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Title: Film Noir as only Branagh can do it
Review: This movie captures the world of Hitchcock and Bogart, in dramatic black and white (with color episodes) in a truly great presentation. Yes, the plot is threadbare, but no more so that those of Hitchcock's best, and irrelevant in any case, as the tension winds tighter and tighter, seeking a violent conclusion. Branagh is his usual self, so completely disappearing into his two roles, both with American accents, that he does not seem the same man who thrilled us in Henry V, delighted us in Much Ado, and took our breath away with Hamlet.See it on a dark, winter night, with the lights low, and your arms around someone you adore. You will NOT be disappointed!Mary F. Byrkit20 January 2004mfbyrkit@comcast.net
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