DESTINATION MURDER is a moderately interesting noir film with a couple of credible performances--STANLEY CLEMENTS and HURD HATFIELD--and a nice turn by MYRNA DELL (the gal who gets bumped off in the first scene of THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE). She does an effective job here as a spurned and scheming woman despite some slick, yet naive dialogue.
JOYCE MACKENZIE has a model's good looks and is very pretty as the feminine lead but not exactly convincing as a woman who sets out to solve her father's murder. The story takes a few twists and turns along the way, but none of it seems credible even while you become absorbed in how it will all turn out.
ALBERT DEKKER is surprisingly weak in a key villainous role but HURD HATFIELD is strong enough here to make Dekker's role seem almost peripheral. He and Stanley Clements are the glue that keep the film within the realm of believability as moderate entertainment.
But all in all, it's the kind of passable and shadowy "B" film that can best be described as not likely to linger in your mind.
JOYCE MACKENZIE has a model's good looks and is very pretty as the feminine lead but not exactly convincing as a woman who sets out to solve her father's murder. The story takes a few twists and turns along the way, but none of it seems credible even while you become absorbed in how it will all turn out.
ALBERT DEKKER is surprisingly weak in a key villainous role but HURD HATFIELD is strong enough here to make Dekker's role seem almost peripheral. He and Stanley Clements are the glue that keep the film within the realm of believability as moderate entertainment.
But all in all, it's the kind of passable and shadowy "B" film that can best be described as not likely to linger in your mind.