REAR WINDOW: Deconstruction of a scene - The death of a dog.SABOTEUR Deconstruction of a scene: The Statue of Liberty finale.HITCHCOCK AND SELZNICK by Leonard J. Leff.SHADOW OF A DOUBT Deconstruction of a Scene: Signature Scenes.ROPE Deconstruction of a Scene: A trunk, a talk and a hat.VERTIGO Deconstruction of a Scene: Argosy Book Shop.Hitchcock on Hitchcock Volume 2 – Edited by Sidney Gottlieb.Footsteps in the Fog – Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco by Jeff Kraft and Aaron Levanthal.PSYCHO Deconstruction of a Scene: Arbogast questions Norman Bates.MARNIE Deconstruction of a Scene: Marnie steals the money.This is not a classic or anything but if you enjoy murder mysteries from the 30s, I'm sure you'll have a good time with this one. Often in murder mysteries of the 30s and 40s, the police seem to act largely with impunity, arresting people with little or no evidence and holding them like a conviction was a foregone conclusion. Lots of talk about rights and not having enough evidence to hold someone without arresting them. It was interesting to see how differently this movie handled some of the procedural aspects of the law. However, here Toomey shines and delivers some of the movie's best lines. Imagine Dick Powell without the personality. Toomey was a rather static actor I've never been terribly impressed with in other films of his I've seen. Great character actors like Edward Brophy, Arthur Byron, Ivan Simpson, and Samuel Hinds. As is usually the case in these types of movies, the supporting cast makes the picture. Bruce's character is a bit insufferable though. She sets out to solve the murder so that her nephew Cortez can marry Virginia Bruce (beautiful, as always). That would be masculine Constance Collier, here wearing a bad white wig and looking positively like a drag queen. Ricardo Cortez is the male lead but he's not the real star. Fun murder mystery helped greatly by delightful cast.
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