116 minute running time so at least 20 minutes too long. More noir… Barbara Stanwyck, psycho female CEO of industry, and Kirk Douglas playing the drunken, cuckolded husband … funny scene where Van Heflin is talking to a girl and he gestures with his hands that the West is “this big,” meaning his penis — funny to see that in a 1940s movie (taking a jab at the censors no doubt) … story wasn’t that good, performances, pacing only so-so, Miklós Rózsa score wielded like a club … I don’t regret seeing it, but I certainly wouldn’t recommend it, though John Farr did.

… you sounded just like your aunt used to.