This talk of "Out of the Past" reminds me of another
noir-country
motion picture from that era. Can't remember the name, but
the
protagonist, Robert Ryan, is a big-city detective, very
up-tight, whose
hatred of street criminals is so vast that he's becoming as
brutal as
they are. After an incident in which he nearly beats a
criminal to
death with his gun butt, he's sent by his commanding officer
out to the
country to help the county law track down a killer. He later
meets the
killer's sister--a blind woman--with whom he falls in love.
It's
typical Hollywood love fare from the late '40s, early '50s,
but the noir
elements are teriffic. The country is turned into nightmare
city.
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