Filled with the strength of the Film Noir genre, Hungarian director De Toth's 1944, Dark Waters has abundant atmospheric assistance with the N'awlins ultra-wet, vine covered landscape brimming over with old-south plantation charm and people wearing 3-piece suits for breakfast. Reminiscences of Lang and Hitch fill the 90 minutes and although I found Merle Oberon fraught with the same deer-in-headlights expression too often while the support players were all top notch - Franchot Tone as the smitten Doctor, Thomas Mitchell as the seedy mastermind and Elisha Cook Jr. as a see-thru lothario/henchman on the make. This is an intelligent and hidden Noir gem that deserves an audience. Great late-night viewing. out of     

Gary W. Tooze