Carl Deuker -- Books, Movies, TV

 Elizabeth Olsen FBI agent on Indian Reservation in Wyoming investigating rape/murder with help from local fish & wildlife agent.  Cultural disconnect . . . good so far.

 We almost hooked this; glad we didn't. Rosalind Russell is terrific.  Lively, funny, great sets and costumes . . . enlightened in many ways (free thinking, anti-semitism denounced, unwed mother accepted) but poking funs at Asians is still okay.  Interesting.

 Carrie mixed up with Russians (Yegevny) in Afghanistan.  She's trying to broker peace;  President of USA helicopter goes down; Afghan terrorist claims he shot it down.  New, weak, prez demands Pakistan turn over terrorist or its war. Carrie solves problem by betraying one of Saul's agents, turning her over to Russians.  She's killed, but war is averted.  Saul hates her . . . she disappears into Russia as Yegevny's lover.  But then, she makes contact with Saul.  She's now his new spy in Russia, taking the place of the woman she caused to be killed. Solid season.

 Don Siegal Nothing dated about any of it, except women's dresses.  Good acting, fast-paced, creepy.  Not too often that both the original and the remake are so good.

 Terrific 90 percent of the time.  Great performances by all, though the Clark Gable character doesn't stand up to a close look, nor does the love of Tara at the end. Still, very few dull moments and lots of exciting ones.  Well worth the time.

  4/5 stars Wikipedia:  Scarlet Street   is a 1945 American   noir   tragedy [2] [3] [4]   film directed by   Fritz Lang . The screenplay concerns two criminals who take advantage of a middle-aged painter in order to steal his artwork. The film is based on the French novel   La Chienne   (literally   The Bitch ) by   Georges de La Fouchardière  [ fr ] , that previously had been dramatized on stage by   André Mouëzy-Éon , and cinematically as   La Chienne   (1931) by director   Jean Renoir . [5] The principal actors  Edward G. Robinson ,  Joan Bennett  and  Dan Duryea  had earlier appeared together in  The Woman in the Window  (1944), also directed by Fritz Lang. Local authorities in three cities (New York, Milwaukee, and Atlanta) banned  Scarlet Street  early in 1946 because of its dark plot and themes. [6] Edward G duped by Bennet & Duryea, ends up a bum afte...

 Richard Basehart plays con man/ cop murderer in a procedural.  One of those over-praised film noirs that sound better than they turn out to be.  Hooked it after 30 minutes.