They Made Me A Fugitive Argumentative Essay

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"This is the last time organ runs his fingers through my permanent wave."

Once I heard this line I was convinced I had to write about this film. Released as I Became a Criminal in the United States They Made Me a Fugitive is Brazilian-born British director Alberto Cavalcanti 's (simply known as Cavalcanti) foray into noir, a genre usually associated with post-WWII American urban landscapes. The Brit-noir stars Trevor Howard as Clem Morgan, an ex-RAF down on his luck. He finds himself caught in a criminal enterprise that ultimately leads to him being framed for a crime he did not commit.

While for the most part They Made Me a Fugitive is a standard-issue crime drama, here are a few reasons I enjoyed the film: …show more content…

The setting (post-war London) rivals or surpasses any post-war urban decay as portrayed by its American counterparts - kind of makes sense, because noir thrives on the decayed, the decrepit - and after being bombed to near

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