Les amants traqués

"Kiss the blood off my hands" is a difficult film noir, I think it comes from the actor direction. I found Burt Lancaster sometimes too excessive (was the whip scene necessary?) and far too nervous, and I wondered how can the so calm Joan Fontaine could fall in love with Burt. Robert Newton, who was excellent in "Hatter's castle" and many more, here has too much ticks on his face, it spoils his talent.

Fortunetely, the expressionist cinematography with huge camera movements by Russell Metty is extraordinary, the introduction is puzzling, and it fits well with the great settings by Nathan Juran.