Union City (1980)A man is so obsessed with finding the person responsible for stealing his milk bottles that he ignores his beautiful young wife, who has other ideas on her mind. Director:Marcus Reichert |
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Union City (1980)A man is so obsessed with finding the person responsible for stealing his milk bottles that he ignores his beautiful young wife, who has other ideas on her mind. Director:Marcus Reichert |
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Young Vagrant
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Harlan
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Terry Walsh | ... |
Paper Boy
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Cynthia Crisp | ... |
Wanda
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Walter
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Charles Rydell | ... |
Cab Driver
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| Deborah Harry | ... |
Lillian
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Sally MacLeod | ... |
Woman In Bar
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The Contessa
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Terina Lewis | ... |
Evelyn
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Larry Longacre
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Wolfgang Zilzer | ... |
Ludendorff
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Arthur McFarland | ... |
Mr. Lewis
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Mrs. Lewis
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Asha Robinson | ... |
Daughter, Lewis Family
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Guilty paranoia in a gritty 1950's industrial town. An accountant, living a repressed life, becomes so obsessed with the person who is stealing his morning milk that he commits an act of irrational violence. His beautiful wife, meanwhile, is making plans of her own. Written by Kim Rubin
This film was a desperate ode to Film-Noir. Random clichés of a poor 40's thriller were thrown together with no attempt to cover the flaws: poor dialog, misguided acting, poor editing, an amateur synthesizer soundtrack, and a one-note plot that's painfully stretched out and not believable in the first place (corpses rot and smell at room temperature). The actors were simply imitating characters they've seen in old movies. Even the costumes were used incorrectly. For example, men didn't wear their hats indoors. The camera is mostly static and many dialog scenes have jarring editing.
This is what a 40's thriller would look like if had been done by a student on a very limited budget and schedule.