August 28, 2022

A noir with Lawrence Tierney. From the Nitrate Diva: “This pulpy, high-octane B noir from RKO flirts so outrageously with comedy that you may not see its nastiest blows coming. Deranged tonal shifts and a farfetched plot make The Devil Thumbs a Ride more disturbing than many comparatively somber and cohesive entries in the noir canon. Murder, sadism, depravity, greed, and betrayal: that’s business as usual. But peppered with wacky sitcom-style hijinks? Now that’s twisted.” Ditto, I say. There are slick slacks noirs, almost noirs, and plain trousers noirs; then there’s this one with  Lawrence Tierney.

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A light-hearted romp with the usual shenanigans. What cracks me up every time is the bit between Lou and Aunt Huddy (she dabbles in the black mountain arts). Lou wants a love potion. Both get into a tiff, make voodoo doll effigies of themselves and start sticking it to each other. I love it. Dorothy Shay (The Park Avenue Hillbillie) sings some songs. What’s not to love?

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Abbott and Costello in
Comin’ Round the Mountain (1951)
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