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Only good thing about this movie is........


The only good thing about this movie is John Barrymore Jr. acting like a real maniac!!!! Otherwise, I was so disappointed in this movie. Who puts their girlfriend in such danger as putting her out there to catch a killer. Some of my favorite stars were in this movie and I wish I had never watched it. I couldn't even understand what they were talking about half the time. My darling Howard Duff was so wasted in this drivel. See him in All My Sons and you can see him acting. What kind of cop tells people what's going on in the case. I still say Barrymore was the best thing in the movie. He actually scared me with the look on his face.

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I thought the pacing of the film was good. To be honest, I thought Barrymore was over doing it a little in some scenes and preferred the cynicism of the newspaper office.

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I totally agree with you - more maniac and less Peyton Place!

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I dunno, the maniac looked kinda goofy more than anything else.



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Yes, I was thinking that was crazy as well. More dramatic, but more realistically they would have used a policewoman or other police ally.

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