- Robert Mitchum once said of film noir that "We called them B Pictures." In the case of his own Where Danger Lives, I'm afraid that term still applies. The story and direction are pretty much what you'd expect from a film made quickly and on a low budget. It's not a terrible movie by any stretch, but there's a reason this title didn't show up until the fourth volume of the "Film Noir Classic Collection." The saving graces are Mitchum himself and Claude Rains, both of whom tend to improve any picture they're in.
- The plot is basically that Mitchum's Dr. Cameron falls in love with a suicidal patient named Margo (Faith Domergue) instead of the nurse (Maureen O'Sullivan) he had previously adored. This causes some serious problems when Cameron meets Margo's father (Rains), who may actually be her older husband. A few head injuries and a little murder later, Margo and an increasingly punch-drunk Cameron are on the road to Mexico. I know, it doesn't sound like such a terrible story, but when they have to get married as a result of "mustache week" in a small town, you'll wonder what exactly the writers were thinking. Mitchum may get straight "A"s, but this picture definitely deserves its "B."
