This movie should really be better known. This very competently handled, well paced and beautifully looking film, is loaded with details to savor; 'lived in' looking shooting locations, the aging debris of a 1940's story updated to a 1970's setting. It is a caper/revenge story come ensemble character study, with a top flight and eccentric cast of characters including Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker, and Robert Ryan, with cameo appearances from character actors of the black and white era, including Timothy Carey (in the kind of slimey roll he excelled at), Elisha Cook Jr. (as a cook), Marie Windsor (always welcome) and former B tier leading lady Jane Greer. I started this on a whim, not expecting to finish it, but it really pulled me in. An unexpected surprise. ***1/2
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