life go not to badly for harry mitchell and he an ex air force major ( plus nifty little pension i imagine ) and who rake in the cash for a patent he develop ( fuse titanium and steel via explosive process and create super metal fit for nasa ) and and his wife of twenty odd year have keep herself in pretty good nick . he get a nice little pad in la . i like to see vision of the 80 consumer dream and and you get a good slice here and what with the restore silver jag ( a series 1 e type roadster ) for him and and the gorgeous antique doll house for her ( as well a i be sure other trinket and boy toy ) . there always get to be more though hasn not there . so harry let himself get catch up in some romantic shenanigan ( youre only as old a the woman youre feeling ) . a in many film noir and one mistake and in an otherwise blotch less life and lead to a downwards arc for harry . three blackmailer leech onto him . these be where the value be for me and great character actor play very believable role . bobby shy ( play by clarence williams iii ) be a black ex con who be capable of perform incredible psychopathic act in order to avoid jail and punish double crossers . he reminiscent of pluto and the vicious black ex con psychopath from carl franklin well regard neo noir one false move ( 1992 ) . there a similar character motivation i believe . both men have have enough of the man and and well pretty much everyone and in extremis . robert trebor play leo frank and a fat lily livered pansy who run a nudie parlour where gent can photograph nude model at $ 25 for half an hour and and $ 50 for a whole hour ( do anyone else guffaw at the lack of discount . ) . he in over his head and and it great to watch trebor act when leo start to feel the heat and believable breakdown . john glover win a alan raimy and who be the brain of the plot and an actually brilliant man who become a pornographer and turn to a life of crime out of sheer sociopathic ennui . he a sexual sadist and do a few particularly unpleasant thing during the movie and include what i believe be a pretty well implied rape ( pay attention to his rap sheet readout and it easily miss and and read between the line for the motel scene with slim ) . in common with one false move and though not exclusively and i think the real impact of the movie be in the unusually communicative scene of violence . so far so good but i think there a real problem with the film . harry mitchell be tell at one point that he have his tit in the wringer . my problem be that harry mitchell be play by roy scheider . roy scheider protagonist never lose and theyre self sure and smooth and but not in an annoying way . i feel i be be ask to believe that his character be in peril and the movie rely on this for dramatic tension while however i do not believe it . for me it like be ask to believe that sandra bullock character be go to end up sleep alone by the end of a romantic drama and or stephen seagal character be go to get take down by the baddie ( do actually happen in one movie but be do deliberately for shock value ) . roy scheider doesn not convince a an adulterer either and you do not feel any annoyance with him at all and his character be teflon coat . it also felt like a movie that take some cut . at 110 minute it still feel underdeveloped represent harry wife and ann margaret and be pretty much a cardboard cutout and an extension of harry and her back story a a politician run for office receives scant attention . the effect that the affair have on harry marriage isn not properly communicate . this could be a frankenheimer problem and he not know for character development . i never felt that harry be deal with little more than an overtly annoy and erroneous tax claim from the irs . there be good sleazy violent noir content in this film and but i feel that to be in the excellent bracket that the casting of harry could have be do well ( no disrespect to the great roy scheider ) . the film felt short and even with the long running time and and i think could have take some more fleshing out . but you really can not forget the sleaze and like the deliciously pervy scene of harry take photo of doreen in the nudie parlour .