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Actors: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Fog Over Frisco |
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Fog over Frisco is a Hitchcockian mytery starring Bette Davis as Arlene Bradford, a rich socialite and stepdaughter of banking tycoon Everett Bradford. While at the club Bello with her fiance Spencer Carlton (Lyle Talbot) and her sister Val (Margaret Lindsay), Arlene gets asked for her keys to move her car. She gives the man her keys and a hides a package behind the dashboard. When Arlene gtes home she sees that its hundred's of thousands of dollars in stocks and bonds. While at home she gets a mysterious phone call from a man in a darkened telephone booth. Arlene then goes to see Spencer, who works for her father banking corporation, to launder the stocks for her and then goes to visit Jake Bellow. Arlene tells Jake she doesn't want to do anymore underhanded deals then leaves the club and goes home. Her sister Val hears Arlenes car and goes downstairs but only finds a cab leaving. She gets nervous and eventually goes to the police in an effort to find her sister. When she gets back she gets a telegram from her sister telling her to meet her down by the docks. At this point Val is abducted and the movie shifts into a "who done it?" mystery on who killed Arlene and a rush to save Val.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Fog Over Frisco |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 50%
Special suspect?
- lover
Kind of mystery?
- skilled citizen investigator
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, curly (woman)
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- San Francisco
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
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