1. The Prowler | Rotten Tomatoes
By definition, this barely rates as film noir. More like a crime drama without the snappy dialogue and long shadows. It's alright and it can hold your interest, ...
After being frightened by a peeping Tom at her mansion in the suburbs, the beautiful Susan Gilvray (Evelyn Keyes) calls the police for help. When a policeman, Webb Garwood (Van Heflin), arrives, he becomes infatuated with Susan, and the two engage in an affair. Susan soon ends their relationship, choosing to remain with her husband, John (Sherry Hall). However, Webb's obsession with her continues to grow, until he begins plotting to kill John and cash in on his life insurance policy.
2. My Review of 'The Prowler' (1951) - I Found it at the Movies
Jun 8, 2017 · The story is not only a film noir, but a thriller. The movie is about Webb Garwood, a cop who hates his job (played creepily by Van Heflin).
I saw this film as part of TCM’s Noir Alley line-up. Movie critics have pegged it as a slight twist on the Double Indemnity concept—the twist being that it’s the man who’s the seducer. However, iro…
3. “The Prowler” (1951) starring Van Heflin & Evelyn Keyes
Jul 3, 2022 · [3] It is very beautifully and atmospherically shot and tightly edited, although the sets are on the sparse side. While it is not exactly lavish ...
A masterpiece of sexual creepiness, institutional corruption and suffocating, ugly passion. -James Ellroy, novelist (L.A. Confidential; The Black Dahlia) commenting on this film noir (his fav…
4. The Unpredictable Menace of 'The Prowler' - Peterson Reviews
Apr 9, 2020 · The short run time and the sparse production values of The Prowler allow for it to be masterfully good and clever without being comprehensively ...
‘The Prowler’ is a red herring of a title until it isn’t anymore.
5. The Prowler (1951) - Ticklish Business
Nov 29, 2020 · The beginning of Losey's The Prowler certainly situates us in a dark, seductive world that feels scummy and exploitative. The woman, Evelyn ...
The shadowy world of film noir represented all that was scary, unknown and uncertain about the world circa 1950. With the rise of the blacklist and HUAC, film noirs allowed directors a chance to co…
6. The Prowler (1951) directed by Joseph Losey • Reviews, film + cast
The Prowler is noir, but it has horror elements. You can see the influence of using the camera as a peeping tom that…
Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the home of a married woman.
7. Movie review: The Prowler (1951) - Robots With Coffee
Mar 16, 2017 · If you want to see a film from the POV of a likeable but doomed manipulator with a little more motivation, check out Barbara Stanwick as she ...
Finally, Marvel Studios introduces Spider-Man properly in a new series of one-off movies about his foe, The Prowler! No. So what “The Prowler” is this? It’s a noir, doomed love ki…
8. Blu-ray Review: Joseph Losey's The Prowler on VCI Entertainment
Mar 6, 2015 · This film is quite cognizant of Oscar Wilde's assertion that everything's about sex except sex, which is about power. The Prowler is essentially ...
A top-notch release that will hopefully continue its rising reputation as a masterpiece of idiosyncratic stealth cinema.
9. The Prowler (1951) Classic Movie Review 135 - ClassicMovieRev.com
Nov 28, 2017 · This Film-Noir crime drama starred Van Heflin and Evelyn Keyes. The role for Keyes was said to be a divorce present from her ex-husband Director John Huston.
The Prowler (1951) is a Film Noir crime drama starring Van Heflin and Evelyn Keyes. Keyes' was a divorce present from ex-husband John Huston.
10. The Prowler - Joseph Losey - The Silver Screen Oasis
Sep 20, 2010 · The Prowler was so good it's now in my top ten favorite films noir. Van Heflin was terrific in a classic Robert Ryan role. ... if there ever was ...
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11. Review: The Prowler | everythingnoir
Dec 10, 2015 · The Prowler from 1951 is a classic film noir from director Joseph Losey. This was one of Losey's last Hollywood productions before fleeing ...
