Top cast:George Nichols,Grace Henderson,Verner Clarges
Director:George D. Baker
Genre:Drama
Region:Norway
Year:2010
Storyline:A series of dissolves followed - these were perceived to be the first items Letty saw in the bachelor home of her new husband:a pile of dust-covered, dirty dishes in a sinka table-top with a glowing lantern, two dusty bottles (one upright, one lying flat), and some dirty plates of foodLetty - isolated and standing in the midst of the shack, while perceiving her new surroundingsLige was now Letty""s new husband - and she surveyed her new modest and messy home.A disappearing descending staircase was another trap that they hurriedly avoided.The five entered another outer-chamber filled with artifacts from every era of early history ("the mother lode"), and then approached the inner chamber after opening its puzzle-like doorway entrance.So Norma offers him the editing job, to help her patch up the screenplay on "Salome" that she has prepared for a comeback.Newly-graduated from college, the meek-looking, foppish effete is attired with fancy college clothes (a striped blazer and wide-legged pants, a checked bowtie), a French beret, a pencil-thin mustache, and carrying a ukulele under one arm.This classic film anticipated the heist films of the early 50s (John Huston""sThe Asphalt Jungle (1950), and Stanley Kubrick""sThe Killing (1956)), accentuated the semi-documentary style of films of the period (Naked City (1948)) with its emphasis on new hi-tech forensic methods, and contained film-noirish elements, including the shady black and white cinematography, thefemme fatalecharacter, and the twisted psyche of the criminal gangster.