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...Tone spends the rest of the 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...
...pretty twist in store. [SPOILER] Nice-guy Marty is indeed the killer - the janitor had let him out of his room, he went to Mavis? place hoping for an anniversary reunion and, when she rudely rejected his affections, he strangled her with his scarf (overtones of Franchot Tone!) - but he doesn?t remember because his alcoholic stupor blotted out the deed. Now that all is clear, he wants to save the husband of the woman he loves. A killer racing against time to turn himself in: that?s a poignant twist...
...movie isn?t much, but Kelley nicely conveys a doomed man?s look and walk, as if he?s wearing invisible shackles. His voiceover has the voluptuous tone of a bad dream, or bad pulp writing: ?It seemed as if my brain was handcuffed... My stomach was riding a roller coaster... I was scared sick.? The film stretches its minuscule budget with effects like showing murder in Vince?s eyes - literally: the camera closes in, Kelley?s eye sockets turn black and we see the nightmare killing in them. Writer-director Shane would remake this film in 1956 as ?Nightmare...
...West Bank and Gaza that he will not compromise on settlements and the right of return. It’s a risk-free opportunity, as Arafat sees it, to destabilize Sharon’s government and boost his own credentials as a friend of peace, without changing his tone among constituents...
Murphy had been instrumental in setting a tone for the first minute of the game, assisting Peljto’s opening jumpers, and then scoring back-to-back threes herself...