Poor so called remake of heat lightning. They should have picked someone else to play Myra the sister.
This unnecessary remake of Heat Lightning (1934) is inferior to its predecessor in every respect, but is still worth a look. Arthur Kennedy is excellent as bank robber George Foster, whose wife Claire (Brenda Marshall) has started a new life for herself running a remote motor hotel whilst hubby serves time in the Big House.
I dislike crime dramas that feel the need to interrupt the action every 2 minutes with some stupid "comic relief". I dislike it intensely.
It has been years since I saw "Heat Lightning", the 1934 crime drama with Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak and Preston Foster, but what I remembered about it is its firecracker pacing, the extremely unique leading lady (MacMahon) and that Warner Brothers pizzazz that had somehow all but vanished by the early 1940's. By this time, Warners was remaking many of their classics, and in spite of some truly great stars in their "A" films (Davis, Bogart, Cagney, DeHavilland), their "B" unit was strictly formula, and their remakes were pale imitations of the original source.
A young woman marries a man unaware he's a robber and cold killer. When she discovers the truth she leaves him just as he's sent to prison for life.
This film is one of those double feature items prevalent in the 1940s. Doesn't make you think too much, holds your attention and ties up all the loose ends before the end titles.
Brenda Marshall, (Claire Foster) is a young gal who meets up with a guy named George Foster, (Arthur Kennedy) and they only know each other for a very short time and they get married. George is always bringing home lots of money and buying all sorts of things for Claire and wants her to quite her job and go West with him.
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