The Damned Don't Cry

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Bill T. @btreakle Jan 2 “The Damned Don’t Cry” This film starring Joan Crawford and David Bryan from 1950 was an excellent film. Now if you’d like to own Crawford you would definitely like this film one of her better pieces of work in my opinion. Joan portrays a character who will stop at nothing to get to the top to the next rung on the ladder if you will. Along the way she meets a meek and mild accountant who was persuaded by John’s character to reach for the stars and take everything you can get along the way. So with that being the premise of the movie I will say no more and not spoil it. Now this movie is suitable for all ages. See more Dan M @Runnerdan Jan 1 Ok for it’s time. Plot is not new. Woman escapes hardship by using her femininity and brains, but only temporarily. Her conversion from being sweet & submissive to hard and rich is not well motivated and the ending is too positive which is inconsistent with the character she has become. Would have been better as a noir where she remains "hard". Definitely not as good as Double Indemnity, a real noir classic. See more Tim S Jul 24 Typical Joan Crawford vehicle. Mildly entertaining. Easily forgettable. See more M L Jul 7 Galloping, heartbreaking, preposterous, snappy, whiplash-inducing! This epic camp masterpiece lays all its flaws out to bear and then dares you to walk away.—- “Whatever it’s like out there, it’s gotta be better than this…” —- “ Don’t talk to me about self-respect! That’s something you tell yourself you’ve got when you got nothing else.” —- “ The only thing that counts is that stuff you take to the bank. That filthy buck that everyone sneers at but slugs to get!” —- Awesomeness. See more nick s @Nick_S 11/13/2024 Good drama with competent directing and acting. Some of the dialogue really is top shelf. The story is mostly the character arc of the main protagonist, so there's not much mystery or intrigue. That doesn't quite hook you as well. But it was a good movie all the same. See more princeofwaldo 09/02/2024 There all sorts of sub-genre film noirs...,,,.. San Francisco, New York, LA (usually Santa Monica) - Nevada - railroad, insurance scam, newspaper, femme fatale, catholic, amnesia, women's prison.... BUT, so far only one film noir I've seen that is pure Palm Springs and this is it. AND, probably in the top 25 greatest film noirs ever made. Much like Double Indemnity (1944) it's still copywrite protected, and very much worth the $4 on Fandango or Amazon to see. Loosely based on the life of Virginia Hill, gangster Bugsy Siegel's moll in the mid to late 1940s. Joan Crawford at her very best. 103 minutes, B&W. Released by Warner Brothers, a rather expensive movie to make as film noirs go: Cost over a million dollars to make back in 1950. See more Read all reviews

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