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Jannie 2022-04-06 08:01:02
Is there any way out
British version of film noir
Highly unnatural seasons, compressing a year into a day, texture created by seasonals shifts
a lot of actors come from Abbey theaters/Kathleen more held within, theatrical groupings, Tempest, the interlude of comic characters, old mode of theatrical construction, local...
Geoffrey Keen
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[the police are closing in on Johnny and Kathleen]
Johnny McQueen: Kathleen, where are you?
Kathleen Sullivan: It's all right, Johnny. I'm here.
Kathleen Sullivan: Is it far?
Johnny McQueen: It's a long way, Johnny, but I'm coming with you. We're going away together.
[Kathleen pulls a small pistol from her pocket and fires a couple of random shots. The police respond with a hail of gunfire]
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[last lines]
Policeman in final scene: There's their gun, sir.
Inspector: [softly, after examining Kathleen's tiny revolver] Two shots fired.
Policeman in final scene: Yes sir. That's when we had to fire back.
[the ship that was to have carried Johnny and Kathleen to safety blasts its horn mournfully as the clock strikes twelve midnight]