Try and Get Me

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Noel L @RT15930389 Mar 13 It just goes to show you what a man will do when he's desperate and needs to support his family See more acsdoug D @acsdoug Jan 14 Not too bad of a story, the acting is a little weak. See more 01/31/2020 Also released by the title. "Try And Get Me," this little known crime film is an unabashedly empathetic look at how an innocent, hard-working American is lured into the world of crime. It's also a cautionary tale at how the news media often paints portraits of perpetrators that lack color fairness. This was the second consecutive movie director Cy Endfield took on the Fifth Estate. Also, in 1950, "The Underworld Story," skewered powerful news moguls and career-thirsty reporters. Both films would be an excellent double-feature The Sound of Fury features a diabolical performance by Lloyd Bridges as the antagonist who lures the downtrodden Frank Lovejoy character into crime. It also offers a climatic scene that I found fabulously directed and filled with tension and drama. See more 12/28/2016 Launching from the same true incident that was the basis for Fritz Lang's Fury (1936), Cy Endfield's film also tells the story of mob violence that ends in lynching. However, The Sound of Fury really turns the screws on Frank Lovejoy's down-and-out California transplant, showing him to be guilty (at least by association) whereas Spencer Tracy was wrongly accused in the earlier film. So, this film is a true noir, as Lovejoy's first mistake leads inexorably to his tragic downfall. Things are all the tougher to take because he has a wife and a child, one of the reasons that he gives in to the easy money available in the life of crime offered by slick and sleazy Lloyd Bridges (who provides a tremendous incarnation of the sociopath). So, on the one hand, we understand that social forces have led to Lovejoy's bad decision, but on the other hand, we can see Bridges is an amoral opportunist. When the mob descends on them, we know it is wrong tarring Lovejoy and Bridges with the same brush - but Bridges doesn't deserve lynching any less. A subplot showing how "yellow journalism" has incited the crowd is a little less effective and more didactic, but viewers can grasp the take home point that democracy requires a fair trial that isn't biased by the press. The fact that this democratic ideal was subverted here (and in the real incident) makes this a dark and troubling film indeed. See more 04/20/2014 A gripping noir with a moral twist that suprisingly works very well thanks to a great script and convincing performances from the talented cast. See more 04/30/2011 2 sentence summary has one spoiler, and ruins an excellent left-turn noir. See more Read all reviews

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