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...These movies will introduce the novice to all manner of Woolrich obsessions. The hero who sees things no one believes (?Phantom Lady,? ?Fear Is the Night,? ?Night Has a Thousand Eyes,? ?The Window,? ?Martha?). The heroine whom love drives to deception (?No Man of Her Own?), murder (?The Bride Wore Black,? ?Mississippi Mermaid?) or near-death (?Martha?). The obtuse cop (?Phantom,? ?Black Angel,? ?Fear,? ?Thousand Eyes,? ?The Window,? ?Rear Window?). The letter with ominous news (?No Man,? ?Rear,? ?Mermaid?). The murderous or suicidal impulses on an el platform or train overpass (?Phantom,? ?Thousand,? ?The Window,? ?No Man?). The race...
...extra ticket; agrees to her condition of anonymity; leaves her at the bar after the show; arrives home to find his wife dead and himself the main suspect. Who?s his alibi? Dunno. Where does she live? Couldn?t say. Did anyone see them at the time of the murder? Sure, lots of people - but none of them seems to remember the phantom lady. Innocence betrayed meets the no-name sex of a million quickie assignations. When he?s convicted of the crime, only his secretary and his best friend are interested in solving the murder...
...movie clenching, kneading, staring at his hands; he?s a nutso-virtuoso, an Ormandy or Orlac, conducting a symphony ... of Mur-der! It may be tough to keep from laughing at Tone?s aristo-path, and harder to wave away the plot idiocies. (How did Jack commit the murder and then track Scott into the bar and shadow his every move, so that he would be able to contact and bribe the witnesses?) Clear these hurdles and you?ll enjoy the climax, as Jack invites Carol back to his place, loosens his bow tie and twists it in his hands...
CASE OPENED: The brutal murder of maryland prosecutor jonathan luna is as puzzling as any case he pursued...
DIED. DAVID HEMMINGS, 62, swinging London's golden boy in the 1966 film Blowup; of a heart attack; while filming in Romania. As a fashion photographer who uncovers a murder by blowing up his photos, he played sexy scenes with Vanessa Redgrave and helped make Michelangelo Antonioni's film a breakthrough art-house hit. He later became a director of such movies as Just a Gigolo (featuring Marlene Dietrich's last performance) and a reliable character actor in such films as Gladiator and Gangs of New York...