cult film freak: DIANA DORS TEMPTS THE HAMMER FILMS FILM-NOIR 'MAN BAIT'

Written by James M. Tate / 3/04/2021 / No comments / british new wave , diana dors , exploitation , fifties , film noir or melodrama , george brent , hammer films , hammer noir , jeffrey hart , marguerite chapman , terence fisher

DIANA DORS TEMPTS THE HAMMER FILMS FILM-NOIR 'MAN BAIT'

3/04/2021 | No comment

year: 1952 cast: Diana Dors, George Brent rating: ***1/2

With blonde beauty Diana Dors’ full-full lips, any expression wields a pout. And it's a seductively vicious pout as the story, centering on blackmail at a high-end English bookstore, unfolds...

Dors plays Ruby Bruce, whose stunning appearance alone turns men into jelly. Although her rich boss, with a lucrative insurance policy, is tougher than most...

So Ruby teams with ex-convict con artist Jeffrey Hart to collect the money, and the deliberately slow nature in which the plot pans out is intriguing...

As Jefferey coaches Ruby from the sidelines (at a posh bar), she becomes more and more guilt-ridden (a Noir staple) and desperate, proving Dors, known as the “British Marilyn Monroe,” had more ability to carry a storyline than the American bombshell...

Without her presence, MAN BAIT becomes your typical "wrong man" melodrama; although the talented cast of Brits (including Marguerite Chapman and Raymond Huntley as the manipulative secretary and boss), and a few neat surprises, will keep your interest. Especially the last ten minutes when the antagonist gets really wicked.

Diana Dors in the Hammer Films Film Noir MAN BAIT

Diana Dors in Hammer's MAN BAIT with George Brent

Diana Dors in Hammer's MAN BAIT with Peter Reynolds

Diana Dors and Marguerite Chapman in Hammer's MAN BAIT

Peter Reynolds with Diana Dors in MAN BAIT

Diana Dors in the Hammer Films Film Noir MAN BAIT

George Brent and Marguerite Chapman in MAN BAIT

Diana Dors in Hammer's MAN BAIT

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