In the film noir Out of the Past, we view another detective suspense
film. In the beginning of the film, two men go out looking for Jeff Bailey.
They pass through a gas station where they find a deaf boy who works for Jeff.
I believe Jeff does not want to go back to his past because he changes his
identity and does not do any more cases. At that time Jeff had a girlfriend and
had to tell her everything about his past. The two men knew they could find him
there. They are in search for a young lady who is Katie. Like in most film
noir, Katie is the femme fatal in out of the past. As Detective Jeff begins his
duty, he meets Katie somewhere in Mexico. When they both meet at the bar, they
take a drink and go for walk. Being the femme fatal, Katie seduced him and
convinced him to leave with her and leave everything behind. She told him that
everything they were doing and everything they said was not true. Katie does
not care about reputation or about anybody. After killing someone Jeff realizes
that she’s not who he thinks she is. Years later they see each other again but
Jeff knew it’s best to stay from her because she only brings trouble and
problems to him. Jeff realized how important his other girlfriend was to him
and decided to start a new life with her