Black Widow (1954)

This was just fun, all star mystery thriller from the under-remembered Nunnally Johnson. Van Heflin is a Broadway producer who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a young women he hardly knew. As circumstances squeeze in on him Heflin makes a run from the cops in an effort to find the real killer. Evocations of Laura (1944) and All About Eve (1950), this is suppose to be serious and it is, but its also so gloriously of a type of film we don’t see anymore, its just a satisfying ride with lots of fun red herrings. Plus, Gene Tierny, Ginger Rogers, Reginald Gardiner, and even George Raft, who can say no to that cast, I certainly couldn’t it’s the only reasons I picked the film up, and I’m glade I did. 4 out of 5.