The Company She Keeps

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11/26/2013 Jane Greer is a released from prison and falls in love with Dennis O'Keefe, the husband of her parole officer, Lizabeth Scott. It's a rather turgid melodrama that's only salvaged by the able cast. See more 11/26/2013 A slightly off-beat and low-key drama but it's a solid enough story of how the (penal) system can impact on a person back in society. See more 11/18/2013 still but watchable melodrama See more 08/07/2009 Jane Greer and Lizabeth Scott are great in this semi-exploitative post-WIP hybrid of social problem film and noir. Fallen women are depicted as being improperly infantilized societal outcasts engaged in petty theft and such, when they should be subjugated within marriage. So, we get the two competing for the obligatory affections of Dennis O'Keefe, and some highly patronizing scenes with her parole board. The lineup sequence is shot very well, and Greer excels at conveying the pathos of her character. Also of interest is the climactic scene in LA's Union Station with O'Keefe. This finds Greer "passing" as a mother to avoid capture, by coddling the infant of the busy mother beside them. Thus, her ability to nurture is the test she must pass to win the freedom to be subordinated by marriage instead of the penal system. Curiously, the infant in question is Jeff Bridges, with little Beau and their mom. See more 02/14/2009 amazing cast good story See more Read all reviews

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