Whistle Stop (1946)
I’ve always felt bad for George Raft. Rather than join—or beat out—the tree famous gangsters of the silver screen, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, and Edward G. Robinson, he turned down some crucial roles and was relegated to making B-movies the rest of his career. Sometimes stardom boils down to luck; how was he to know turning down The Maltese Falcon and High Sierra would leave him to make lousy movies like Whistle Stop?
You know those terrible cheesy old movies that sometimes get featured in a modern movie, on television in the background? Whistle Stop is like one of those movies; in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was one of those movies. A no-good gambler and a rich nightclub owner fight for the attentions of a materialistic pseudo femme fatale. Ava Gardner plays the supposedly irresistible beauty, but even without my normal dislike for her, she hardly seems worth the trouble she causes. The banter is cheesy and laughable, and the story is guessable and pretty boring. If you really like Ava Gardner and want to watch one of her very first movies, go ahead and rent this one, but if you’re just in the mood for a black and white classic, skip this one.
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You know those terrible cheesy old movies that sometimes get featured in a modern movie, on television in the background? Whistle Stop is like one of those movies; in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was one of those movies. A no-good gambler and a rich nightclub owner fight for the attentions of a materialistic pseudo femme fatale. Ava Gardner plays the supposedly irresistible beauty, but even without my normal dislike for her, she hardly seems worth the trouble she causes. The banter is cheesy and laughable, and the story is guessable and pretty boring. If you really like Ava Gardner and want to watch one of her very first movies, go ahead and rent this one, but if you’re just in the mood for a black and white classic, skip this one.
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thanks "Classic Cinema Central Seleus B" for posting!
More Ava Gardner movies here!