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13 May 1957 (Sweden) moreTagline:
YOU COULD GO TO THE MOVIES EVERY DAY FOR FIVE YEARS---BEFORE YOU'D SEE ANOTHER PICTURE WITH SO MANY THRILLS AND SO MUCH SUSPENSE! (original print ad - all caps)NewsDesk:
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Streets Of No Return: The Unfaithful—Introductory Remarks By Noir Historian Dan Hodges (From Twitch. 6 August 2008, 12:08 PM, PDT)
Streets of No Return: The Dark Cinema of David Goodis—Interview With Curator Steve Seid
(From Twitch. 31 July 2008, 11:33 AM, PDT)
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Despite some story gaps, a first-rate suspenser... moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Aldo Ray | ... | James Vanning / Art Rayburn | |
| Brian Keith | ... | John | |
| Anne Bancroft | ... | Marie Gardner | |
| Jocelyn Brando | ... | Laura Fraser | |
| James Gregory | ... | Ben Fraser | |
| Frank Albertson | ... | Dr. Edward Gurston | |
| Rudy Bond | ... | Red |
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David Goodis' pulpy novel becomes exciting, well-cast and acted crime-drama, peculiarly titled since most of the action takes place in the snow-covered mountains of Wyoming (perhaps "Snowfall" would've been more apropos). Two innocent campers run violently afoul of two trigger-happy bank-robbers, with 350 G's getting lost in the frost. Hollywood never quite knew what to do with Aldo Ray: polite and beaming (like an overgrown Boy Scout), Ray's ingratiating manner and wobbly, scratchy voice made him difficult to type-cast in the 1950s. He's just right here, playing tough guy up against cold-hearted Brian Keith and buddy/big brother/love-interest to model Anne Bancroft, who gets caught in this crime web and yet doesn't seem to mind. Despite a sluggish start and a few details that don't come together (such as why the crooks' car runs off the road in Wyoming, or why the two bank-robbers don't follow Aldo Ray when he runs through the river with the satchel of loot), director Jacques Tourneur handles the criss-crossing plot with buttery ease. Add in some amusing parallels to the later "Fargo" and you've got the makings of a cult classic, one that Columbia Pictures rarely revives. *** from ****