The Prowler from 1951 is a classic film noir from director Joseph Losey. This was one of Losey’s last Hollywood productions before fleeing to Britain due to being accused of Communist activit…
12. The Outrageous Film Noir: The Prowler by Kim Luperi - Tumblr
As you can gather from the above, parts of THE PROWLER are outrageous and grim, a vision attributed to director Joseph Losey, who was about to leave the country ...
“Screen romance usually falls into one of two categories—sacred or profane. This picture, aptly titled, definitely comes into the latter group,” Picturegoer wrote of THE PROWLER (’51). The first time…
13. THE PROWLER (1951) AND THE UNREALITY OF THE AMERICAN ...
Jan 21, 2020 · Marriage, small-town life, the police force, and even capitalism itself are shown as empty, repressive forces. Susan and Webb are driven to each ...
March 23, 2010 The Prowler was made by disillusioned men. Director Joseph Losey, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, and visual consultant John Hubley were all eventually blacklisted by the House Un-Americ…
14. Review: Joseph Losey's Noir Classic The Prowler on VCI Entertainment ...
Feb 1, 2011 · A violent playpen of unconscious and unspeakable desires, Joseph Losey's The Prowler is not only one of the most well-constructed American noirs, it's also one ...
Murder, in Losey’s The Prowler, is the continuation of sex by other means.
15. Film Noir Review: The Prowler (1951) | Classic Movie Hub Blog
Jul 26, 2016 · The Prowler his favorite film, and described it as “a masterpiece of sexual creepiness, institutional corruption and suffocating, ugly passion.”
“So I’m no good, but I’m no worse than anybody else.” Film gris, noir’s political apt little brother, typically goes undiscussed in the industry. Granted, it’s far les…
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Given that writer Dalton Trumbo had been blacklisted for his ties to the Communist Party, and director Joseph Losey was about to be, perhaps it’s no surprise that The Prowler is one of the most subversive noirs of the cycle. Its subversiveness doesn’t explode off the screen like in some other 1950’s noirs (1955’s Kiss Me Deadly, 1958’s The Lineup) but subtly oozes from the minds and actions of its lead characters, most notably police officer Webb Garwood (Van Heflin in an under-appreciated tour-de-force performance). In the homme fatale role, Webb is a dissatisfied police officer who sees easy prey in Susan Gilvray (Evelyn Keyes), a bored, timid housewife who reports a prowler to Webb and his partner Bud Crocker (John Maxwell). Pretending to check in on her, the slippery law enforcement officer continues to stop by at night while Susan’s husband works at a radio station; his masterful seduction of her might be considered emotional abuse if it weren’t so subtle (his name is Webb after all), particularly after he stumbles upon the husband’s last will and testament. Before long, we have a kind of Double Indemnity situation (even if the uxoricide is theoretically against Susan’s wishes), a public inquest, an inconvenient pregnancy, and a hideout (and shootout) in a creepy, old ghost town in the middle of the desert. Losey incorporates so many tricks to skirt the Production Code that the film turns out to feel thoroughly modern, despite the often preposterous plot, and at times ju...
18. The Prowler (1951) - Movie Review / Film Essay - Gone With The Twins
Spooked, the peeper flees, leaving Susan calling for the police. “Maybe the lady's just imagining things,” observes Officer Webb Garwood (Van Heflin) after he ...
A detailed and comprehensive film synopsis, analysis, and critique.
19. The Prowler **** (1951, Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes) - Derek Winnert
Jun 9, 2014 · The Prowler **** (1951, Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes) – Classic Movie Review 1311 ... Director Joseph Losey delivers a tense, grippingly performed, ...
Director Joseph Losey delivers a tense, grippingly performed, dark-toned thriller with plenty of seedy film noir atmosphere and an effective mood of desperation and despair. He has a very solid bas…
20. DVD Savant Review: The Prowler
Jan 29, 2011 · The most significant film noir disc release in quite some time is this one-of-a-kind melodrama from 1951, when Hollywood blacklisting was ...
A DVD review by Glenn Erickson (DVD Savant) of the film The Prowler.
