Not a bad movie. Rogers acts her heart out. But the subject of the Klan is handled a little too lightly to be believable. Regan could have done much better but why bother here.
Ginger Rogers and Doris Day are sisters in Storm Warning, and Ginger will regret forever visiting her sister in a small town controlled by the KKK. Within minutes of getting off a bus, she witnesses a murder committed by the Klan, and her brother-in-law is part of the pack! Will fear and family obligation prevent her from helping gosh-darn-it D.A. Ronald Reagan? (Really? This guy? An acting career?) The direction is very strong on atmosphere, starting (and for that matter, ending) on a great shot. There's menace everywhere. Small town slick streets, lights shutting off around her, unfriendly folk, and a monstrous family situation... Lots of tension, often resolved in shocking violence. It's not going where you think it's going. But here's the thing. Like Black Legion, which also made the Klan (under a different name) about defrauding its members more than anything else (which I'm sure is a thing, but it's not THE thing), this picture has been completely white-washed. There are no black people around at all, and the murder is of a white journalist, and under threat is one of Hollywood's most melanin-deficient stars! Kind of burying the lede, aren't you?
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really enjoyed this film noir,top notch acting from ginger.Joculator
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Faut-le-faire: making a Ku Klux Klan film like this without any black actor.ClassicLady
Not a bad movie. Rogers acts her heart out. But the subject of the Klan is handled a little too lightly to be believable. Regan could have done much better but why bother here.Siskoid
Ginger Rogers and Doris Day are sisters in Storm Warning, and Ginger will regret forever visiting her sister in a small town controlled by the KKK. Within minutes of getting off a bus, she witnesses a murder committed by the Klan, and her brother-in-law is part of the pack! Will fear and family obligation prevent her from helping gosh-darn-it D.A. Ronald Reagan? (Really? This guy? An acting career?) The direction is very strong on atmosphere, starting (and for that matter, ending) on a great shot. There's menace everywhere. Small town slick streets, lights shutting off around her, unfriendly folk, and a monstrous family situation... Lots of tension, often resolved in shocking violence. It's not going where you think it's going. But here's the thing. Like Black Legion, which also made the Klan (under a different name) about defrauding its members more than anything else (which I'm sure is a thing, but it's not THE thing), this picture has been completely white-washed. There are no black people around at all, and the murder is of a white journalist, and under threat is one of Hollywood's most melanin-deficient stars! Kind of burying the lede, aren't you?