Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

PodBill Just what I expected

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

mark.waltz This low-budget 1962 crime drama seems to have been rejected by small screen producers as to violent and graphic for airing on television. certainly, it is much more disturbing than many of the troubled teens films that were being produced in the 1950s and 1960s for drive-in movie audiences. It all surrounds a crime ring which brings as its main suspect a teenager who simply by trying to help someone ends up as the suspect in murder and must defend himself to prove his innocence. A lot of jazzy music accompanies the thrilling location sequences, and it certainly has some moments that are truly thrilling. Utimately it is defeated by its lack of a major cast (lacking even any B actors) and somewhat slow pacing. When the violence does occur, the film leaves the audience feeling like they have been punched in the stomach and in reflection makes today's audiences look back at the 1960s with an element of fear that is still gripping society today with other styles of social unrest even more disturbing. perhaps today's youngsters could use a vision of what Society was like during the era of their grandparents and even great- grandparents, and hopefully see the world in a different light that doesn't need to thrive through this type of violent activity.

melvelvit-1 A teenager becomes the FALLGUY when he speeds away from a malt shop in his hot rod and sees an accident happen on the road ahead. He stops to help but the car wreck was actually a syndicate hit and because the police chief, a prominent doctor, and the city editor are all crooked, they plan to smear the kid in the papers, have him arrested for murder, then shoot him when he tries to "escape". No good deed goes unpunished, indeed. Like FEAR NO MORE (another film in SWV's "Weird Noir" DVD six-pack), the break-neck speed of FALLGUY precludes any pondering of possible plot holes and it's kind of exciting in a cheap-jack way, from the PSYCHO-esque opening credits to the corny conclusion. The body count's high with almost everyone either dead or wounded at the end and as another IMDb reviewer so succinctly puts it, I "couldn't take my eyes off it".

goblinhairedguy This obscurity is one of the stream of grungy B-movies with boisterous jazz scores and snazzy credit sequences that followed in the wake of iconoclastic A-pix like "Anatomy of a Murder" and "The Man with the Golden Arm". The credits, with a twisting, falling cut-out silhouette, are a pretty cool Saul Bass imitation, and the main title appears abruptly at the very end of the picture.The story concerns a hot-shot teen who stumbles onto a mob execution in progress. The gangsters conveniently set him up as the fall guy. He spends most of the picture on the run from both the cops and a brutish hit man called "the Indian" while he tries to unravel the plot against him.This seems to be a one-off independent production and the low budget shows. The sets are minimal (several scenes look like they were filmed in someone's basement), the low-key lighting harsh, and the day-for-night photography and post-sync dubbing are too obvious. Nonetheless, the filmmakers are canny enough to make this a very watchable film. The throbbing score and quick cutting keep up the pace, the acting is edgy and believable, and there's a good sense of visual composition with noirish shadows. Best of all, the story throws something sensational at us every ten minutes (my favorite bit being a cat-fight that breaks out incongruously in the middle of a mob sit-down).It doesn't have the resonance of "Blast of Silence" or "Angel's Flight", but taken on its own terms, it's much more successful than one would expect.

plcassata Ed Dugan became a fixture on the early court TV series. This was his first and last film. Like many actors he gave in to drink, drugs and the "Hollywood" scene. His legacy is this film. This film illustrates the transformation of late 50's cop-u-drama mixed with a hint of the modern underworld. Most of the actors never became household names although Fabian as a cop is one interesting character. Film becomes interesting as the story progresses and the love/hate relationship blossoms between the lead actors. Some great scenes illustrating LA before the population explosion. If you like a script of predictable lines and cliché' this film is one to watch!