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RE: Most underrated Hollywood actor? Robert Mitchum, I'd say,

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In Reply to: RE: Most underrated Hollywood actor? Robert Mitchum, I'd say, posted by tinear on September 28, 2020 at 10:47:18

I don't know a huge hell of a lot about Mitchum's movies, but I've seen Out of the Past a half dozen times. It's noir at its most perfect, embodied in smart snappy dialogue throughout. It contains a line I always quote- Mitchum discussing the femme fatale with the good girl:

good girl: she can't be all bad, no one is.
Mitchum: she comes closest.

For fans of the movie, here is a link to a repository of more of the noirest of the noir, one of my two favorite noirs, the other being Double Indemnity.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Past (Open in New Window)

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Fantastic film, EVERYBODY and everything was on... - musetap 11:22:48 09/30/20 (0)
Even San Francisco!

"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
RE: Most underrated Hollywood actor? Robert Mitchum, I'd say, - Dave Pogue 16:31:09 09/29/20 (0)
My favorite movie. Always was. For others hooked on this pairing (Mitchum/Greer), seek out "The Big Steal." Not in the same league (nothing is) but all in all, not bad.

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