Cloudy, with a Good Change of Flogging :: A 12-Vidcap look at Storm Warning (1951)

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"Don't force me to show you how we handle people!

We're the law here. We're the judges and the jury!"

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Storm Warning is a surprisingly effective, if grounded, crime-noir from Warner Bros., where Ronald Reagan takes a break from flushing out those dirty stinkin' Commies to go after the KKK. Rock-solid work from cinematographer Carl Guthrie and art-direction from Leo Kuter keeps things nice and shadowy, steamy and seedy, but the rock on which the film is built is Ginger Rogers' take on the reluctant murder witness who keeps quiet to protect the granite-headed husband of her baby sister. And after finally seeing The Major and The Minor, coupled with this, Ms. Rogers' stock is currently going through the roof in my classic film portfolio.

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Other points of interest:
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The newspaper ads for Storm Warning at the Morgue.

Storm Warning (1951) Warner Bros. / P: Jerry Wald/ D: Stuart Heisler / W: Daniel Fuchs, Richard Brooks / C: Carl Guthrie / E: Clarence Kolster / M: Daniele Amfitheatrof / S: Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Steve Cochran, Hugh Sanders