Clifford Odets' Clash by Night, presented on Broadway over a decade earlier, reaches the screen in a rather aimless drama of lust and passion.
Clash captures much of the drabness of the seacoast fishing town, background of the pic, but only occasionally does the narrative's suggested intensity seep through. It is the story of a woman, buffeted by life's realities, who returns to her hometown after 10 years, only to find that the escapism she has sought is still beyond her reach. She marries a fisherman for security reasons, ultimately being forced to choose betweeen two men.
Barbra Stanwyck plays the returning itinerant with her customary defiance and sulleness. It is one of her better performances though that aforementioned sulleness does grow tiresome after seing it in countless other roles. Robert Ryan plays the other man with grim brutality while Marilyn Monroe is reduced to what is tantemount to a bit role.
3 STARS OUT OF 5
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