#as Chandler's fish out of water (a low level mobster deported from the US back to the Italian village he hasn't seen since he was a small
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Deported (1950)
"Signor Smith, do all of you Americans treat women so, uh... so directly?"
"I wouldn't know. Maybe."
"But why? Have you so little time to spare?"
#deported#1950#film noir#american cinema#robert buckner#lionel shapiro#robert siodmak#jeff chandler#märta torén#claude dauphin#marina berti#richard rober#silvio minciotti#carlo rizzo#mimi aguglia#adriano ambrogi#michael tor#erminio spalla#dino nardi#guido celano#walter scharf#Indicator included this in their first Universal Noir box set but truthfully this barely qualifies as film noir; actually after a typically#hardboiled opening full of sharp dialogue and fistfights‚ this settles into something that's spiritually much closer to a romantic comedy#as Chandler's fish out of water (a low level mobster deported from the US back to the Italian village he hasn't seen since he was a small#child) falls for a local widow and must learn to temper his coarser instincts to find his inner kindness to win her heart. it's not by any#means an impressive piece of filmmaking or a highly original idea or even a very good script. what it IS is weirdly very very sweet: I got#truly invested in Chandler and Torén's burgeoning relationship‚ was rooting for them to work it out and for him to leave his shady past#behind. there is a little more crime film to the story (Jeff has to work out how to get his ill gotten gains into the country without#drawing unwanted attention) but for me that very much took a backseat to the real story of awkward lovers attempting to break down their#self imposed walls of security and make an honest open go of it together. very cute! i liked it!
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