1936 · drama · crime
Talk of the Devil
Directed by Carol Reed1h 16m1936
A ruthless businessman tries to steal his brother's successful shipping company. He hires a gifted mimic to date one of his brother's daughters to get some inside information about the business. The mimic succeeds only too well, with tragic results.
Our read: Talk of the Devil (1936) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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