Wednesday, July 19, 2023

The damned don't cry (1950) - little known film noir directed by Vincent Sherman, starring Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran, Kent Smith and Hugh Sanders

Rating 7.2/10
Runtime: 103 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Vincent Sherman
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042376/

Cast

Joan Crawford ... Ethel Whitehead (Lorna Hansen Forbes)
David Brian ... George Castleman (Joe Caveny)
Steve Cochran ... Nick Prenta
Kent Smith ... Martin Blackford
Hugh Sanders ... Grady
Selena Royle ... Patricia Longworth
Jacqueline deWit ... Sandra

Description: A land surveyor discovers the body of a notorious gangster Nick Prenta out in the Palm Springs desert, setting off a police investigation that turns up one very surprising fact. The gangster was somehow connected to the New York socialite, Lorna Hansen Forbes. Where is she? The last place they would think to look is near an oil field in the modest home of two old folks. It seems the mysterious Miss Forbes has a secret past; these poor old folks are her parents. In a flashback, we learn that Miss Forbes was once Ethel Whitehead, a poor wife who wanted something more out of life and abandoned her husband to get it. A new career selling cigars in an office lobby leads to something better: modeling dresses. That leads to her meeting a meek accountant. And he becomes the first rung on her ladder to success, which means climbing down into the underworld and meeting rich gangsters, who are able to give her everything she has ever wanted - or thought she did??

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/s29l465j


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.76 GB, 2438 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 790x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 65/192 MB (main/commentary), 88/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AAC/AC3, CBR/CBR


Subtitles (English hearing impaired closed captions embedded, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, German, Greek, Polish) posters and screenshots included


Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by director Vincent Sherman. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)