This feels more like a melodrama than a film-noir. It follows Jenny Marsh (Patricia Knight), a murderess who killed a man for her boyfriend, Harry Wesson. She is put on parole, and her parole officer Griff Marat is played by Cornell Wilde, the two actors having married in real life. I like the beginning and middle of this movie a lot. You can tell from the get-go that Jenny isn't an awful person, she's just had some bad luck. I really thought her budding romance with Griff was sweet.
However, I feel like things started going downhill when the two of them went on the run, then subsequently turned themselves in. It's a great moment of character development for Jenny, however Harry's turnaround does not feel realistic at all. He states that the shooting was an accident, despite that not being in line with his character, and Griff was easily able to wave off the fact that Jenny skipped out on her parole. It felt a bit too perfect, like they were desperate for a Hollywood happy ending. I also would have liked some closure on Griff and Jenny's relationship, how they deal with married life despite her not being allowed to get married.
However, I feel like things started going downhill when the two of them went on the run, then subsequently turned themselves in. It's a great moment of character development for Jenny, however Harry's turnaround does not feel realistic at all. He states that the shooting was an accident, despite that not being in line with his character, and Griff was easily able to wave off the fact that Jenny skipped out on her parole. It felt a bit too perfect, like they were desperate for a Hollywood happy ending. I also would have liked some closure on Griff and Jenny's relationship, how they deal with married life despite her not being allowed to get married.
