A Strange Adventure

1956

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

4
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 323 323

hot rod singer held captive

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Plot summary

A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.

Director

William Witney Photo
William Witney

Top cast

Jan Merlin Photo
Jan Merlin as Al Kutner
Nick Adams Photo
Nick Adams as Phil Davis
Marla English Photo
Marla English as Lynn Novak
Peter Miller Photo
Peter Miller as Luther Dolgin
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643.82 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
Passed
23.976 fps
1 hr 10 min
Seeds 1
1.17 GB
1920*1042
English 2.0
Passed
23.976 fps
1 hr 10 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nick s 6 / 10

An entertaining little noir. The story was nothing

An entertaining little noir. The story was nothing remarkable but it ticked enough boxes. Like a lot of these movies the ending was too abrupt. It's main downfall was the acting... while not terrible it certainly wasn't A lister stuff.
Reviewed by alancmiller 7 / 10

A Good Print Makes A Much More Enjoyable Movie

I have just finished viewing this film on a Kino Lorber dvd, and it is one beautiful print. The sound is good, and the optics are as fresh and sharp as they must have been when the film first came out in 1956. Granted the script is a bit pedestrian, but Marla English sure looks great in a swim suit, and Ben Cooper's hot rod would be a winner at any classic car show. For those who are wondering, the State of California maintained a number of isolated mountain cabins for government hydrologists whose job it was to measure the snow pack throughout the winter. Luther and his sister Terry were state employees, and that is why a state-of-the-art "snow cat" would be sent to investigate when they stopped transmitting data. The Kino Lorber dvd includes a very informative audio commentary by film historians Toby Roan and Jay Dee Witney.
Reviewed by Red-Barracuda 5 / 10

An average adventure

This is quite an unremarkable 50's crime flick. It's about a gang of armed robbers who take a young hotrod hostage and hide out in the mountains in an isolated weather station, taking a further two innocent people hostage.The whole thing is quite contrived and although it's not particularly interesting it's not that bad either. It's a pretty cheap production but the cast acquit themselves OK, and the story moves along at a decent pace. Things are ultimately wrapped up what is close to a non-ending. It's a half-hearted resolution at best.Overall it's really not that strange an adventure. But, you know what, I've seen a lot worse.
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