Todesfaust

The come on for this film was the boast that the West was like this film. I somehow do not believe that, but this is pure Hollywood at its best and its worst. Allan Dwan has a reputation among film buffs and clearly he directs well, but the plot is mainly set in a house for girls who want to get the best out of men. Rhonda Fleming looks her beautiful self and her acting is not bad either. Gamblers congregate there including John Payne who doesn't seem to like women very much in this role. His partner is someone who got him out of a dodgy situation, and that is Ronald Reagan who in my opinion cannot really act. Coleen Gray is bland as Reagan's love interest, and of course she is no good. This foursome play out the fantasy of the West and no doubt many lapped it up. A film for those who want to see glamour and a little violence and no one has a speck of dirt on them.