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Deported gangland boss Nick Ferraro (Raymond Burr) has hatched a scheme to re-enter the States and take charge of his crime racket. Dan Milner (Robert Mitchum) is a professional gambler who is roughed up by Ferraro s hoods and then offered $50,000 to leave America and head to the remote Mexican resort of Morros Lodge. En route, Milner bumps into the beautiful Lenore Brent (Jane Russell), a nightclub singer and mistress of Hollywood star Mark Cardigan (Vincent Price). As Milner settles into the rich playground of Morros Lodge, his every move is watched by Thompson (Charles McGraw), one of Ferraro s henchmen. Realising that he may be in over his head, Milner decides to make his own enquiries as to the identity of his paymaster. But Nick Ferraro is not the type of man to be investigated...
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Both Mitchum and Russell score strongly. Russell's full charms are fetchingly displayed in smart costumes that offer the minimum of protection. --Variety
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What starts out as a classic film noir turns on its head about half way through with the arrival of Vincent Price, after which pretty much anything goes. Perhaps not to all tastes, but every one in our house enjoyed it.
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His Kind of Woman should be a mess, but somehow it emerges as a highly enjoyable insane asylum of a movie as much thanks to as in spite of the constant interference by Howard Hughes: credited to John Farrow, Richard Fleischer spent months shooting and reshooting the yacht finale at the mogul's whims in a desperate attempt to get out of his own studio contract. Even Raymond Burr's villain is a case of third time lucky after Howard Petrie and Robert J. Wilke played the part without meriting Hughes' approval. Snappy dialogue ("You're the guy who shot (him). How did it feel?" "He didn't say."), unlucky gamblers, fortune-hunting gals, randy Wall Street types (played by no less than Mr Magoo himself, Jim Backus), Nazi plastic surgeons, Italian mobsters, Robert Mitchum betting his shoe and ironing his money, and a very wonderful hotel set courtesy of Albert D'Agostino - this has everything Hughes' money could buy. Mitch and Jane Russell have real chemistry, and she comes over as far more genuinely likeable than in many of her contemporary roles: for all the chaos, you get the sense that they're actually having fun (certainly she looks genuinely happy when she sings in her opening scene). But the show belongs to Vincent Price's ham actor, who doesn't fear death - he's too well-known to die - loves guns, never shuns the spotlight - even if it is wielded by gun-toting mobsters - but isn't too wild about his wife. He should destroy the movie if you're still expecting the bleak noir it began as, but by the time he appears you know that this is a log ride that drifts with the prevailing current and his outrageous hamming somehow compliments the sadism and prolonged action of the extended finale perfectly.
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Jane Russell, Robert Mitchum, Great screen double.Magic... Film looks good, sounds great,And with those two RKO Stars,in top form you know what to expect,top class entertainment.But its Vincent Price that steals this film.I dont want to give "anything" away,but your watching this movie and following the story when about half way through, I suddenly realized that it changed into a very dark comedy, I like this movie a lot.
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His Kind of Woman
A good example from the "film noir" genre. Raymond Burr's villain is sadistically cynical while Mitchum and Russell exhibit pure chemistry. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Geoffrey Maddox
Robert Mitchum hmm.......
Seeing as this film has two of my favourite stars in it, I simply couldn't resist buying it. If you like the old films, then this is a must. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Walter de la Mare
Great Film.
I caught this on late nite tv once and I howled with laughter. Brilliant sets, Mitchum's great, Price is a blast, Russle's sexy as hell. What's not to like? Read more
Published 12 months ago by Love Song
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I read all the foregoing reviews and probably most them are relevant. However, I never did take a lot of notice of Critics opinions and this obviously covers reviews also. Read more
Published on 25 April 2010 by E. A. Salmon
Robert Mitchum and Vincent Price on the corn-ball noir express, with...
Robert Mitchum's loner cool, Jane Russell's breasts and Howard Hughes' obsessiveness might be all there are to this odd, dull noir, but then there's Vincent Price. Read more
Published on 10 April 2009 by C. O. DeRiemer
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