7.5
Blind Chance
1987
“A girl with a heart of ice!”
Flaxy Martin (1949)
February 15, 19491h 26mEN
5.5
20 votes
Overview
Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin, who also has shady connections, becomes a suspect in a murder, Walter takes the fall. However, on his way to prison, he escapes, determined to bring the real killer to justice.
Director
Richard L. BareWriter
Where to Watch
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7.0It's not often you see Virginia Mayo play an unsavoury character but she does it quite well here as the eponymous and rather duplicitous character. She's the girlfriend of "Colby" (Zachary Scott). He is a lawyer. Deep down a decent one, but for most of the time he's in the pocket of the crooked "Hap" (Douglas Kennedy). When one of his gang is killed, "Flaky" looks like she's going to have to take the rap - but her paramour thinks he has the legal wits to argue himself out of the chair, so takes the blame himself. It's only when he is being tried that his erstwhile "friends" move the goalposts…
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