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NOIR CITY 13: THE STEEL TRAP / JULIE / CRY TERROR

Saturday, January 24: Matinee: Andrew & Virginia Stone Tribute

The price of admission gets you into the afternoon TRIPLE bill.

12:30
THE STEEL TRAP
(1952, 20th Century-Fox. 85 min.)

Scr. & Dir. Andrew Stone.

A bank teller (Joseph Cotten) steals $1,000,000 from his bank on Friday night, convinced he can escape to a new life in South America with his wife (Teresa Wright). She balks at life on the run, begs him to put the money back. Can he crack the vault before the bank reopens Monday? A taut suspense thriller that raised pointed questions about 1950s bourgeois values. Added bonus screening!

2:20
JULIE
(1956, MGM. 99 min.)

Scr. & Dir. Andrew Stone.

Doris Day crosses over to the dark side in this ultimate example of the "woman in peril" film. Shot on location in Carmel and San Francisco, it literally takes the "husband from hell" premise to new heights in an off-the-charts climax that finds stewardess Day fighting for her life aboard a soaring airliner. Implausibility is steamrolled with berserk gusto, leaving the audience helplessly entertained.

4:20
CRY TERROR!
(1958, MGM. 96 min.)

Scr. & Dir. Andrew Stone.

A first-rate cast brings to life a nerve-wracking thriller about a married couple forced to assist in the insane schemes of a criminal mastermind. All the stops are pulled out in a reckless race-against-the-clock narrative that climaxes in a breathless chase through the New York subway system. Want believability? Look elsewhere. Want squirmy excitement? Here's your ticket.