1941 · crime · noir · drama
High Sierra
Directed by Raoul Walsh1h 40m1941
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
Our read: High Sierra (1941) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · noir · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / noir, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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“You want classic Bogart noir where a weary outlaw still believes in one last shot.”
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