Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame are the best things about this. You can see what Sharon Stone was trying for in Casino-but she didn't get to within miles of what Grahame brought to the screen here. Really really good stuff.
Ford is a cop who gets involved in a miasma of corrupt city officials, police officers, mob goons and murder. His wife is killed in a car bomb. His boss is on the take. The baddies threaten to kidnap his toddler. Boiling coffee is flung! Lee Marvin is vicious. It's great.
I liked Marvin, very good as the main goon, as Vicious-darn. Liked burning people w/ cigarettes and boiling water, only fitting he got the same back in his face at the end.
Fine closing shoot-out, too.
Do check it out, a bit dated but well worth your time.
*** outta ****
Ford is a cop who gets involved in a miasma of corrupt city officials, police officers, mob goons and murder. His wife is killed in a car bomb. His boss is on the take. The baddies threaten to kidnap his toddler. Boiling coffee is flung! Lee Marvin is vicious. It's great.
I liked Marvin, very good as the main goon, as Vicious-darn. Liked burning people w/ cigarettes and boiling water, only fitting he got the same back in his face at the end.
Fine closing shoot-out, too.
Do check it out, a bit dated but well worth your time.
*** outta ****