The Flame (1947 film)
The Flame is a 1947 American crime film noir directed by John H. Auer, and starring John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige and Broderick Crawford.
The critic at The New York Times panned the film, The sole distinction of The Flame, a rambling, inept bit of claptrap which sidled into the Gotham yesterday, is the bleakly amusing fact that most of the performers seem either bored or amused with the whole thing. And no wonder. There is a grim, unimaginative whichbrotherdoIlove plot, centering on Vera Ralston.Film historian and critic Hal Erickson discussed the production values in his brief review, In terms of both budget and histrionic level, The Flame is one of the most lavish of Republic Pictures late1940s productions. ........
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