A film Noir, which takes place in the city, at night, in the clubs, where bad boys who rip off an honest man find themselves pursued by the brother of the honest man (because he committed suicide) who kills them one by one (the hand that avenges is him). The police follow all this. Charlton Heston plays the leader of the bad boys and is torn between Lizabeth Scott, a little bland, in love with him and who spends her time singing (3 songs a little painful) and Viveca Lindfors, the wife of the honest man with whom he is a little bit in love.
Charton Heston carries the film on his shoulders. And has the advantage or disadvantage of remaining hermetic about his motivations. We do not understand him well. We don't understand his emotional convolutions: does he feel guilty? Or is he interested in the flesh? Perhaps it is the second question that is true. But it doesn't matter, because he carries the film. And also, the key element of the film is this hand, which kills one by one the thugs, without us seeing the person, except during his last attempt to kill Charlton Heston himself.
It is a good story.
Charton Heston carries the film on his shoulders. And has the advantage or disadvantage of remaining hermetic about his motivations. We do not understand him well. We don't understand his emotional convolutions: does he feel guilty? Or is he interested in the flesh? Perhaps it is the second question that is true. But it doesn't matter, because he carries the film. And also, the key element of the film is this hand, which kills one by one the thugs, without us seeing the person, except during his last attempt to kill Charlton Heston himself.
It is a good story.