Act of Violence/Mystery Street (MOD) "Arts" Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times)

a professional equestrienne who marries into the snobbish upper crust

So he enters the gym

Fans who know the pre-stardom Bogart for his string of compelling performances as tightly coiled heavies in gangster sagas are in for a treat as Bogie unwinds with deadpan cracks in this appealing crime comedy

In her final MGM musical

Act of Violence/Mystery Street (MOD) "Arts" Los Angeles Times)Ex World War II pilot Frank Enley (Van Heflin) is a respected contractor and family man. Then his troubled, gimp legged bombardier (Robert Ryan) shows up with a gun and a score to settle. Perhaps neither man is what he seems to be as director Fred Zinnemann (The Day of the Jackal) guides a searing Act of Violence, "the first postwar noir to take a challenging look at the ethics of men in combat" (Eddie Muller, Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir).