Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

dbdumonteil They could be French or American: all (or almost all of them) the parts which were given to Von Stroheim were demeaning ones where he was humiliated ,fooled ,cuckold,a human wreck."La Foire Aux Chimères" (1946) "Pièges "(1939) "Portrait d'un Assassin" (1949) "Sunset Blvd" (1940) and this movie are good examples but they are not the only ones. Made By Anthony Mann,whose westerns are classics ,this is an interesting ,if very derivative ,thriller.A gorgeous woman (Mary Beth Hughes)uses Stroheim to get rid of her alcoholic hubby to get her hands on Eddie ....and probably other men.Watch it for Stroheim:this gentleman who once claimed he was Empress one of Elizabeth of Austria's ladies in waiting's son is always fascinating.

dougdoepke Little Republic studio must have been a come-down for the great European impresario Erich von Stroheim. But he caught a tail wind in this minor production in the persons of an outstanding supporting cast and some fine visual moments from up-and-coming director Anthony Mann. The part is tailor made for the imperious von Stroheim. As Flamarion, a trick shot artist, he's all stiff-necked aloofness. That is until trollopy assistant Mary Beth Hughes decides to rid herself of dipso husband Dan Duryea. Then the heartless schemes fly fast and furious, resulting in a complex rectangle of passions -- so keep a score card handy.Though Stroheim certainly looks the part, he's really not a very good actor, especially when he goes all soft hearted. No, the film really belongs to the brassy, baby-faced Hughes, as she does a number on the men around her. No doubt about it, underneath that cheap, calculating exterior lies an even cheaper, more calculating interior. And when she and Duryea go into their tiger shark mode, the film reaches a blood-letting high. Too bad, Duryea plays drunken weakness most of the time, since their bouts of sarcasm show true championship form. Then too, adding real color in a bit part is Esther Howard as the boozy floozie dog lady, with a canine nose for sniffing out phonies. Stylish director Mann has yet to blossom, but shows early flair, especially in the shadowy backstage scenes. On the other hand, there's the program music. Whoever did the score must have gone to the Muzak School of Fine Arts, for where else would that kind of silliness play except in elevators. Also, the cheap park sets betray Republic's long established address along economy row. In fact, I almost expected a tree to fall over. No, this isn't a submerged gem unless you're a Mary Beth Hughes fan. But it does have its moments, and a chance to view one of glamor-obsessed Hollywood's biggest rarities-- a truly unattractive face in the lead role. Perhaps that's why the conventional finish manages a degree of pathos despite being a drop-dead certainty from the start.

Hitchcoc This is a decent little movie with a really nasty woman. She is really quite beautiful, and in the Blue Angel tradition, makes a man twice her age and not all that attractive, fall for her. There's no fool like an old fool and you don't mess with Von Stroheim. I wasn't aware that the great actor/director made some pretty weak films over the years. This one survives pretty well. Von Stroheim plays Flamarion, a trick shot artist, who is in great demand. He gets into the business of an alcoholic and his cheating wife. She uses him, changes him, and then he wants revenge. The story is told by Flamarion as another vaudeville performer holds him in his arms as he dies. It is told in flashback. I have to admit knowing that things had no possibility of working out, yet because of the interesting nature of the characters, particularly the young woman (who is beautiful, even by modern standards). Those of us who have had those yearnings to be young again and have a second chance can easily sympathize as this man makes mistake after mistake; loving too much; trusting too much. I was fairly impressed by the movie.

dbborroughs Told in flashback story of a trick-shot artist who gets involved with his assistant who will do anything to get what she wants. Directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Billy Wilder this is a by the book melodrama of one woman destroying the lives of every man she comes in contact with. Far from a bad movie the movie suffers from the fact that we know the ending (Erich Von Stroheim is telling what happened as he lays dying). Even if we had seen this from the beginning we'd know it ends bad but we wouldn't be able to work out several of the twists that knowing the end imparts.If there is any real flaw beyond knowing how it ends, its the casting of Von Stroheim who seems too old and a bit too stiff for his man led astray. Still its the work of two cinema legends doing out what they do best and thats turning out a decent little film. Definitely worth a look if you're in the mood for a good film noir.