Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

bilowkojy According to the average assessment of 7.1 this movie belongs to the overrated and his realistic assessment is up to 6. The highest lack of the movie is its excessive length of 120 minutes. Director John Farrow and the screenwriters have the problems with a feeling of measure for the duration of required scenes what this movie make sure a boring and at moments an uninteresting, although the theme of the movie itself is an unusual and one that promises. As I've written before the most of the scenes are too long, and some of them are missing as a scene that is supposed to explain the murder of agent Bill Lusk. Another shortcoming of this movie is the a great number of characters, what additionally burden on the already extensive action. All these are the challenges that require a more skill than they did in this movie, the listed director and screenwriter. And this movie will be remembered for being the supporting actor, great Vincent Price, was brilliant and his inspired acting surpassed the main actors, the solid Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell that by the way here shows your own singing talent. Great actor Tim Holt less appears in the movie so that the audience remained deprived to enjoy a little more in his role as Bill Lusk, an FBI agent. This is certainly not a comedy as it stands, already it's a classic crime movie, maybe movie-noir, as sub-genre.

zardoz-13 The big question about the thoroughly entertaining "His Kind of Woman" is who staged the incredibly suspenseful action scenes? John Farrow received credit as the director of record, but the trivia section about this movie at IMDb reveals that producer Howard Hughes hired Richard Fleischer to re-shoot the entire film. "His Kind of Woman" is an indulgently-paced, ironic, skewering of machismo. This is refreshing ahead of its time when most heroic actors took themselves seriously. Frank Fenton of "Garden of Evil" and "Narrow Margin" scribe Jack Leonard are listed as the primary scenarists. Gerald Drayson Adams is listed as the man who concocted the story. Adams is remembered for an earlier Mitchum effort "The Big Steal" and the Audie Murphy oater "Duel at Silver Creek."Nevertheless, word is that Hughes rewrote the ending, but how much of it did he rewrite. This atmospheric but lethargic crime thriller pits naive gambler Don Milner (Robert Mitchum) against deported gangster Nick Ferraro (Raymond Burr of "Perry Mason" fame), and the a hammy actor who breaks up their confrontation. Vincent Price plays Mark Cardigan who stupidly braves the odds and rescues our outnumbered hero in the last hour. The energetic last hour of this overlong thriller compensate somewhat with Farrow/Fleischer nimbly cross-cutting between Ferraro and the hero and Mark Cardigan as he musters a boarding party to storm the crime figure's yacht. Raymond Burr makes an excellent villain. Farrow does a first-rate job of generating suspense when Mitchum struggles against his captors who are about to inject him with a drug. Clearly, this movie came at a time in Mitchum's career that he could waltz around with his chest bared. Jane Russell enlivens things when our heroes aren't swapping blows or lead with the villains. Anthony Caruso capably plays one of Ferraro's evil minions.

eagle_owl Up to about 70 minutes It would have rated the film considerably higher. The razor-sharp dialogue really makes the film, especially that between Mitchum and Russell.However it's never very clear where the plot is going, and eventually it falls apart spectacularly. Vincent Price seems to belong in a different film, and the constant switching between his scenes and Mitchum's in the final act is jarring to say the least. Having expertly established a mood, it seems bizarre that the film-makers chose to puncture it with broad comedy. I think they should have rewritten the final act to include Russell, as it makes no sense for her character not to play a pivotal role in the final scenes.In the end I was left disappointed, as I thought that with a better and less baggy ending this could have been one of the all-time Film Noir classics.Fine but too long, by about half an hour.

Samiam3 I'm not sure how well it has aged, which is a bit of a shame, seeing as this is a rather delightful picture. As a film noir, is is distinctive in that there is more heart and spirit than one might expect. The film is also part romance, part comedy giving His Kind of Woman a fresh and riveting taste, Robert Mitchum is Slick, JAne Russell is Dazzling and Vincent Price is quite funny actually in a role that to a degree parodies his earlier work. The story is a little murky to get started but it ends up coming together. The ending is a little off in that it is built partically around actions that deny common sense, but in the long run, It's not too bothersome. the movie ends in spectacular fashion, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Full of thrills and kills and kisses, In the end, His Kind of Woman is a recommendable classic