Comments on: Didja ever notice – “hiding out in a small town” in film?

By: addie

addie — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:00:32 +0000

"Escape By Night"

By: addie

addie — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:25:53 +0000

Wendy–"Hide out sounds cute and you made me think of another one, with Robert Mongomery"Night Must Fall"

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:39:27 +0000

"Hide-Out" is a charming little movie with Robert Montgomery as an impertinent gangster running from the law. He ends up at a small farm, where he is rehabilitated by hard work and Maureen O'Sullivan.

By: addie

addie — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:15:22 +0000

"we're No Angels"–small island hide-out —Twinkle, you are right about some "big town folks" however, I'm from NY and I love a small town In vermont, so don't speak for all big towners, if I didn't live here I might live there, I certainly miss it when I am away.

By: addie

addie — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:48:26 +0000

I like this topic, I can answer this one. "High Sierra"–Bogey and Ida (Lupino)"The desperate hours" –Humphrey Bogart and co. Laying low, waiting to meet up with a dame."key Largo" –The Magnificent Eddie G. Laying low and being rotten, waiting to meet up with some mug. Brother Orchid–Eddie G., again. "They Made Me a Criminal"–Darling, John Garfield, framed."They live by night"–Farley Granger and Cathy O' freak'n Donell, hiding out in a primitive cabin (better to give yourself up). —Isn't it much easier to hide out (disappear) in a big place like NY? although Garfield was only given away by his fighting style. You all, that give 80's and sometimes 90's movies as classics, I always think must be awfully young, although your comments, here are very smart. Maybe I am being a snob. To me part of being a classic is standing the test of time.

By: Klondike

Klondike — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:04:21 +0000

As Joey Gee just pointed out, "Bad Day at Black Rock" fits this category, and I was just remembering that in that film, Dean Jagger played a frightened, defeatist small-towner . . . . as opposed to "Firecreek", wherein he played . . a whining, defeatist small-towner . . . . and Hey, didn't we just watch him, earlier this month, all bummed-out & complaining to Bing and Danny about how dismal business was for his ski lodge in the small of Pine Tree, Vermont?Just a thought, but maybe Hollywood's Big Lesson for Mr. Jagger was: stick to those Bright Lights & Big Cities!

By: Joey Gee

Joey Gee — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:11:59 +0000

That was a pretty pathetic town where Spencer Tracy went to find out what happened to the family of a Japanese-American soldier he served with in WW2.It seems that the entire town of Black Rock was in hiding, from the outside world. "Bad Day At Black Rock" stands out as one of my favorite movies of all time.

By: MDR

MDR — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:47:29 +0000

You've reminded me of another Joseph Cotten "hiding out in a small town" film, Walk Softly, Stranger (1950) with Alida Valli.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:55:00 +0000

Shadow of a Doubt – Joseph Cotten hiding out as a "respectable" brother and uncle in Santa Rosa California.

By: David

David — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:27:59 +0000

The whole world is too small these days for anyone to hide anywhere for long. Back in the mid 20th Century, when you had to walk a mile to smoke a Camel (sometimes even farther to make a phone call!) anonymity was a possibility. Too many cell phone cameras clicking and satellite photographs to bury yourself any more (watch Enemy of the State!) I lived 8 yrs. in D.C. and the last 10 yrs. in our town of 10,000... wouldn't go back for the world. What I lost in anonymity I sure gained in peace.