Road to Utopia (1946) Hope, Crosby, &
Lamour in one of the strangest 'road' films, I have ever seen. Robert Benchley pops up from time to time, in the upper left corner to share some tidbits with the audience.
So, the gold miner is murdered by McGurk and Sperry, who have an unexpected encounter with frauds Duke Johnson (
Bing Crosby) & Chester Hooton (
Bob Hope), running from an irate audience whom they had fleeced. Oops, the frauds knock out the murderers and knowing nothing of the murder, assume their identities, because they are tough guys, & they presume nobody will bother them. Hope intends to go to NY, but Crosby to Alaska. Oops, Crosby tricks Hope into boarding the ship, just as it is leaving. The Murdered man's daughter Sal Van Hoyden (
Dorothy Lamour), also wants her papa's map to his gold mine.
Very much fun!
Repeat Performance (1947) Is this actually Noir? Muller thinks so; though in the post film lecture, he did mention Rod Serling & The Twilight Zone. The film opens, it is New Year's Eve 1946, the bells are tolling 12, & Sheila Page (
Joan Leslie) had just murdered her husband, Barney Page (
Louis Hayward), and is wishing she could live 1946 over again, and somehow avoid that final act of the year.
This is the NY arts crowd, the Murderess is an actress in Broadway stage, others are in the same circle.
Richard Basehart as William Williams makes his film debut, in a supporting role, as a troubled poet, who ends up in the nut house, but has a contribution at the film's end.
1st time on TCM, apparently, just recently restored. Nice to see a film I never even heard of, on Noir Alley!