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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Clash by Night
zygimantas — 20 years ago(December 26, 2005 08:15 AM)
hey, Stanwyck is cool - she plays the hardboiled "seen it all" chick well, her wit is razor sharp and she ALWAYS comes out on top in the repartee. Mae rivals any of Bogart's characters for shoot-from-the-hip glib comebacks.
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T-aerial — 19 years ago(January 29, 2007 05:05 AM)
I think Stanwyck is at her best in this hot film!
I fully agree, however, why this film has such a low rating?
Beacause it's not 100% a "Noir", and more a "Drama"?
The 1-shots and the other camera-shots are excellent, Stanwyck shows her best performance; overall an excellent, underrated film. -
BlueGreen — 19 years ago(January 30, 2007 01:33 PM)
It's as simple - or as complicated - as that.
It's sexist, but very true to the era (so it's a good thing); and the actors do their best to avoid any unnecessary pathos or "sappiness", as it is usually called by the vulgo;)
I wonder, too, why it has such a low rating.
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candries-1 — 18 years ago(June 12, 2007 11:05 AM)
Stanwyck is very sexy in this. The movie was excellent for the first 45 mins but then it dropped for me. I think it's rated only 7 because the ending became just a bit dramatic, no real resolve somehow. The acting was excellent from everybody but ultimately the story was meek for me.
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HoferPM-1 — 15 years ago(June 01, 2010 08:55 AM)
There's a lot of inuendo in this film. Barbara always at her best in these movies. Remember, 1952 had a hard time showing Barbara was bored with Jerry and liked a bit of the rough stuff from Robert Ryan who didn't know how to handle women and finally found a woman who liked the way he offered love, or should I say sex, In the end she realized the safe way was the best !!!!!!!! P.S. Marilyn Monroe was adorable and I loved her hairdo. Barbara Stanwyck had great arms, well defined. Loved this whole movie and saw it when I was a kid so I know it appeals to the over 50 crowd.
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HarlowMGM — 14 years ago(April 07, 2011 06:41 PM)
I think this is Stanwyck's best 1950's film. What's really great about it is that it's one of the very few films of it's era that's a full-blooded sex melodrama with blatantly middle-aged stars. Stanwyck's Mae Doyle has clearly been around the block a few times and still has her passion and fire if not her youth and dreams. I think Barbara deserved an Oscar nomination for this but 1952 was a very tough year, the winner was Shirley Booth in COME BACK LITTLE SHEBA which was Stanwyck's personal alltime favorite film performance.