dated, cornball, but with truths still to be told; that's the plus side; the negative is don murray who can single handedly wreck any movie; the standard ploy? look as though it's difficult, almost painful to say what you're about to say; in this movie he does it to death, but also in bus stop which could have been a hoot; and it's only cagney's overwhelming performance in shake hands with the devil to keep this one-note guy from wrecking that otherwise brilliant flick; no, i never met the guy, don';t have any reason to dislike the guy, but in his movies you are constantly reminded that one of the charters is trying to act here; overall a tired subject nicely shot but you will be tempted to find something else in the fridge whenever murray tries to take charge
Review of A Hatful of Rain
