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Dec 04, 2014akirakato rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a 1948 film noir directed by John Huston, adapted by Richard Brooks and Huston from Maxwell Anderson's 1939 play of the same name. It is a gripping, thrilling and suspenseful movie with an emotional, revealing and dramatic climax, in which Robinson's alcoholic former moll, ex-nightclub singer "Gaye Dawn", played by Claire Trevor, is forced to sing a song before he will allow her to have a drink. The song is "Moanin' Low"---about a woman who's trapped in a relationship with a very cruel man. While singing, Gaye realizes that that's exactly her real life situation. She slowly breaks down, and her voice falters and she sings off key. Robinson is dismissive but Bogart pours her a stiff drink, saying, "You deserve this."