Word: wickedness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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But the same deftness of line and surprise of situation that both Huston and Bogart have become known for is in Beat the Devil. The secret, of course, lies in conceiving enough flamboyantly wicked characters to off-set Bogart's flashy heroism. In this case, Huston and Capote have hit...
On to the Bridge. Though somewhat more literate, the story is just as juicy as most U.S. radio serials. The hero, Haruki, and the heroine, Machiko, meet on the night of May 24, 1945 during a great B-29 firebomb raid on Tokyo. Caught for a few breathless minutes on...
Two of the cast really stand out. Pippa Scott, playing Frytania, is the Tallulah Bankhead of Bad Fairies, angular and wicked, with a fearsome bit of makeup to suit her evil soul. Slugging it out with the Bad Fairly is Weady Robertson as Beauty, who is the apogee of sweetness...
Councilman Taylor's motion, said another Laborite, was "a dirty, saucy attack." Was it his "business to introduce the filthy system of McCarthyism here? Dr. Nunn May has served a prison * for his crime. How many more sentences must he serve? Turn this wicked resolution into a vote of...
Wicked Woman (Greene-Rouse; United Artists) is a reeking little slice of life from the butt end of that infinite salami. A tawdry blonde named Billie Nash (Beverly Michaels) is dumped off a bus, bag & baggage, somewhere in Southern California. Next day she wriggles her way into a job wrestling...