Recently married Jeanne Crain finds herself gaslighted at sea in 1953's Dangerous Crossing. It's a slightly nutty, fairly predictable, but pretty darned fun little mystery.
What would you do if you went on a cruise with a guy you'd just married and he completely vanished once the ship left dock? No-one seems to remember him and your luggage isn't even in the cabin you thought it was in. You might think you're going crazy, and that might just be the plan.
Jeanne Crain works a little too hard selling the crazy idea--her hysterics when someone says there's no evidence of her having a husband aboard are just tad over the top. But she is beautiful and she experiences her crisis wearing a series of gorgeous dresses and nightgowns. If you've seen a couple films in the "gaslight" genre, you'll figure out what's actually happening pretty quick but it's still a mildly juicy ride. Minute Maid, not Tropicana.
Dangerous Crossing is available on The Criterion Channel this month as part of a "Vacation Noir" playlist. I really wouldn't call this movie noir, though.
X Sonnet #1871
Forbidden fins were fed to evil fish.
Gigantic dogs require bigger hands.
Obscure and clean, the mouse produced a Wish.
Forgotten soon, in Hell the movie lands.
Convenient devils smile north of moons.
Determined times decide the taxi route.
A woman chose to live among the Dunes.
Fortuna's phony dragon suffers gout.
Bestowing sweat, the power pork revives.
Defensive fat refutes the skinny firm.
But then, the gallant circus cart arrives.
Invited friends invent a nutty term.
Announced before the waiting staff was ice.
Correct assemblies poison heroes twice.
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