The Velvet Touch

The Velvet Touch is a 1948 American drama film noir directed by Jack Gage. The film features Rosalind Russell, Leon Ames, Leo Genn and Claire Trevor.

Other characters involved in the plot are Valeries new beau Michael Morrell Genn, supporting actress Marian Webster Trevor, who is accused of committing Valeries crime, and police Capt. Danbury Greenstreet, who may know more than he is willing to disclose.Film critrc Bosley Crowther thought the plot and its conclusion was too obvious. He wrote, Since the murder is prefatory business in this new film which came to the Rivoli yesterday, we are telling no more than youll witness two minutes after the picture begins. The rest is a long and tortuous survey of Miss Russells efforts to elude discovery as the rather obvious murderess and get on with her promising career ... This foregone conclusion of the story is only one of the films weaknesses. The muddiness of the character played by Miss Russell is another one. The role was so randomly written by Leo Rosten that one finds it hard to see any solid personality or consistency in the dame. ........

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