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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Anne Baxter sparkles in sleek little-known noir thriller,
By Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 100 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Chase a Crooked Shadow [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)
You really do need to love Anne Baxter in order to fully appreciate CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW. Thankfully I'm a huge fan, in particular her roles in "The Ten Commandments", "The Blue Gardenia", "The Razor's Edge", and "Three Violent People"; not to mention her signature, Academy Award-nominated performance as the title character in "All About Eve".
In CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW, Baxter is diamond heiress Kimberley Prescott. Living a typically glamorous lifestyle on the Costa Brava, Kim is stunned one evening when a man (Richard Todd) claiming to be her dead brother Ward arrives on her patio. Everyone seems to believe him to be genuine, except Kim who identified Ward's body after the car-crash that supposedly killed him. Kim starts to believe she's going mad, until a sympathetic police chief (Herbert Lom) decides there's more than meet's the eye with Ward's resurrection... You'll never ever guess the surprise ending! Needless to say, the film is full of twists and turns; we're never quite sure of who to believe or what motives are driving "Ward" in his quest to come back into Kim's life. Anne Baxter, with her honeyed and cultured speaking voice, is a perfect fit for the glamorous Kim and chews the scenery appropriately. A tight, gripping thriller which clips along at a brisk 84 minutes. Definitely one of Anne Baxter's better movie vehicles. Recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Best suspense movie,
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This review is from: Chase a Crooked Shadow [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Chase a crooked shadow is one of the best suspense movie I have ever seen. It is too bad that the movie is not available in DVD or even VHS format. It is not included in the TCM classics. I would highly recomend Amazon to get this movie on their movie list. Thanks.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
gripping, tight thriller,
By Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 100 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Chase a Crooked Shadow [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)
You really do need to love Anne Baxter in order to appreciate her performance in CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW. Thankfully I'm a huge fan, in particular her roles in "The Ten Commandments", "The Blue Gardenia", "Five Graves to Cairo", "The Razor's Edge", and "Three Violent People"; not to mention her signature, Academy Award-nominated performance as the title character in "All About Eve".
In CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW, Baxter is diamond heiress Kimberley Prescott. Living a typically glamorous lifestyle on the Costa Brava, Kim is stunned one evening when a man (Richard Todd) claiming to be her dead brother Ward arrives on her patio. Everyone seems to believe him to be genuine, except Kim who identified Ward's body after the car-crash that supposedly killed him. Kim starts to believe she's going mad, until a sympathetic police chief (Herbert Lom) decides there's more than meet's the eye with Ward's resurrection... You'll never ever guess the surprise ending! Needless to say, the film is full of twists and turns; we're never quite sure of who to believe or what motives are driving "Ward" in his quest to come back into Kim's life. Anne Baxter, with her honeyed and cultured speaking voice, is a perfect fit for the glamorous Kim and chews the scenery appropriately. A tight, gripping thriller which clips along at a brisk 84 minutes. Definitely one of Anne Baxter's better movie vehicles. Recommended.
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