What is Shack Out on 101 / Tension about?

Name: Shack Out on 101 / Tension
Genre: Drama,Suspense/Thriller

SHACK OUT ON 101, 1955, Paramount, 90 min. Dir. Edward Dein. A time-capsule farce on 1950’s America set entirely in a beachside beanery, this is a film like no other, combining smuggled secrets, seafood, runaway lust, civil service exams and weightlifting in the kitchen. The go-for-broke cast includes Frank Lovejoy, delectable Terry Moore, kooky Keenan Wynn, and, as "Slob," Lee Marvin at his outrageous best! TENSION, 1949, Warner Bros., 95 min. Directed by John Berry. One of the truly terrific underrated noir films of the forties. Richard Basehart plays a milquetoast druggist married to the over-sexed and chronically unfaithful Audrey Totter. But the sad sack has a plan to get revenge, so he can start a new life with Cyd Charisse! Cops Barry Sullivan and William Conrad pursue -- but is Barry pursuing the truth, or the red-hot Totter? More fabulous 1940’s coast-side action in this vastly entertaining thriller, laced with acid dialogue.

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What is Shack Out on 101 / Tension about?: SHACK OUT ON 101, 1955, Paramount, 90 min. Dir. Edward Dein. A time-capsule farce on 1950’s America set entirely in a beachside beanery, this is a film like no other, combining smuggled secrets, seafood, runaway lust, civil service exams and weightlifting in the kitchen. The go-for-broke cast includes Frank Lovejoy, delectable Terry Moore, kooky Keenan Wynn, and, as "Slob," Lee Marvin at his outrageous best!

TENSION, 1949, Warner Bros., 95 min. Directed by John Berry. One of the truly terrific underrated noir films of the forties. Richard Basehart plays a milquetoast druggist married to the over-sexed and chronically unfaithful Audrey Totter. But the sad sack has a plan to get revenge, so he can start a new life with Cyd Charisse! Cops Barry Sullivan and William Conrad pursue -- but is Barry pursuing the truth, or the red-hot Totter? More fabulous 1940’s coast-side action in this vastly entertaining thriller, laced with acid dialogue.