The Man in the Net

Infobox Film
name = The Man in the Net


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caption = Screen title
director = Michael Curtiz
producer = Walter Mirisch Alan Ladd
writer = Story: Hugh Wheeler Screenplay: Reginald Rose
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starring = Alan Ladd Carolyn Jones
music = Hans J. Salter
cinematography = John F. Seitz
editing = Richard V. Heermance
distributor = United Artists
released = May 29 1959 (Sweden) June 10, 1959 (U.S.A.)
runtime = 98 minutes
country = United States
language = English
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amg_id = 1:101252
imdb_id = 0053045

"The Man in the Net" (1959) is an American film noir directed by Michael Curtiz. The drama features Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, and others. [imdb title|id=0053045|title=The Man in the Net.]

Plot

The film tells the story of John Hamilton (Ladd) who's retreated to Stoneville, Connecticut, in the New England countryside, to pursue a career as a commercial artist, but his wife Linda (Carolyn Jones) wants to go back to New York. She is observed as being both drunk and a little strange by the town-folk.

Then his alcoholic and psychologically disturbed wife disappears one day. When she does John is suspected of killing his wife.

Cast

* Alan Ladd as John Hamilton
* Carolyn Jones as Linda Hamilton
* Diane Brewster as Vicki Carey
* John Lupton as Brad Carey
* Charles McGraw as Sheriff Steve Ritter
* Tom Helmore as Gordon Moreland
* Betty Lou Holland as Roz Moreland
* John Alexander as Mr. Carey, Brad's father
* Ed Binns as State Police Capt. Green
* Kathryn Givney as Mrs. Carey, Brad's mother
* Barbara Beaird as Emily Jones
* Susan Gordon as Angel Jones
* Michael McGreevey as Buck Ritter
* Charles Herbert as Timmie Moreland
* Steve Perry as Leroy, Alonzo's son

Critical reception

When the film was released, Richard W. Neson, film critic for "The New York Times," liked the film's dialogue and theme, if not the story, and Carolyn Jones's acting, writing, "More interesting is the dialogue by Mr. Rose and his preoccupation with injustice. The lines show a keen love for kids and an honest regard for the need to interject reality into a yarn that is tediously familiar once it settles down into its melodramatic formula. Miss Jones plays the wife with controlled fanaticism. Mr. Ladd, on the other hand, performs in his usual, cool style, which under the hectic circumstances mutes his personality to the point of unreality. [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9D07E2D8163BEF3BBC4952DFB0668382649EDE&oref=slogin Neson, Richard W] . "The New York Times," film review, June 11 1959. Last accessed: December 11 2007.]

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