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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1249
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88.0. "The Little Foxes" by DSSDEV::RUST () Mon Mar 22 1993 20:35

    One of many "heard of for ages but never got around to seeing" movies,
    I finally caught up with this one - ho, hum. I suppose the main plot
    twist was wildly sensational at one time, but to a kid who grew up on
    Kraft Suspense Theater and Alfred Hitchcock and any horror film I could
    persuade my folks to let me see, the single cold-blooded act in _this_
    film (which had been telegraphed from the beginning lest we might miss
    it) fell rather flat. (This, despite Bette Davis doing some nice "cold
    and imperious" work.)
    
    There _was_ some nice sibling-rivalry byplay among the principals, but
    it was all rather slow-paced; the effective scenes were all solidly
    framed by filler.
    
    It was worth it, though, to see a very young Dan Duryea whining his way
    through the part of the craven and worthless son. Alas, he didn't get
    to do much - but what he did was choice. ;-)
    
    -b
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