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  1. All this to say—good, subversive film noir, definitely a great story with a complex anti-hero protagonist. Could've been stronger with different filmmaking decisions.

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  2. Crimes of Passion (1984) I like what George Burns said about his sex life: "I got more laughs in bed than I ever got in vaudeville." Sex is an activity of great and serious importance to its participants, but as a spectator sport it has a strange way of turning into comedy.

  3. Classic Film Noir exposes the myths by which we fulfil our desires — sex — murder — and the suburban American dream. Crime Of Passion (1957) is a cops in suburbia story of female subjugation by the American Dream, and the story of how one career woman in love regrets her decision to quit her job in the media and become a housewife.

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  5. Running time. 86 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Crime of Passion is a 1957 American film noir crime drama directed by Gerd Oswald and written by Jo Eisinger. [1] The cast features Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden and Raymond Burr .

  6. Crime of Passion is particularly fascinating through the lens of feminism — for or against, depending on your interpretation — in that a woman’s professional ambition is snuffed out by marriage and redirected through more primitive channels like adultery and violence.

  7. Sep 16, 2017 · ClassicFlix. Blu-ray. Witness the ‘fifties transformation of the femme fatale from scheming murderess to self-deluding social climber. Barbara Stanwyck redefines herself once again in Gerd Oswald’s best-directed picture, a searing portrayal of needs and anxieties in the nervous decade.

  8. 1h 26m. Kathy is a smart and tough 1950's advice columnist at a San Francisco newspaper, with her name plastered on billboards all over the city. One day, Bill Doyle, a Los Angeles detective, walks into her office - it is instant attraction... (imdb) Director: Gerd Oswald. Starring: Barbara Stanwyck Raymond Burr Virginia Grey More. Probable score.

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