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He is as suave as ever as Simon Templar but flat as the head of the criminal gang.
American Variation on Battle Royale except in this film those put on the island, squared off against each other, with bomb locks around their ankles, are adults(..mostly those with a criminal past awaiting Death Row).
How those 4 year olds could have pried open the metal bars that a 20 year old criminal needed a whole toolbox to do is apparently not part of the issue.
A criminal called "The Bat" roams around the mansion house of Cornelia (Grayce Hampton) looking for a secret room with hidden money.
George Rose has a grungy, thick-witted manner and grubby appearance that conceal a cunning criminal mind.
These generally involve his criminal peers although his donation of his share of the drug rip-off loot to a friend as an investment in the latter's computer business only backfires when the treacherous fellow blackmails Joe.
The local criminal element has it in for him as well, the murders bring the cops down on them and it's hurting business.
However I believe it had a new plot being to catch a mysterious criminal known as the Iceman.
I was amazed when I saw it at Edinburgh by just how tough and unflinching a portrayal of the criminal underworld it is.
I am not completely convinced as to his guilt OR his innocence, but I think the criminal justice system failed him.
The whole idea of brainwashing a criminal to never do harm again in itself is genius.
Just two adults: one elderly white cop and one young black guy (even not really a criminal).
It really should be something to make such a fantasy/sci-fi fan like me to like a criminal drama (not really a drama, read further).
In fact, he becomes a hero, saving the townsfolk of quaint Haversville from a criminal scam perpetuated by a big city gangster named Duke Sheldon.
Joan Graham (Sylvia Sidney) is the efficient secretary of a public defender Stephen Whitney (Barton MacLane) and is in love of the smalltime criminal Eddie Taylor (Henry Fonda).
On the night of his execution, the FBI finds the real criminal and Eddie grants an indulgence.
Unfortunately, the movie does not go any further and, as somebody already commented: it is a straight jail-house drama between a BEAUTIFUL Dr.(Dina Meyer) and a dangerous and supernatural-empowered criminal who claims to be both God and the Devil in flesh and bones!(the actor Pavan Groover who funnily has appeared in only TWO movies!!).
Paula and Sergio are married and own the small house in the mountains where they only travel to at weekends and Lillian is Paula's sister,who just happens to be having an affair with Sergio.Sergio is going hunting,Paula is going shopping and Lillian is staying home to sunbathe naked.Lillian puts on the radio and we hear a news report a thief and murderer who has escaped from jail and is on the loose after murdering farmer with a pitchfork.The criminal named Joe Brezy has stolen the car and is hiding near the house.He has buried 300million lira in the house(from the previous robbery).Joe takes the three of them hostage whilst he digs for his loot.When he finally gets his loot he plays Paula,Lillian and Sergio against each other telling Paula about the affair her husband and sister are having."Vacanze
The best thing is, things do, but nothing lewd or purely criminal just fun.
The novel was based on a real criminal case that happened in Buenos Aires in the 1960's.
...why, it's almost criminal, I think!
It portrays to the viewer the state of the justice system and the criminal justice administration system.
Sometimes I really like criminal shows - especially "Without a Trace" which was great.
Society fails in that it is unable to prevent the original crime; and then again, in locking up those criminals in a world of squalor, drug abuse, and violence, ruled, in effect, by the criminal hierarchy whose delicate co-operation with the authorities is necessary to maintain any semblance of order.
Here they play two cons: Raft planning to go straight and provide for his Mom and kid brother while Bogey returns to his criminal ways.
There is always an "evil man" who is the "true criminal" behind it.
Questions of morality and honour loom large as they do in any Kurosawa film, with the quest becoming ever more urgent as evidence is gathered of the weapon being used in criminal activities.
In 90s every Serb was a war criminal and now every Muslim is present as Osama Bin Laden but that's another story.
the soundtrack has very little to do with the ebb and flow of the film, the directing and editing are amateurish, but not horrible, the acting is over-the-top in almost every instance (though roy morton has a good performance as a super-sleazy sex-driven criminal) and the color is garish.
But for a film this good to have not seen a DVD release is criminal.
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