When Jean-Luc Godard named his homage to Hollywood BREATHLESS, he must have had this film in mind. German emigree Dieterle, a Warner Bros. stalwart, directed one of the fastest-paced movies ever in FOG OVER FRISCO, displaying a dazzling, whirlwind technique that completely overwhelms a
rather mundane plot.
Socialite Val Bradford (Lindsay) reads a newspaper report that her stepsister Arlene (Davis) has been consorting with underworld figures at an infamous nightclub run by Jake Bello (Pichel). Val promptly upbraids the story's writer, Tony Stirling (Woods), telling him that Arlene is merely a
thoughtless girl who is not responsible for the company she keeps. If ...
Released:
1934
Rated:
NR
Length:
68 mins