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High Voltage

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A blizzard forces a busload of passengers to seek refuge in an abandoned church. The group includes Billie (Carole Lombard), a young woman being taken to prison, and her police escort, Detective Dan Egan (Owen Moore). But they're not alone. The mysterious and edgy Bill (William Boyd) is already there and sitting on a supply of food that he's determined to control. Billie and Bill, who have bonded, plan an escape, but in doing so they'll be endangering the lives of the others.
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Steve D Not even the acting is good. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/20/23 Full Review Audience Member I was delighted to find High Voltage streaming on Amazon, after seeing a photograph of Lombard and Ellis together, taken during the filming. The movie has a very similar set up to Tarantino's The Hateful Eight (2015): a group of people, including the law & his female criminal, traveling in the American west, take refuge in a secluded one-room building during a blizzard, with another criminal already there. How the inhabitants behave, however, is quite dissimilar, as are the "morals" of the stories, so to speak. For a pre-Code film, High Voltage is ultimately pretty square. I enjoyed both films, both of which would make great plays. (Apparently Tarantino is working on the adaptation of his.) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Creaky antique that defeats even the great Lombard. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member This is an awesome movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Despite the title, this movie is low voltage. The film features long takes and a slow, simple plot. Five strangers taking a bus through snowy Nevada end up stranded in a makeshift church with a burly, brooding stranger not too keen to share his food. Some of the clunkiness of early talkies is evident. The dialogue isn't too witty, and the actors are often stationary. Still Carole Lombard's appeal remains. She can't quite elevate this film into something more, but this film shows she was one to watch. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member INTERESTING OLD CHESTNUT, WITH A NICE APPEARANCE BY CAROLE LOMBARD. SHE ALWAYS HAD AN AMAZING SCREEN PRESENCE. GOOD PLOT, SOME NICE VISUALS. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A blizzard forces a busload of passengers to seek refuge in an abandoned church. The group includes Billie (Carole Lombard), a young woman being taken to prison, and her police escort, Detective Dan Egan (Owen Moore). But they're not alone. The mysterious and edgy Bill (William Boyd) is already there and sitting on a supply of food that he's determined to control. Billie and Bill, who have bonded, plan an escape, but in doing so they'll be endangering the lives of the others.
Director
Howard Higgin
Screenwriter
James Gleason, Kenyon Nicholson
Production Co
Pathé Exchange
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 30, 2016
Runtime
57m
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