Belated Movie Reviews

In Framed (1947) Glenn Ford, a simple mining engineer who’s been down on his luck, is entangled in a wicked plot to embezzle money from the bank. It’s a tense, interesting tale as Ford finds himself at odd with a beautiful blonde and her lover, while chasing the job opportunity he needs, and battles his bad luck and his propensity for the big bad: alcohol. Like many a good movie, Framed has important moral questions for morally dubious characters, and examines how they react. With the Great Depression fresh in the original audience’s mind, Ford is presented more than once with access to uncertain wealth – and how he reacts each time is what twists the tail of this movie. Add in the superior talents of Ford, Janis Carter, and the balance of the supporting cast, and this is a movie that, while not paced as they are paced now, is worth the time.