[Carla B]

Years ago, I saw this movie starring Joan Crawford with Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame. I think I was a teenager and saw it at an afternoon matinee. Although I had no memory of the plot (except that Joan Crawford got herself in a bad situation), I always remembered that she did a great job, along with Jack Palance. He wasn't handsome like many of the leading men of that era, actually seemed a bit "creepy," and those are the roles he played.

From time to time, we have seen classic "Film Noir" movies, but never saw this one offered. Not sure Film Noir was even a genre back then, these movies were just "thrillers." But I always wanted to watch it again, even though sometimes things that impress you at a young age are not that good revisited.

Last week, fed up with clicking through Netflix and Prime, and looking for some drama without a lot of special effects and ear-splitting background noise, I decided to search Amazon and found the movie for rent for $2.99. The other night we put it on. It turned out to be well worthwhile, in our opinion. I liked it as much as I did the first time and my husband was really taken with it, too, the plot, the acting, the props, and the scenes.