Decoy (1946) (original) (raw)

Decoy is a crisp thwack to the jaw, a showcase of how film noir can do so much with so little. Tragic short-lived Jean Gillie stars as one of noir's toughest cookies, a drop-dead beauty who chemically revives her sweetheart-in-crime after he gets the gas chamber. Sher's after money, not love: he knows where the loot is stashed. Now that's romance that will melt a noir fan's heart.

Decoy is a crisp thwack to the jaw, a showcase of how film noir can do so much with so little. Tragic short-lived Jean Gillie stars as one of noir's toughest cookies, a drop-dead beauty who chemically revives her sweetheart-in-crime after he gets the gas chamber. Sher's after money, not love: he knows where the loot is stashed. Now that's romance that will melt a noir fan's heart. (less)

Director: Jack Bernhard
Writers: Nedrick Young, Stanley Rubin
Starring: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley, Sheldon Leonard, Marjorie Woodworth
Producer: Jack Bernhard

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