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6.0/10 • 39

1952-08-291h 17m

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Trapped by a man beyond control!

A psychopath on the run takes a job as a handyman at the house of a lonely widow.

Directors
Harry Horner
Writters
Mel Dinelli
Editors
Mel Dinelli, Paul Weatherwax

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  1. Ida Lupino

    Ida Lupino

    Helen Gordon

  2. Robert Ryan

    Robert Ryan

    Howard Wilton

  3. Taylor Holmes

    Taylor Holmes

    Walter Armstrong

  4. Barbara Whiting

    Barbara Whiting

    Ruth Williams

  5. James Willmas

    James Willmas

    Mr. Stevens

  6. O.Z. Whitehead

    O.Z. Whitehead

    Mr. Franks

  7. William Talman

    William Talman

    Mr. Gordon

  8. Dee Pollock

    Dee Pollock

    Doug

  9. Jimmy Mobley

    Jimmy Mobley

    Jimmy

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John Chard

Sep 15, 2019

7/10

The Man, The Play & The Actor. We are in a small town, a homely widow (Ida Lupino) hires a handyman (Robert Ryan) to look after her house. She soon starts to regret it as Ryan grows erratic by the hour, it appears that she is host to a dangerous schizophrenic, and now she is unable to escape her house. Beware, My Lovely is adapted from Mel Dinelli's (The Spiral Staircase) story and play called "The Man". Pretty much a one set movie and a two character driven piece, the film boasts two great central performances and offers up an interesting take on mental illness. One however shouldn't be fooled into thinking this is a violent and nerve shredding picture, because it isn't. It's clear from the get go that Ryan's Howard Wilton is a dangerously troubled man, but this is a different sort of "peril" movie, one that throws up another slant on psychosis and thus making it difficult to hate our dangerous protagonist. Ryan and Lupino are a great combination, they had also done the excellent, and far better, On Dangerous Ground this same year. So with both actors clearly comfortable together, it brings out a finely tuned character story all based in the confines of one house or prison as it were. Ryan is particularly strong as his character flits in and out of madness, with some scenes powerful and at times inducing fear, while at others garnering deep sympathy. The direction from Harry Horner is safe (he in truth doesn't have to do much other than let his actors run with it) and George E. Diskant's cinematography contains some smart and impacting visual touches -with one involving Christmas tree baubles immensely memorable. Falling some where in between being average and great, picture has enough about it to make it a recommendation to fans of borderline and easy to follow film noir. For fans of Robert Ryan, though, it's something of an essential viewing, oh yes, and then some. 7/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
psychopathfilm noirhome invasionhandymantrapped in a houseschizophrenic