Framed (film)
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| Directed by | Richard Wallace |
| Produced by | Jules Schermer |
| Written by | Story: John Patrick Screenplay: Ben Maddow |
| Starring | Glenn Ford Janis Carter |
| Music by | Marlin Skiles Arthur Morton |
| Cinematography | Burnett Guffey |
| Editing by | Richard Fantl |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 7, 1947 (U.S.A.) |
| Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Framed (1947) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Richard Wallace and featuring Glenn Ford. The B-movie is generally praised by critics as an effective crime thriller despite its low budget.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Mike Lambert takes to driving a truck when he falls on hard times. When his rig breaks stop working in a small town he meets Paula Craig (Janis Carter) at the La Paloma Cafe and is quickly drawn into a criminal plot devised by the seductive femme fatale.
Paula talks her boyfriend, Stephen, into robbing the bank that he manages, then kills Stephen and takes the all of the stolen cash. She then confesses the killing to Mike and begs him to run away with her, claiming she murdered Stephen in a fit of passion while drunk. Mike considers her offer until he learns that his close friend Jeff gets accused of the killing -- and that Paula intends to pin the robbery that Stephen committed on his friend.
[edit] Cast
- Glenn Ford as Mike Lambert
- Janis Carter as Paula Craig
- Barry Sullivan as Steve Price
- Edgar Buchanan as Jeff Cunningham
- Karen Morley as Beth
- Jim Bannon as Jack Woodworth
- Sid Tomack as Bartender
- Barbara Woodell as Jane Woodworth
- Paul E. Burns as Sandy, Assayer
[edit] Critical reception
Critic Mark Deming called the film, "[a] superior low-budget film noir."[2]
Film critic Dennis Schwartz liked the film and wrote, "Janis Craig gives a very sexy and dangerous performance, which plays off very well against Glenn Ford's very earnest one of the good guys who can't get a lucky break. Even when he finds someone he could love she turns out to be poison, someone who was about to poison his coffee until she was reassured that he does not know something incriminating about her role in the crime. It was an entertaining B-film that ably caught how an honest but [a] desperate man reacts after hooking up with a falsehearted woman. The good performances overcame the cheap production values and slight story."[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Framed at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Deming, Mark. Framed at Allmovie.
- ^ Schwartz, Dennis. Ozus' World Movie Reviews, film review, September 20, 2001. Last accesed: January 20, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Framed at the Internet Movie Database.
- Framed at Allmovie.
- Framed at the TCM Movie Database.
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