City That Never Sleeps

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deke p 01/27/2020 Interesting. Gig Young as a cop. I've seen it all, and just parts, a couple of times on tv. See more 07/07/2018 Melodramatic tale of a frustrated cop who plans to ditch the job and marriage to run off with an exotic dancer. It's a near-miss picture that needed script help, but it still a fun watch for noir lovers. See more 04/13/2017 It's Chicago actually. Gig Young is a cop who is fed up with his life - he plans to ditch his wife for a stripper, quit the force, and move to California. In order to get the dough to do so, he throws in with corrupt lawyer Edward Arnold, promising to "arrest" bad magician William Talman and drive him to Indiana where he is wanted for a more serious crime. Things do go pear-shaped but watching over him is the "spirit of the city" Chill Wills who takes over as his partner when his real one is home sick with an earache. Wills doesn't prevent any crimes/murders but he does remind Young about the importance of his job and of the police in society. They do some helpful things. The film is a true noir, shot on location in high contrast black and white, showing dark alleys, a strip club, corrupt rich guys, bitchy Marie Windsor, bad mistakes, and depressing violence. Although the leads are a bit ho-hum, Talman made a great noir baddie (see also Armed Car Robbery, 1950, and The Hitch-hiker, 1953) before he graduated to Perry Mason's nemesis (district attorney Hamilton Burger). Worth a look. See more 03/05/2017 This is a very good noir with a great cast! Give it some love! And the Olive Blu-ray is fantastic! See more 01/22/2015 A fair to good crime noir movie set in the city of Chicago and Hamilton Burger of Perry Mason as the bad guy the movie had nice noir lighting as well See more 11/10/2014 light hearted noir now that's a contradiction but true here See more Read all reviews

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