Felix E. FeistThe Man Who Cheated Himself (1951)

"Tough cop helps his lover cover up the shooting of her wealthy husband. Mainstream noir, primarily distinguished by its acting and San Francisco visuals." - noir expert Spencer Selby

Cast: Lee J. Cobb, John Dall, Jane Wyatt, Lisa Howard. 81 min.

This item is part of the collection: Film Noir

Producer: Felix E. Feist
Audio/Visual: sound, Black & White

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Reviewer: epaesano - - July 21, 2008
Subject: wonderful

this is art , wonderful film , great acting . to those who a have problems with the quality of sound and picture , please take art as it s offered to you. do not criticize unless you can upload a better quality video

Reviewer: slugs and urchins - - May 20, 2008
Subject: crooked cops! nothing new there...

Lee J. Cobb is very good and Jane Wyatt is cast out of character, even so this one was good and the only thing you have to suspend is the belief that the brother would actually turn in the guy. Yeah, right...

of course with a little extra dough they all will live happily ever after! Just ask the judge how much he costs!

Reviewer: flickfdude - - May 14, 2008
Subject: very noisy

The sound on this playing it on my computer was so bad I was insulted watching it. I suspected the story and acting was good, but who could stand all that static.
The braodband stream had no sound at all.
I copied it as is to a DVD data disc and played it on my DVD player that plays many formats. (they are not expensive now a day if you know what to buy) and it played real fine on my big screen, with much less static. I changed my rating to 4

Reviewer: billbarstad - - May 9, 2008
Subject: A good one

This is a well made noir film. There's good acting and pacing. Jane Wyatt is unconvincing as a femme fatale, though. Good use of the San Francisco area made viewing enjoyable. The story seems doubtful, though.

I downloaded the MPEG-2, hoping to burn it as a DVD, but the print from which the file was made was in poor condition. There's lots of hiss in the audio, scratches and dirt throughout the video as well as missing frames, with one scene fairly garbled.

Reviewer: jazzfan - - April 24, 2008
Subject: Very decent movie

I own a couple of copies and I never downloaded this here. This movie is fun to watch. What a guy won't do for a woman! Great location shots, cars, and pretty women make this flick enjoyable.

Reviewer: bearpuf - - April 21, 2008
Subject: Quality Performance by Cobb

I haven't seen too many movies of Lee J. Cobb, but those I have always showed stellar performances by him. This one is no exception. By underpeforming he creates a cool persona that the viewer thinks can handle and overcome whatever comes his way.
The title, though, says it all. And all these years I thought Jane Wyatt was a great wife to Robert Young, and a perfect mother to Mr. Spock. She's hardly so nice here.