The Prowler (1951)The By-Line...Van Heflin is homme-fatale in Tumbo thriller.
According to writer Tony d'Ambra...Director Losey is unforgiving - each squalid act is suffocatingly framed.
According to writer Tony d'Ambra...Director Losey is unforgiving - each squalid act is suffocatingly framed.Homme-fatale, Van Heflin, seduces lonely housewife, Evelyn Keyes, and murders her husband for the woman and the inheritance. The dirty underbelly of the American dream exposed to scourging desert winds.
The screenplay of Joseph Losey’s The Prowler, was written by blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who also wrote another film noir script, Gun Crazy (1950).
The screenplay of Joseph Losey’s The Prowler, was written by blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who also wrote another film noir script, Gun Crazy (1950).The Prowler is a sordid tale of passion, entrapment, and betrayal. Suburbia cast as a dark nightmare, where the predator comes disguised as protector.
Bravura performances from the two leads carry a flawed script forward to a classic denouement at the base of a tailings dump on the dusty outskirts of a ghost-town. Losey’s direction is unforgiving. Each squalid act of the protagonist is forecast in tight claustrophobic framing that is almost suffocating. Finally justice propels the action out into the desert.
Availability:Is the film "The Prowler available on DVD?
No, It's not available on DVD...but, I'am quite sure that you can purchase copies from film noir sellers and ioffer...
[Note: The 1950 Film "The Prowler" is most definitely, in need of an upgrade too and then introduced to a DVD...I had some what of a difficult time trying to locate decent source materials (i.e. The screen title still, videos scenes, screenshots, etc... for "The Prowler" just like the previous film "Woman on the Run" as oppose to a film that has been restored and place on DVD by a major studio in which case...I have no difficulty what so ever in locating source material(s.)]
[Editor's Note:The Movie Title Still and (Surprisingly,) seven very nice Screenshot are courtesy of Tony d'Ambra, from over there at
http://filmsnoir.net/ ...According to Tony, "The Prowler" was restored by "The Film Noir Foundation" in order to be screened at Noir City 6...Which of course is true...and hopefully, it will be available on DVD one day and I hope that author Eddie Muller's commentary is included on the DVD.]
Below is the link to Tony's review of the film "The Prowler."
