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Richard (sic) Rouse wrote and directed several interesting noirs, such as The Well, an insightful look at crowd violence and race relations; The Thief, a Cold War noir known primarily for its gimmick of having not one word of dialogue spoken throughout the entire film; and New York Confidential, one of the better "confidential" movies inspired by Senator Estes Kefauver's public investigation of organized crime. Wicked Woman is Rouse's cheapest and seediest work, and although the dialogue keeps the script from being hackneyed, there is no one to like in the film.
Apart from The Well and D.O.A., not many of these films are actually very good, but Rouse's other film New York Confidential, a crime film without a heart that portrays its central characters as family and businessmen, is very well acted by Broderick Crawford, Anne Bancroft, and Richard Conte, and pre-dates The Godfather by 17 years ...
As a movie, The Oscar was the worst publicity that Hollywood could have devised for itself. Panned by all the critics, it was a fiasco at the box office. "Obviously the community doesn't need enemies as long as it has itself," wrote Bosley Crowther of The New York Times.
