Otto BrowerBehind Green Lights (1946)

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This item is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Otto Brower
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Keywords: crime; drama; noir

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Moongleam - - April 9, 2008
Subject: Not bad

Interesting, and humorous at times.

The mpeg1 file is too small, and the mpeg2 file is too large. A reasonably sized file can be found here:
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Reviewer: migwell - - December 20, 2006
Subject: Low budget police procedural

This film appears on an extended list of folm noirs that I use as a reference point to seek out movies of this sort, but like many films included, its place as a film noir seems pretty tenuous.

Generally, given a hard boiled plot, a troubled protagonist, the usual lighting and camera work, rainy nights and shadows from the venetian blinds, the noir technique was used to elevate second rate material, actors, and directors constrained by tight budgets into something more worthwhile than the standard 'grind-'em-out' B movie mediocrity.

Unfortunately there is little of that effort shown in this fairly ordinary film. It is not very engaging, the acting is rather flat, and the plot pretty contrived. Carol Landis' hairdo really is something to puzzle over though, and the idea that she and William Gargan hook up at the end is pretty odd as well.

Reviewer: jimelena - - September 21, 2006
Subject: don't care for it

As far as noir goes it's not that good.
I just don't care for the writting really.
Everything else is actually pretty well done.

Reviewer: eggfellow - - July 2, 2004
Subject: oofa snarf plumple

surprisingly good. the women's hairdos and hats are kind of, er, smooth.