Raw Deal, Anthony Mann (U.S., 1948)
- When
- Fri Feb 14, 2014
- Where
- Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
- Time
- 8:50 PM
- Cost
- $5.50 - $9.50
- Tags
- Movies
Description
Introduction/Max AlvarezArchival Print!
Penned up in the pen, fall guy for a botched heist, Joe (Dennis O’Keefe) springs himself with the aid of his moll, Claire Trevor, and takes off on a raw-edged journey to revenge with demented Raymond Burr waiting at the dim terminus. Along the way, Joe takes his social worker (Marsha Hunt) hostage and she becomes the film’s fall girl as she falls for the guy. Guided by Trevor’s baleful, boozed-up voice-over, Raw Deal rakes emotion from the underbrush of existence. No verdant place this, but a fallow ‘scape bathed in cinematographer Alton’s murky light. This is where love comes to die.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Leopold Atlas, John C. Higgins, based on a story by Arnold B. Armstrong, Audrey Ashley. Photographed by John Alton. With Dennis O’Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, Raymond Burr. (78 mins, B&W, 35mm, From the Library of Congress)
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