Deep Valley

Lupino stars as a shy young farm girl whose parents (Hull and Bainter) are loveless and repressive. Near their farm a chain gang works on the new coast highway winding about Big Sur, California. One of the convicts, Clark, escapes during a rainstorm and is discovered by Lupino, who sympathizes with the criminal and hides him in her father's barn. Kindred spirits, the two fall in love. Unfortunately, a posse discovers the hideout. Clark makes a break for the woods and is gunned down, but he dies a peaceful death in Lupino's arms. Lupino's performance is superb, and though DEEP VALLEY has been criticized for being derivative of HIGH SIERRA (1941), the similarities be...