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The Man in the Net

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Big city advertising artist John Hamilton (Alan Ladd) abandons his career and relocates to a sleepy Connecticut community to paint for himself instead of for a paycheck. But his erratic spouse, Linda (Carolyn Jones), quickly grows bored with her quiet new life and begins to lash out at him. After turning to the bottle, Linda begins to openly insult her husband and even accuses him of beating her. So later, when she goes missing, the locals suspect John of murder and an angry mob comes after him.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 04/17/2003
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An unremarkable drama. Go to Full Review
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Cathy K. @choctawcat Aug 3 Terrible acting , dumb script , far fetched … the worst movie I’ve ever seen. See more Martin B 09/14/2023 Alan Ladd performs the one part he's capable of. Tightly wrapped as an artist in this movie with a loosey goosey script where a lot that happens depends on things that could never really happen. Including a band of children helping Ladd's character with the precision of a well ordered military unit. But the kids were wonderful, their rolls making the entire story unique seeing the artist's innocence when the rest of the town was ready to lynch him. A really nice example of a late 50's, early 60's whodunit. Black and white but all the scenes visually crisp and clear with interesting backdrops in a rural setting. Good if not great supporting cast the exception being Caroline Jones the erratic wife to Ladd's low key, loyal spouse characterization. Under rated in my view I've seen it twice and loved it each time. See more Steve D 07/13/2023 Too unpleasant to enjoy. See more Bernard K 07/15/2022 One of the dumbest movies ever created. See more 09/07/2014 So-so mystery had a capsule description that made me think this was going to be a much more action filled and noirish story. Michael Curtiz directed this tale of artist Alan Ladd is accused of murdering his boozy wife, Carolyn Jones, and then trying to clear his name. That sounded pretty good, but it ends up that Ladd spends a lot of tim hiding out in a cave with some children who help him clear his good name. It's not a bad film, but I think it could have been a lot better. I was picturing something more like "The Fugitive." Charles McGraw also appears in the film. See more 08/30/2014 just ok kinda muddled See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Big city advertising artist John Hamilton (Alan Ladd) abandons his career and relocates to a sleepy Connecticut community to paint for himself instead of for a paycheck. But his erratic spouse, Linda (Carolyn Jones), quickly grows bored with her quiet new life and begins to lash out at him. After turning to the bottle, Linda begins to openly insult her husband and even accuses him of beating her. So later, when she goes missing, the locals suspect John of murder and an angry mob comes after him.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Production Co
Mirisch Corporation
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 13, 2017
Runtime
1h 37m
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