Gilda Family Review

A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.Just arrived in Argentina, small-time crooked gambler Johnny Farrell is saved from a gunman by sinister Ballin Mundson, who later makes Johnny his right-hand man. But their friendship based on mutual lack of scruples is strained when Mundson returns from a trip with a wife: the supremely desirable Gilda, whom Johnny once knew and learned to hate. The relationship of Johnny and Gilda, a battlefield of warring emotions, becomes even more bizarre after Mundson disappears...—Rod Crawford <[email protected]>In Argentina, Johnny Farrell is a dice gambler who gets in a robbery situation and is saved by Ballin Mundson, an owner of a casino. Johnny starts working for Ballin as his right-man. The situation changes with the arrival of Gilda, a past lover who has recently married Ballin.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJohnny Farrell has just arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he is making a living cheating in gambling, primarily in informal street games. He begins a more stable life when, upon a chance meeting, he convinces Ballin Mundson, the violent and less-than-scrupulous owner of the local illegal casino, to hire him on the premise that it is better for Ballin to have the "enemy" on his side. Besides the casino, which the local authorities are aware of, Ballin is involved in an international illegal tungsten cartel. Johnny quickly rises to be Ballin's trusted right-hand man. Ballin surprisingly gets married to Gilda, a woman he only just met. The two have different reasons for marrying each other. Ballin can see that Johnny and Gilda mutually hate each other, but he states that hate is an exciting emotion. As Johnny tries to carry out his work for Ballin, Gilda--who continues to do what she wants, married or not--is a constant distraction for him, which gets to the point where that strong emotion of hate crosses the line.—HuggoLoaded-dice toting gambler Johnny Farrell cleans up at a waterfront dive and is subsequently saved from retaliation by the dagger tipped cane of Ballin Mundson, owner of a Buenos Aires casino and head of a Nazi cartel. Recognizing a kindred spirit in Johnny, the two become close and Ballin makes him his right-hand man. Johnny's intense loyalty to Ballin is strained by Ballin's surprise marriage to the supremely magnetic Gilda, a femme fatale that once loved and then jilted Johnny, setting the tone for his future relations. The odd trio begin exploring their conflicting desires while Ballin maneuvers to retain control over his vested interest.—Mae Moreno2 moreAll