Rock Hudson does some great acting towards the end with his monologue about Roger to the newspaper crew. I like the concept of this being set at a carnival show and Sirk does a great job with these racing scenes. It is the same formula as a movie like Written On The Wind, but the characters do enough to carry the movie through. I like the use of black and white here and the city looks amazing in these night shots. The Last flight race is beautofully crafted with Jack and Roger both flying in planes at the same time and the film cuts in between each of them until the end, building with more and more tension.

Rock Hudson does some great acting towards the end with his monologue about Roger to the newspaper crew. I like the concept of this being set at a carnival show and Sirk does a great job with these racing scenes. It is the same formula as a movie like Written On The Wind, but the characters do enough to carry the movie through. I like the use of black and white here and the city looks amazing in these night shots. The Last flight race is beautofully crafted with Jack and Roger both flying in planes at the same time and the film cuts in between each of them until the end, building with more and more tension.

“Do you want me to eat my words?” “No, just the cake, then we can get out of here.”
Everything up until the climax is really tight-- it's just a nice production. The ending, though (especially in something from the 50s), is so incredibly depressing and beautiful. I was not expecting for the end to hit that hard.

“Do you want me to eat my words?” “No, just the cake, then we can get out of here.”
Everything up until the climax is really tight-- it's just a nice production. The ending, though (especially in something from the 50s), is so incredibly depressing and beautiful. I was not expecting for the end to hit that hard.

This movie is so amazing, and Sirk is so amazing, and Hudson/Malone(!!)/Stack are so amazing (especially Hudson in this role), but I've talked about Sirk to death so just WATCH THIS while it's on the Criterion Channel and then watch every other movie every single member of this cast and crew has ever done ever.

This movie is so amazing, and Sirk is so amazing, and Hudson/Malone(!!)/Stack are so amazing (especially Hudson in this role), but I've talked about Sirk to death so just WATCH THIS while it's on the Criterion Channel and then watch every other movie every single member of this cast and crew has ever done ever.

Wow wow wow! A Sirk movie like I haven’t seen before. Beautiful, bleak,  and of course a little soapy with an amazing Rock Hudson wrap-up monologue at the end. In the words of my mom: “Rock Hudson, what a man!! “

Wow wow wow! A Sirk movie like I haven’t seen before. Beautiful, bleak,  and of course a little soapy with an amazing Rock Hudson wrap-up monologue at the end. In the words of my mom: “Rock Hudson, what a man!! “