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The Man Who Cheated Himself

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A woman (Jane Wyatt) in the process of divorce shoots her husband and gets her police lieutenant boyfriend (Lee J. Cobb) to help hide the body.
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Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Director Felix Feist, a noir veteran, directs this independently-made film noir shot on location in San Francisco with brisk efficiency, moving it along its paces and taking the camera out of the studio and into the city. Dec 3, 2022 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a terrific premise that is, for the most part, employed to engaging and thoroughly satisfying effect by Feist... Rated: 3/4 Nov 19, 2022 Full Review Scott Nye Battleship Pretension Fantastic by-the-numbers noir. Dec 8, 2020 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row Under Feist's watchful eye, the film takes the hard-boiled noir and turns it into visual poetry. Rated: 3/4 Jun 3, 2019 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Thoroughly satisfying film noir. Rated: 4/4 Oct 2, 2018 Full Review Michael Barrett PopMatters Within the limitations of this sort of tightly wound melodrama, it delivers an entertaining morsel sure to please fans of noir and postwar unease. Rated: 6/10 Oct 2, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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nick s Well structured story and a capable cast. This movie starts off well, hooking you early with an intriguing setup. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/13/24 Full Review Billy L awesome film .. todays films can't compare Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/03/23 Full Review Bill B Surprisingly, I very much enjoyed this. Cobb plays his character with a stoic realism that others might have overplayed. Dall was a fine actor that was underutilized in his career, and Wyatt was terrific. Good plot. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/28/23 Full Review Deke P 1950. Great critics reviews! But middling current audience reviews cuz they don't appreciate B&W & old movies in old style. Good murder suspense crime detective drama. Good views of 1950 Frisco. Note to sef, watch yet again and pay ticular attention to large middle section. Watched it 3.23.23 on the tv screen. Saw it again, 7.9.23. Also stqrred JANE WYATT, the mother on the old FATHER KNOWS BEST tv series. She glookn in 19fiddy. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/10/23 Full Review don k Once we get past the romantically drippy dialog of the two leading couples, the movie begins to wind and unwind in a tense back-and-forth dance between the two leading men, Lee J Cobb and John Dall. As the tension builds, so does the cinematography. Truly outstanding uses of black and white throughout, and each frame of the final scenes at Fort Point is spectacular—even Hitchcock would have been awed. The plot is a bit too obvious and the dialog too conventional for today's tastes, but the direction, sets, location (San Francisco), editing and Cobb's performance rise to timelessness. The cinematography, which masterfully stitches all scenes together, swells to uncommon artfulness with a daring sublimity—hence, the high star rating. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The comically bad colorization of the version I saw made it hard to judge the film objectively. If you're going to watch this, find a print in the original black and white. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A woman (Jane Wyatt) in the process of divorce shoots her husband and gets her police lieutenant boyfriend (Lee J. Cobb) to help hide the body.
Director
Felix E. Feist
Producer
Jack M. Warner
Production Co
Phoenix Film
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 26, 1950, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 16, 2016
Runtime
1h 26m
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