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directed by Arthur Lubin
USA 1949
Millionaire industrialist, Walter Williams, has it all, power, money, success and a supposed, idyllic life with his young, beautiful wife, Irene. When a business trip to Denver arises, Walter decides to take his wife along, hoping to turn the scenic ride over the mountains via Lake Tahoe into a mini vacation. However, things begin to go awry when Irene claims she's ill and can't go but insists Walter give a ride to her poor cousin, who is hitchhiking his way home to Evanston, Illinois. The cousin is actually Irene's lover, Jim Torrence, and he is there to carry out his and Irene's plot to murder Walter. But in a twist of fate, after Jim's attack upon Walter, and while Jim is fleeing the scene, he is killed in a head-on collision. Once the bloodied, very shaken, and very bewildered Walter awakens and pieces together what all had happened, he claims amnesia and goes into hiding, with the hope of somehow bringing Irene to justice. *** As far as 'modest' Film Noirs go, this is one of the best. A simple plot idea is twisted to the max for late 1940's audiences. Millionaire-industrialist, cool as a cucumber-bigshot, Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) has an unscrupulous young wife (Helen Walker) who is out to see him... dead. With the help of her nefarious lover/boyfriend, enlisted for the deed - the plan crumbles to pieces and not only does Williams survive a bash on the noggin, but the would-be culprit wrecks himself up in a fireball with the intended target's sweet auto. Now everyone thinks Williams IS dead. After figuring what has transpired Walter has settled as an auto mechanic in a gentle quiet village leaving his mystery to a dogged, close-to-retirement detective, Lt. Tom Quincy (Charles Coburn). Walter succumbs to 'doing-the-right-thing' and returns with garage owner and boss/girlfriend Ella Raines (Marsha Peters), the sweet and sexy girl-next-door. Trouble is now HE has been charged with murder of the hidden lover, thanks to his wife's abilities to lie. He needs assistance from ex-housekeeper Su Lin (silent screen goddess Anna Mae Wong). Impact is one of those clandestine gems that you love to unravel. A true Noir masterpiece. |
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Theatrical Release: March 19th, 1949
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Runtime | 1:50:50.185 | |
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Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -31dB Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -31dB |
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: VCI
1. 37:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 22,881,212,322 bytesFeature: 21,312,362,496 bytes Video Bitrate: 23.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Commentary by Associate Professor of English Bernard Prokop• Image Gallery (6:27)
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has a fiery auto explosion but no gunfire or other violence. As you
might expect it is modestly rendered. The score was by Michel Michelet
(Douglas Sirk's
Lured, Renoir's
Diary of a Chambermaid, Arthur Ripley's
The Chase, Joseph Losey's
M, Fritz Lang's
The Tiger of Eschnapur) sounding reasonably clean (a couple of
mild aberrations) with consistent dialogue
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