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Recently, the following colloquy took place between the secretary in our San Antonio, Texas bureau and an anonymous telephoner. Said our girl, answering the phone : Garfield ni-yon, three-seven...
...Garfield ni-yon, three-seven...
Nobody Lives Forever--A new crime thriller, featuring John Garfield and Geraldine Fitzgerald. At the Metropolitan...
Every shady move in this fast crook movie has been tested and approved, time & again, at the boxoffice. But the familiar yarn, retold with energy, skill and loving corroborative detail, is still serviceable. John Garfield, head con man in as seedy a gang of characters as ever plotted a swindle, sets out to relieve a rich widow of her $2 million. His enthusiasm for his work naturally increases when the lady with the bankroll turns out to be Geraldine Fitzgerald. In time, of course, True Love, plus a visit to the mission at Capistrano, makes a new, upright...
Like practically all cops & robbers diversions, this picture's plot has holes big enough to drive a black maria through. Most obvious hole: the rich Widow Fitzgerald appears much too bright to get herself mixed up with Garfield before checking with the Better Business Bureau. Much of the fresh, exciting look about Nobody Lives Forever comes from its underworld sets: the flyblown bars and diners, noisy juke joints and moldy waterfront piers. Most of its convincing punch is furnished by an excellent supporting rogues' gallery, which includes George Coulouris, Walter Brennan and George Tobias...