Of course, though, this would have meant about a 10 or 15 minute movie instead of this full-length mystery! And I quite disagree with his assessment of the film. What was going to happen? But, even if you can't, it's still worth seeing just for these stars acting in their prime. Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. This did not always work too well. On the plus side, it gives Barbara Stanwyck a chance to play the kind of feisty woman we like to root for--especially when she's climbing athletically over rooftops and down dumbwaiter chutes in order to get to the roots of a family mystery. Perfect for Halloween - Great Horror Movie Mistakes & Trivia on Kindle... 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Stanwyck is investigating the death of her husband, who she freely admits she did not love, in order to collect a large inheritance. I enjoyed Barbara Stanwyck's athletic performance -- especially when she pulled herself up and down a dumbwaiter! He is rather austere and emotionally detached. Obviously I had chosen to forget it soon after. But in his confrontation scenes with Stanwyck she comes out the winner--full of fire and fury while he remains bland and aloof. You can unsubscribe at any time. And during the film Flynn alludes to a family ancestor who was a rable rouser and sailed about the world and married a French showgirl who was world renowned, a very possible reference to Flynn himself , he loved to sail and certainly was a rable rouser , and Flynn's first wife ( a popular French actress).Then the grim joke about her being poisoned was a snide aside (Flynn was paying alimony ever since the divorce). Emanuel's "Breathe Underwater" is emo-inflected punk-pop, while the bland alt-metal of Adema's "Planets" seems included because of its "I won't cry wolf" chorus lyric. Regina: I hate to be the bitch but are we gonna play or what? Errol Flynn, still handsome in tweed jacket and smoking a pipe, lends distinction to a poorly written role. Top Notch Acting and a Genuine Frightfest. | It was fun,too, to watch Errol Flynn play a sinister gentleman against type. A big help is Franz Waxman's strong background music that creates the right note of suspense. The estate contains a locked laboratory which rouses Stanwyck's curiosity. I found their chemistry intriguing to say the least. The tone of the film is a lot more serious, perhaps a bit grim but still very watchable. He is taken down to the police station, but they let him go, because the police say that the teacher killed was the one that killed Becky at the start - the gun in his drawer used to shoot him was the one used to kill her. | She gets a cool reception from everyone except James' sister (Brooks). In "Cry Wolf" he shows unexpected depth and nuance - this from an actor known for one-dimensional action/ swashbuckling roles, in addition to his off-screen antics as a swordsman. Metacritic Reviews. Richard Basehart is wasted in a small, poorly written role that gives him no substance at all. Producer: Henry Blanke. As a note inside Cry Wolf explains, its track list is meant to represent MP3s downloaded by one of the film's main characters. Stanwyck's character had some of Flynn's mothers characteristics. This one was so un-memorable, that I didn't realize I had seen it before until nearly half way through the movie. The talented Richard Basehart was awful, too -- but he later gave some classic performances, and it was fun to compare the difference. The two leads engage upon a series of verbal assaults upon each other and with both giving their all. It seemed like they let Flynn play a part very similar to his own reserved scientist father and paired him with the head strong adventurous woman who resembled his mother. There's some indie-minded stuff from the Sub Pop camp, including Low, Helio Sequence, and Rogue Wave. In the late 1940s to 1950 he tried three films to broaden his scope of acting: CRY WOLF, THAT FORSYTE WOMAN, and SILVER RIVER. Noirish mystery has the appeal of being the only movie Stanwyck and Flynn did together. Who knew he was capable of such acting? Eventually, she becomes convinced that her lost husband is being held against his will somewhere on the estate. Contact me | Privacy policy | Join the mailing list | Links. The film wasn't bad, but his part was weak - the antithesis of the type he usually played so well. To know when people like your submissions, answer your questions, reply to you, etc., please. cry wolf To claim that something is happening when it really isn't, which results in the rejection of subsequent valid claims. Barbara Stanwyck and Errol Flynn are two of the most dynamic screen personalities of their time, so I had to watch this one. I think this movie is highly underrated. Barbara Stanwyck and Errol Flynn in a Gothic mansion type thriller is not at all a bad idea. Executive producer: Jack L. Warner. The plot doesn't allow for any of the usual camaraderie or any shenanigans that the fans had come to expect from Flynn.
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