Flick #07 of CINEMONSTER's First MannVanuary.

My List of Films that I'll be watching (or have watched) plus links to those Reviews can be found here:
Slappy McGee's 1st MannVanuary 2022.

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Sometimes you can tell exactly where a film is going...

...this is NOT one of those films.

It's got a unique opening structure that caught me off-guard and took me a hot second to catch up to. I liked playing catch-up though and really enjoyed the way they dealt out the various pieces that make up the plot of this film noir.

Burt Lancaster is our protagonist who is a "fool for love" with femme fatale Yvonne De Carlo (yes, it is indeed Lily Munster from the TV show "The Munsters"). Then you have the always-one-step-ahead gangster Dan Duryea who is also involved with De Carlo, making a very volatile love triangle.

Throw in an armored truck heist, a cop (played by Stephen McNally) as a best friend and a bundle of double crosses and you got yourself some inventive storytelling!

Oh... and a couple of cameos that are pretty cool as well - both Raymond Burr and Tony Curtis show up in this one. As a matter of fact, this was Curtis' first film role ever: an uncredited part as a guy dancing with a lady where we just briefly see him. Onward and upward for him from here! Nice.

This is a pretty great noir with an awesome ending that truly fits this genre and that I completely loved. Check it out!