has the potential for an ok film #except that Calhoun soon tackles young Jean in an attempt to force a kiss on her; this obviously leads her to fall in love‚ how could she #not. he and McNally spend the rest of the film lecturing her on her foolish womanly ways‚ until her father finally returns to this cursed #triangle and... scolds his daughter for her idiotic feminine emotions. the whole film is a sexist sludge masquerading as some kind of love #story (and building to an ending so absurdly cheerful and improbable that it makes the brain spin). still‚ it does feature some very cute #animals (many lovely sheep including a sweet little lamb that sleeps in Simmons' bed with her‚ a good dog and some chickens)#and Jean is cute as a button with her short hair and big‚ mournful eyes turned up at Rory every time he acts an ass #not by any means a very good film‚ or even quite good‚ or maybe not good at all. but... yeah idk. it certainly had sheep

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