Part of this are completely terrific, but then there is Alan Ladd...

Late Ladd thriller tries hard, but can't overcome false steps and implausibility

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Alan Ladd

Carolyn Jones

Diane Brewster

Reginald Rose

Hugh Wheeler

A struggling artist in a small town becomes the prime suspect when his wife mysteriously disappears.

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The Man in the Net

Shane is a murderer! Or IS he?

And he&apos;s a painter, too. Or IS he? Yikes, this movie has some of the worst art ostensibly painted by an underrated but talented artist ever seen in movies! Ladd gives a dispirited performance. We have a long history with him. So we like his character and wish the best outcome for the trouble he gets in. But LLadd seems to be walking through it.

Carolyn Jones is pretty good as his alcoholic wife. She was capable of better. She had an odd look that Hollywood didn&apos;t seem to know how to use. (Well, not till &quot;The Addams Family.&quot; And it&apos;s a shame that&apos;s what she&apos;s remembered for.) Around this time several movies about adults&apos; friendships with precious children came out. This is one of them. It was probably viewed as charming at the time -- sort of like a man&apos;s friendship with dogs or kindness to his own children or to orphans.

Today, for better or for worse, a man who spent much of his time with preteen children would be highly suspicious to his neighbors. In the movie, Ladd&apos;s character is hounded by the townspeople for possibly having killed Jones. Today he wouldn&apos;t have lasted that long in a suburban area like this, hanging around with children.

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And he's a painter, too. Or IS he? Yikes, this movie has some of the worst art ostensibly painted by an underrated but talented artist ever seen in movies! Ladd gives a dispirited performance. We have a long history with him. So we like his character and wish the best outcome for the trouble he gets in. But LLadd seems to be walking through it.

Carolyn Jones is pretty good as his alcoholic wife. She was capable of better. She had an odd look that Hollywood didn't seem to know how to use. (Well, not till "The Addams Family." And it's a shame that's what she's remembered for.) Around this time several movies about adults' friendships with precious children came out. This is one of them. It was probably viewed as charming at the time -- sort of like a man's friendship with dogs or kindness to his own children or to orphans.

Today, for better or for worse, a man who spent much of his time with preteen children would be highly suspicious to his neighbors. In the movie, Ladd's character is hounded by the townspeople for possibly having killed Jones. Today he wouldn't have lasted that long in a suburban area like this, hanging around with children.

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