The Racket (1951)

The Racket (1951)

RKO

December 12, 1951

Crime Drama

DVD
D+

Bumped up a notch because of the novelty of seeing "Gidget's father" (Don Porter) as a baddie.  Somehow there are a bunch of directors, most of them uncredited: John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett, Nicholas Ray, and Sherman Todd.

Of Human Bondage (1934)

Of Human Bondage (1934)

RKO

July 20, 1934

Romance

DVD
D+

Definitely not a meet-cute.  John Cromwell directed, sixteen years before Caged, which also got a D+.

Caged (1950)

Caged (1950)
Warner Bros.
May 19, 1950
Crime Drama
DVD
D+

A women-in-prison flick, presumably shocking in its day, with "frank" discussion of pregnancy, drugs, and other matters.  As always, it's interesting to see Ellen Corby (here at 38) well before she was Grandma Walton.  John Cromwell directed.