The Fat Man (1951)

★★★★ · Great Movie except... · ericsf · 2024-07-08

Could be a great movie, great actors, great character development, held my interest, except for some holes in the plot. Don't want to spoil the suspense, but one scene at the very beginning makes no sense. A dentist is murdered and x-rays are stolen, but why? Obviously dental x-rays can be used to identify a corpse, but as the plot develops, nobody was looking into identifying any corpse. Also, the dentist contacts the Fat Man. Why? Never explained. If they'd just covered the plot holes the film would be lots more satisfying. Still, definitely worth watching.

★★★ · Although I do not disagree with sethhalp52 . . . · BornBohemian · 2022-10-03

I feel a bit stronger review can be attributed to "The Fat Man" and it's characters. The story goes as usual, a woman is involved in some trouble she can't account for, but she sees her friend/colleague's death as clandestine, or that it is involved in some way with some wrongdoers. The fat man, who eats a lot, takes the case after some queerness seems apparent in the q&a of some of the suspects... A pretty good P.I. investigation pursues and the bad guys start to worry, which begins their unfolding, then, the whole thing becomes a reality all around, after some shots taken at the P.I. and…

★★★ · Is the Fat Man really William Castle? · spykej · 2023-03-27

Unsettling combination of humor and bloodshed in an early effort by the director of Rosemary's Baby.