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The Damned Don't Cry

1950 · 103 min

A cold, glamorous noir that watches a woman claw upward and pay for it in shadows and betrayal.

Tagline
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Overview
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • class
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Vincent Sherman
Written by
Harold Medford, Jerome Weidman
Starring
Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran, Kent Smith, Hugh Sanders, Selena Royle, Jacqueline deWit, Morris Ankrum
Music
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Cinematography
Ted D. McCord
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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