Poor
Robert Ryan! What a joyless little hovel he lives in. Love the caps of the other detectives, which exude life in all its messy glory, as opposed to Ryan's bleak solitude. Thanks for posting those caps, Paula.
I can't say that Star Trek=Ian Wolfe for me in quite the same way that it does for you, Paula (!), but he (and
Charles Lane) are always memorable as my favorite weasel, petty bureaucrat division, though Wolfe seems to be almost too reasonable and slow in this film, given the intensity of those who swirl around him. I always think that
Ward Bond is particularly good as the blundering, grief-stricken father, lashing out with violence against the unimaginable wrong that's been done to him. Bond seems both tragic and highly dangerous in this part.
In case anyone reading this thread wonders about the blogathon that Paula is referring to above, this even is described in detail
here. This year the funds are being collected to help the
Film Noir Foundation to restore
The Sound of Fury (1950), (aka Try and Get Me). The film recounts the same story Fritz Lang told in
Fury (1936) and was directed by
Cy Endfield, who would run afoul of the Hollywood blacklist.
According to
Ferdy on Films, [the movie's]" star, Lloyd Bridges, never had a better role, and [reportedly] when Jeff and Beau Bridges finally saw the film, they were blown away by his performance. A nitrate print of the film will be restored by the
UCLA Film & Television Archive, using a reference print from
Martin Scorsese’s personal collection to guide them and fill in any blanks. Paramount Pictures, which now owns the film, has agreed to help fund the restoration, but FNF is going to have to come up with significant funds to get the job done."