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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0089218436290
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Alpha Video
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Alpha Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 23, 2004
Running Time: 68 minutes
Sales Rank: 102233
Studio: Alpha Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 1948
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - More grim than gritty
It's too bad the directing of this one weren't as tight as the budget. The film was shot on sets so small that you find yourself wondering how there could be room for the cameras and lights. Assuming they used lights at all-- the sight lines are kept short to avoid having to show anything but the sketchiest details of rooms or city streets. The film's issues of hate crime and anti-semitism require (in the director's mind) that the principals, John Ireland and Jane Randolph, go through the entire ... Read More
Rating:  - Open Secret
A honeymooning couple visit the husband's childhood friend. Sort of. The friend arranges to have the couple `bunk down' with him while they're in town. He asks his landlady to give them a key when they arrive and then walks off into the deep shadows of Anytown, USA. The young innocents are played by John Ireland and Jane Randolph. Their stay in Anytown is extended because... well, er, because.... Now looky here, OPEN SECRET takes its own sweet time - almost thirty of its sixty ... Read More
Rating: - Interesting B-movie Film Noir
An interesting little B movie film noir in which John Ireland, visiting an army buddy with his wife, finds himself battling a ruthless neighborhood gang of white supremacists. Notable for its gritty, working-poor setting and lots of dark, expressionist lighting. This work is also an example of how low cost B movies could tackle social issues that the studios of the day would never broach in a big budget release. Well worth the low price!
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