The Hard Way (1943)
7/10
Carson and Lupino shine amid the grit
8 November 2007
Jack Carson can appear to chew the scenery a bit when viewed through the prism we hold in 2007, but this is really a wonderful performance by him. In some ways, he almost steals the show.

But Lupino, who I always love, again brings her energy and her great wide-eyed sadness to bear in a way that overwhelms everything. She was always a force to be reckoned with!

The stock footage which places us in or around Pittsburgh has a shot of 5 smokestacks which I swear still exist today...as part of a Pittsburgh area mall/development which kept them as a talisman to the age of steel...though I could be wrong. I do know this, however, they definitely weren't shot on the back lot in Culver City!

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