Raw Deal

Raw Deal is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, John Ireland, Raymond Burr, and Whit Bissell.

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Senses of Cinema has an in-depth article that says in part, "It’s one of those noirs where you hold your breath, where its tension gets your heart rate up almost so you can hear it beating" and "It is this heavy, claustrophobic air, as thick as the fog that crowds the city streets and captured so iconically by Alton, that makes Raw Deal such a masterful example of noir. That fog has become famous..." and noting that "With all of its visual achievements, Raw Deal is notable, too, for its use of female voiceover."

Time Out says, "The action is sharp, the characterisation vivid" and calls it "A fine noir thriller, product of the dream marriage between Mann's direction and John Alton's camera." Rotten Tomatoes has a critics concensus score of 100%.