Isn't it strange that so many
movies pre- and post-war flicks involving detectives who smoked [that goes
without saying] and drank. Drank heavily. Max Thursday is played by
Zachary Scott, who is introduced in the film from his bed, drunk and hungover.
He's not even sure if it's night or day. One could say that in the film noir
genre, this was standard play. Perhaps. But I've never found a character so
drunk he didn't know what time of day it was. And how many gum shoes we'd seen
from the forties and fifties were introduced in such a manner? This looks like a decent site to study some noir.
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