Ruthless (1948)
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.
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What critics compared Ruthless to
In its mix of essentialist storytelling and blatant artifice, Jungle sometimes recalls the 1940s work of low-budget director Edgar G. Ulmer ( Bluebeard , Strange Illusion , Ruthless ).
Another trick of time: an extended convoluted comic-action flashback, begun when Cliff begins to light a cigarette on a roof, which then ends many minutes later with Cliff yet to light, a callback to Edgar G. Ulmer’s 1948 B-movie great “Ruthless.”