Act of Violence (1949)

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"Fred Zinnemann’s lean, mean Act of Violence opens at night on a man hurriedly limping into a rundown building and up a dimly lit stairway. He fumbles through some clothes in a drawer for a few seconds before pulling out a pistol and cocking it with a look of both anguish and excitement on his face. The man, Joe (Robert Ryan), hops on a bus to California to pay a visit to a fellow POW, Frank (Van Heflin), who now enjoys his newfound status of war hero in his little slice of suburban heaven. Fra"

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"A movie with a very dark mood. It was one of the first film noirs that I watched - it roused my interest for this genre. my rating: 6 or 7 points (unsure, watched the movie years ago)"