Arlene Bradford lives
with her stepfather and her stepsister in San Francisco. Arlene is a spoiled, bored, wealthy
socialite. She finances her
lifestyle by using her fiancé Spencer Carlton’s access to her stepfather’s
brokerage firm. She also uses her
connections to steal security bonds for a crime boss. Arlene disappears and her stepsister Val tries to discover
what happened to her. Society
reporter Tony Sterling and photojournalist Izzy Wright try to help her to solve
the case.
Arlene is a brat and
she doesn’t care!! Her stepfather
pressures her to change her ways and he’s supported by her fiancé Spencer. She may be too much for all of
them? Why should she change her
ways when she’s using people and having a lot of fun doing this? I thought it was interesting to see the city of San
Francisco in this time period, the clothing, hairstyles and the cars. A lot of modes of transportation are used
including cars, seaplanes, motorcycles, cable cars, trains and several different
types of boats. Bette Davis has
blond hair and I haven’t seen her in other films with light hair? 3 ½* (I liked this movie)
68
min, Crime directed by William Dieterie with Bette Davis, Donald Woods,
Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Hugh Herbert, Arthur Byron, Robert Barrat, Henry
O-Neill, Irving Pichel, Douglass Dumbrille, Alan Hale.
Note: Imdb 7.1 out of 10, 27% audience on
Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 9 reviews, TCM Leonard Maltin 2.5*
out of 4*.
Special Note: Comments about this film after release , "the fastest film ever made and ruddy thriller."
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