☆ ☆ ☆
Where
Danger Lives (1950) – J. Farrow
Robert Mitchum gets himself into trouble
by falling for a suicidal femme fatale who is brought into the hospital where
he works as a doctor. He really falls
hard, ditching his steady nurse girlfriend and spending all of his time with
the mysterious and very wealthy young Margo (played by Faith Domergue in her
debut picture). Soon, Mitchum is in a
direct confrontation with her father (Claude Rains, in a brief but showy turn)
that leaves him on the run to Mexico with Margo by his side. They get waylaid in a few hick towns and
nearly caught by the police (or were they?) until, in the end, fate catches up
with them (as you knew it would).
Straightforward noir with no real frills but Mitchum is always great to
watch, with his devil-may-care attitude and constant nonchalance – even here
where he spends half of the movie concussed.
Director John Farrow (Mia’s dad) directed a few noirs (The Big Clock and
Night has a Thousand Eyes, 1948) but was more of an all-rounder. Worth a look for aficionados.
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