I agree, this is a great movie. And when Cyd dances, it's mesmerizing.

A musical Noir starring Cyd Charisse? Yes, please. Party Girl turns out to be an uneven Noir, perhaps because it abandons the "party girl" for gangsters too often and for too long, but if Charisse is on screen, then I'm happy. She plays a Follies girl, older and wiser than the rest, in 1930s Chicago, who falls for the mob's star lawyer (Robert Taylor). Their love will make him rethink his career decisions, but it's the same love that could become his Achilles heel when his bosses don't appreciate the gesture. Taylor is quite good as the cool cucumber with a lot of tricks of his sleeve, but the most interesting thing about the movie is having Charisse punctuate the action with three musical numbers, each subtly referencing where she is at that point in the picture. Well chosen, well choreographed, and of course terrifically danced, these pieces are much more than the usual musical interludes that pepper other Hollywood films for the sake of variety. Between this stylistic flair and level of sexuality and violence, a little shocking for 1958, Party Girl does rise above the chaff.