Strider-100 Review of Over-Exposed

Over-Exposed (1956)

Cleo Moore is at her best here in Over-Exposed

[8/10 · 19 December 2020]

Cleo Moore stars as the heroine of the film who learns the art of photography and becomes very successful at it. I am surprised she did not go onto bigger films because she definitely had a unique aura. Her two main co-stars here are Richard Crenna as her love interest and Raymond Greenleaf as her mentor and photography teacher. The film is about how her character climbs the ladder of success but gets cut down for being blamed for something she did not do. She attempts to blackmail a gangster with an incriminating photo she has of him and she gets captured and beaten. Richard Crenna comes to her rescue and Cleo's character testifies and puts the gangster in jail for good. A very happy ending to this semi-noir film and I enjoyed the film from the clever opening credits to the happy ending. Cleo Moore was a blonde bombshell I had never heard of before but now I intend to watch more of her films.