Framed (1947)Mike Lambert, seeking a mining job, instead becomes the patsy for a femme-fatale's schemes. Director:Richard Wallace |
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Framed (1947)Mike Lambert, seeking a mining job, instead becomes the patsy for a femme-fatale's schemes. Director:Richard Wallace |
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| Glenn Ford | ... |
Mike Lambert
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Janis Carter | ... |
Paula Craig
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Barry Sullivan | ... |
Steve Price
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| Edgar Buchanan | ... |
Jeff Cunningham
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Karen Morley | ... |
Beth
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Jim Bannon | ... |
Jack Woodworth
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Mike Lambert, unemployed mining engineer, arrives in a small town with a bang when the brakes fail on the truck he's driving. After meeting seductive Paula at the La Paloma Cafe, he finds himself in trouble with the law. On the basis of a few burning glances, Paula pays his fine and finds him a room, but her motives are not what they seem. Mike lucks into a job with miner Jeff Cunningham, but against his will he's drawn ever deeper into Paula's schemes. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
I can't think of a movie in which he lost out, anyway.
Here he is a drifter who falls in with a treacherous woman. Initially, he offered work by her romantic interest, the king of film noir, Barry Sullivan. Someone once asked what movie star I felt I identified with most and it was Sullivan. The guy never gave a bad performance.
His girl here is played by Janis Carter. Her biography says that she was a hit in musicals on Broadway. I can see that. She has a boyishly cute look. (Ann Savage is hard to imagine in a musical. But look at Constance Towers, so fine in two Samuel Fuller movies and a Broadway darling.) Carter plays one evil woman! Wow, I would keep my distance from her! She's a waitress at a place called La Paloma when Ford meets her by she has high ambitions.
Edgar Buchanan is exceptionally touching as the miner who's willing to give engineer Ford a job. We can see he's kind of a loser but he is a very decent guy.
This is a tough little film. I recommend it highly.