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| Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford |
Cop Joe Baron (Glenn Ford) is married to Lisa (Elke Sommer), and they have serious money troubles. When Dr. Horace Van Tilden (Joseph Cotten) shoots a burglar in his house, it turns out that the burglar's wife is Baron's old girlfriend, Rosalie (Rita Hayworth). Then there's Baron's partner, Pete (Ricardo Montalban), who would also like to get his hands on some green. I won't give away any of the twists or plot developments because that's about all this picture has going for it. Despite the gun play, love scenes, and so on, this is remarkably dull. Elke Sommer is as inadequate as ever, but the rest of the cast, especially Hayworth, is fine. This just never really comes to life.
Verdict: A waste of money. *1/2.
Though my favorite Hayworth performance is in Gilda, I love to see her develop as an actress in her later years, and she excelled at playing these burned-out, blowsy lush characters, like this one as well as Separate Tables and Circus World. She's both mature and beautiful in Pal Joey, too...
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I couldn't agree more! She learned her lessons well as she matured.
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