Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

ildimo-35223 Expertly paced proto feminist indictment of the '50s US suburbia, directed boldly and efficiently by Gerd Oswald - an "outsider" of the Hollywood system. Stanwyck is in her usual neurotic best as the trapped, sexually frustrated wife, while Hayden and Burr turn in solid supporting performances. Interestingly, no child ever appears in the film, a rather curious fact for a film criticising the american dream of the era, enigmatically leaning the story towards an adult critique of the sexual predicament of the couple as the primary social unit.

bob the moo Crime of Passion sees ambitious journalist Kathy fall for and marry the simple cop Bill Doyle and move into a world of settled domesticity. Her ambitions however are not satisfied and as she tries to manipulate her way up the social and career ladder for her and Bill, she loses sight of what is important and things start to go wrong.With Stanwyck, Burr and Hayden in the cast I was looking forward to this film and on that front I was happy enough because the cast were as solid as those names would suggest. The problem is not with them but rather with a plot that moves too quickly, doesn't always ring true and is tidied up too easily. We meet Kathy as an aspiring journalist who has ambitions but within a few scenes she has settled down with Bill – a man that one key scene in their new home tells us, that she really doesn't know at all but it is clear to the viewer that the life models for these two don't align. Suddenly we have personal ambitions replaced with ambitions for Bill's career and from there things go wrong in ways that don't really ring true either. I liked Kathy as a character but her frustrations are all over the place – she hates the domestic life of the housewife circle but yet her attempts at betterment are focused on Bill, not herself. Her relationship with Tony Pope is also out of nowhere and again doesn't convince. From here things move very quickly to a conclusion that is far too tidy for its own good and doesn't satisfy as it should.The delivery of the situations always feels rushed and although it pushes a dark tone, it doesn't support it with the material. The cast do all they can though and indeed it is Stanwyck that makes the difference as she sells her character the best she can. Her driven and frustrated performance makes the unconvincing narrative a little less unconvincing. Hayden is solid as you expect and I liked this naïve, rather plain- living character. Burr is a decent presence but he is a narrative device rather than a character – he serves this function well but nothing more.Crime of Passion should have been a much stronger film but instead the narrative is unconvincing and jumps events without making good connections. The cast help cover for this and give good turns but the film is not really deserving of their efforts.

Michael O'Keefe Interesting crime drama directed by Gerd Oswald. Kathy Ferguson(Barbara Stanwyck)is a newspaper columnist unhappy with her job. She has brains and talent...and very easy on the eyes. She is blindsided by love. "Fergie" falls in love with Los Angeles Police Lt. Bill Doyle(Sterling Hayden). She is determined and self assured, while her new husband seems to lack ambition. Kathy does her best to help Bill climb the ladder in rank; she even satisfies Police Inspector Tony Pope(Raymond Burr)in the process. No longer an ace columnist, but an unhappy suburban housewife, Mrs. Doyle blames Bill's job for her loneliness. And when Pope refuses to keep his promise to promote Bill, Kathy becomes a desperate woman scorned. When Pope is found dead with one shot to the head, who do you think is a prime suspect? This movie was filmed entirely at RKO-Pathe Studios in Culver City, California. CRIME of PASSION proves what drives an intelligent, and otherwise, normal person to commit murder. Supporting cast includes: Royal Dano, Fay Wray, Robert Griffin and Virginia Grey.

marcslope Fun, low-budget late noir, where we see capable, independent career woman Barbara Stanwyck fall in love with straight-arrow L.A. cop Sterling Hayden, try to fit in as a happy Fifties housewife, quickly go insane from the effort, and commit the crime of the title. There's abundant pre-feminist social commentary, as well as palpable heat between the principal players--we see at once what's keeping them together. But there are loose ends, too. If Stanwyck's so unhappy with cakes and pies and cleaning, why doesn't she just go out and get another job, as Hayden would surely allow? Why would she Make a Mistake with his boss, an unappealing Raymond Burr, then regret it instantly? And what palpable gains are to be gotten from her from committing the titular crime? Some nice location filming helps, and we understand how the stultifying life she's chosen is messing with her head. But the plot motivations aren't entirely credible.