Tuesday's Overlooked Films: Phone Call From A Stranger

This 1952 melodrama starring Bette Davis isn't really much of a film noir. Still it's an entertaining movie that I got caught up in watching, so I stuck with it. Gary Merrill (Bette Davis' real life husband) plays a lawyer who leaves his cheating wife. On the plane to the West Coast, he ends up with fellow passengers Shelley Winters, Michael Rennie, and Keenan Wynn. They form an informal "Four Musketeers" club and agree to stay in touch with each other. It is well-acted and, I liked the script. The flashbacks are handled nicely, and there's a life lesson to be learned from the picture. Michael Rennie for some reason looks to me a bit like Michael Richards (Cosmo Cramer on Seinfeld). Shelley Winters is brash and funny in her role as an aspiring actress. IMDb rates it 7.3/10.0, so its popularity is there. Phone Call From A Stranger just isn't my usual cup of tea.