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Convicted Reviews

One of Hayworth's earliest efforts at Columbia, her eighth film under the name of Hayworth. (Earlier she had been known as Rita Cansino.) Mild little programmer featuring the torrid redhead as a nightclub dancer, Quigley (and whatever happened to him?) as a detective who convicts Rita's brother, Edwards, of a murder he didn't commit, and Lawrence as the gangster behind it all. Edwards is cleared as Hayworth and Quigley uncover the plot. Not much to recommend this film other than the curiosity value. Lawrence was in more than 115 movies and almost always played the villain. He was only 28 years old when this picture was made and was already a seasoned and vicious movie killer. There are huge holes in the story that couldn't be plugged with a ton of caulking. Cornell Woolrich wrote many excellent stories that were turned into films (REAR WINDOW, for instance.). This was not one of them.