What a movie great story and stars dependable quality writing just sit enjoy and don't analysise

The set-up of 'Out Of The Past (1947)' draws many a parallel to 'A History Of Violence (2005)', a movie which I have very fond feelings for. Though this film-noir was obviously an inspiration for Cronenberg's flick, it thankfully diverges from that familiar story fairly quickly (I didn't want to simply see a neutered version of that picture after all, no matter which came first). Despite the picture's great writing and acting, the convoluted and long-winded plot gets in its own way on more than one occasion and slows this feature down. There's plenty of interesting ideas and sequences, though, and the ending is fairly ballsy. 6/10

This movie will want to make you throw pomade in your hair, light up a camel cigarette, and talk extra fast. Black and white, backdoor trickery, and clean suits is definitely why I chose this movie over any modern Judd Apatow film. Robert Mitchum who is pure outlaw versus Kirk Douglas who is hard fisted gangster. With guns, whitewalls, and femme fatales you'll definitely want to go back in time with Out of the Past

Copyright 25 November 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. New York opening at the Palace: 25 November 1947. U.S. release: 13 November 1947. U.K. release: 26 January 1948. Australian release: 27 May 1948. Length: 8,852 feet. 98 minutes.U.K. release title: Build My Gallows High.SYNOPSIS: In the little town of Bridgeport, California, Jeff Bailey runs a gas station with the assistance of a mute boy, Jimmy, and courts Ann. Joe Stefanos drives into town and informs Jeff that Whit Sterling, a racketeer, wants to see him. Jeff relates his life's story to Ann as they drive to Sterling's Lake Tahoe mansion. As a private detective named Jeff Markham, he was hired to find Sterling's mistress, Kathie Moffett, who had shot Sterling and escaped with $40,000. NOTES: Dick Powell was announced to star in "Build My Gallows High" after completing "Johnny O'Clock".Locations: Reno, Nevada; Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, Los Angeles, California; Mexico City, Acapulco, Mexico.COMMENT: A suspenseful, if somewhat complicated detective thriller, scripted by Daniel Mainwaring from his own novel "Build My Gallows High". The dialogue is laconically witty and Jacques Tourneur's direction builds up atmosphere and suspense with praiseworthy agility. Photography (Nicholas Musuraca) and art direction (Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey) are further plus factors, and performances are most capable. In short, a superior thriller.OTHER VIEWS: I wrote the first draft and then went on to something else. Producer Warren Duff put Frank Fenton, and then James M. Cain on it, and Cain threw away my script and wrote a completely new one. They paid him twenty or thirty thousand and it had nothing to do with my novel or anything. He took it out of the country and set the whole thing in the city. Duff didn't like it and called me back, and I made some changes and did the final. That's the way things used to work. As for Dore Schary, he didn't like anything that was in progress at the studio when he was appointed chief of production. He tried to get rid of them all. He just threw them out without any decent publicity. – Daniel Mainwaring. Bob (Mitchum) is a marvelous actor and was so considerate of me. I am very fond of him. On the other hand, Kirk is a more physical actor. He bruised my arms grabbing me, and my face was roundly slapped. How he did Champion without maiming his partner is a miracle. – Jane Greer.AVAILABLE on a superb Warner's DVD.