It's been a while, but I read about the restoration of this film in an article and ended up putting it on my watch list. It's based on a book by Cornell Woolrich (he might sound familiar for being the brains behind Rear Window). I mean, the film looked great, so good job on that one!
In this film, Scotty finds a wallet on the sidewalk. When he returns it, he's honest about removing enough for breakfast, impressing the man who owns it. Scotty immediately gets the chauffeur's job and starts driving around this insane guy, Roman. This man has magic pedals in the backseat of his car where he can control the speed of the car. It's interesting.
Scotty drives Roman's wife to the beach a couple times. She's desperate to get away, and she convinces Scotty to help her. What follows is a series of events that aren't what they seem. When Scotty wakes up, he has some weird memory issues and jets off to his doctor. I saw the end coming a mile away, and it wasn't super satisfying. I thought the movie was going to address the mental health thing a little more, but it just got brushed away like it didn't exist once he got his memory back. I would've liked to know more about that for sure.
The story itself had me interested, but I'm not sure about the execution. I'd like to read the book, but it looks like there were issues with Woolrich's estate, so I might have to do some hunting for it. If the main ideas were Woolrich's, I'm intrigued. The movie itself didn't wow me. It wasn't boring, I just don't think it was for me.
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