Private Property

Name: Private Property
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: April 24, 1960
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 80

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Citation Films Inc. | Release Date: April 24, 1960 | Not Rated

Summary: Two homicidal Southern California drifters (played to creepy perfection by Warren Oates and Corey Allen) wander off the beach and into the seemingly-perfect Beverly Hills home of unhappy housewife Kate Manx, in this long-lost film noir gem written & directed by The Outer Limits creator Leslie Stevens. Shot through with shimmering sexualTwo homicidal Southern California drifters (played to creepy perfection by Warren Oates and Corey Allen) wander off the beach and into the seemingly-perfect Beverly Hills home of unhappy housewife Kate Manx, in this long-lost film noir gem written & directed by The Outer Limits creator Leslie Stevens. Shot through with shimmering sexual tension and lensed in stunning B&W by master cameraman Ted McCord (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), Private Property is both an eerie, Jim Thompson-esque thriller and a savage critique of the hollowness of the Playboy-era American Dream. [Cinelicious Pics]… Expand

Director: Leslie Stevens

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 79 min

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Steve Macfarlane

Private Property abounds in inventive low-budget filmmaking while stress-testing a pulpy, dime-store premise. Read full review

The Film Stage Amanda Waltz

While Private Property, with its tawdry edges and jarring, out-of-synch ADR, lacks the studio polish of its influences, it puts a wonderfully dirty spin on their voyeuristic style. Read full review

The Guardian Jordan Hoffman

Private Property’s vicious form of prurience may make some queasy, and is hardly the type of movie that could get made today without great backlash, but there’s definitely more going on here than mere time-capsule curiosity. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

This tense and upsetting film has more psychological depth and empathy than the comparable sensationalist fare of its time, and shudder-inducing cinematic style to spare. Private Property qualifies as a genuine rediscovery. Read full review

John Hartl

Some scenes hold up better than others, and there’s always a question about the film’s intentions: Is this voyeurism or is it satire taking off on the Playboy era? Condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency in 1960, Private Property is less dated than you might think. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Private Property is a terrific example of the spell that a confident film can weave by placing a handful of troubled characters in a confined location, and in the end it does feel like as much of a tragedy as a potboiler. Read full review

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