His Kind of Woman

More imaginative than any B movie - It's more like an A-

     

Set expectations low and this is a hilarious surprise of a film. It builds the noir setup slowly and seriously as it creates an odd world of interconnected motives. Every scene is just long enough to keep curiosity high. The characters continually push right to the edge of camp.
And then Vincent Price shows up with the kind of role that anyone with any sense of humor would kill to play. He keeps self loathing as confusing and occasionally creepy as it must be in real life. Maybe a little more so, but just for effect. What do we make of the duck scene?
The whole point is to setup a mashup of Mengeles, Corleones, Barrymores, and Indiana Jones... and of course there is a dame. The fashions, sets and songs are straight from Sears Roebuck. The direction knows just where to go with a limited budget to keep you looking around every corner.
The Maltese Falcon it ain't - but it was definitely worth a rental.