Out of the Past1947
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Webb
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 97 minutes
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Webb
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 97 minutes
"Build my gallows high, baby"--just one of the quintessentially noir sentiments expressed by Robert Mitchum in this classic of the genre. Mitchum, in absolute prime, sleepy-eyed form, relates a complicated flashback about getting hired by gangster K… more »
Jeff:
[at the roulette wheel] That isn't the way to play it.
Kathie:
Why not?
Jeff:
'Cause it isn't the way to win.
Kathie:
Is there a way to win?
Jeff:
Well, there's a way to lose more slowly.
Kathie:
I prefer it like that.
Jeff:
Chuck it in.
Kathie:
Don't you like to gamble?
Jeff:
Not against a wheel.
Kathie:
Tell me why you're so hard to please.
Jeff:
Take me where I can tell you.
Submitted by wikidude on November 05, 2019
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