I read some admirable things about Jacques Tourneur's classic film noir, Out Of The Past (1947). It is a classic tale film noir with Robert Mitchum in his prime as the hardboiled Jeff who falls for the feme fatale, Kathie (Jane Greer) while on a job for a wealthy boss (Kirk Douglass). However, the story is told in flashbacks as we meet Jeff in the present where he is hiding out in a small town trying to invent a new life for himself, but trouble has come looking for him and it is gradually revealed why he had to go on the lam. It has great dialogue, locations, acting, and a clever script. Suffice to say they don't make them like this anymore.
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