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Build My Gallows High

Out of the Past

1947

Jacques Tourneur

Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming ...

8.1

13,677

Film noir. Mystery Mitchum stars as existential antihero Jeff Markham, a retired private detective with a shady past who is hoping for a fresh start with a new name, a new love, and a new job running a small gas station in a rural California town. But Jeff's past comes back to haunt him in the guise of menacing gangster Whit Sterling.

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"We were with it, up to a point, and enjoying the rough-stuff and the romance with considerable delight and concern (...) If only we had some way of knowing what's going on in the last half of this film..."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"One of the greatest of all film noirs (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Don Macpherson Time Out	"One of the most bewildering and beautiful films ever made (...) Once seen, never forgotten"	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"Perfect example of the Noir genre replete with shadowy stylistic visuals and rotten but charming characters (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"Each change of angle and shift of light evokes an inner disturbance; the actors seem to push through the dense shadow as through water"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"The most delicate and nuanced of film noirs (1947), graced with a reflective lyricism that almost lifts it out of the genre."	POS
United States	Variety	"Direction by Jacques Tourneur pays close attention to mood development, achieving realistic flavor that is further emphasized by real life settings and topnotch lensing by Nicholas Musuraca."	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"'Out of the Past' is cinematic perfection, a Hollywood classic that's as great and as enjoyable as its reputation has promised"	POS

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