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    Thursday, May 22, 2003
     
    The Enforcer

    Well, enough whining. Here's another partial movie review for you: today at the gym I caught part of The Enforcer (1951), with Humphrey Bogart. This is not one of his better-known films, but I liked what I saw of it. Bogart plays an assistant district attorney trying to crack a case of murder-for-hire (it's based on the real-life "Murder Inc." case).

    There's a nice bit where Bogart's character is putting pressure on the mob, and one of the main killers decides to turn state's evidence. They meet at "Pier 16" (clearly a stage set) on a foggy night, and Bogie's character shows up wearing a bow tie. He achieves something I thought was impossible: he looks tough in a bow tie. The actors who play the killers are good, too - they actually have more of the screen time than Bogart does, and play mobsters convincingly without going over the top. The movie moves fast - it's only 87 minutes long and it's a good 87 minutes. Check it out if you get the chance.

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