Decoy - Jean Gillie is the ultimate femme fatale(or gold digging ho or bitch to be very non PC about it) in this 1946 thriller- she wants her boyfriend revived from a state sanctioned cynanide nap so she find the loot he has hidden from a bank robbery.She does everything she can to seduce the men in her life to get her way.An opening on par with D.O.A. and an ending that feels like the evil universe ending to Wizard of Oz- the middle parts of the movie tend to drag some times- but it is all worth it.Sheldon Leonard plays Jo-Jo Portugal the local cop trying to clean up the town.This movie takes no prisoners- it is a brutal world driven by money and Maragaret Shelby intends to get hers.The DVD has a commentary track by the writer of the story and film historian Glen Erickson and a mini featurette- including comments from Dick Cavett.Since this is in a double feature DVD with Crime Wave I would suggest buying it- and if it were on it's own I would still suggest buying it. A-
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Re: Decoy (1946)
Wed, November 14, 2007 - 3:30 PMbut was it noir? it was freaky as all get out. your thoughts.....