Year of Release: 1941Country of Origin: USA
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart
Plot outline: An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist (IMDb).
High Sierra is the last time Humphrey Bogart is forced to take second billing, and for good reason. He’s a tour-de-force in this crime epic, and pretty much carries the entire movie. The script by John Huston is good, but not as tight as some of his better efforts. While it does a good job moving through quite a bit of story, many of the supporting characters are underdeveloped and forgettable. This is compounded by patches of uncharacteristically trite dialog and ill conceived comedy. But the movie makes good use of the scenic beauty of the Sierra Mountains with dark cinematography that makes it foreboding in the manner that would develop into film noir. High Sierra is a great role for Bogart that - with a tighter script - could have been part of a great movie. (FML)
My judgement: **1/2 out of 4 stars
No comments:
Post a Comment