Show Business: Barkin Up the Right Tree

Up the Right Tree In two new movies, a gifted actress climbs to stardom

Her name is Helen, as in Hell 'n' back. Allure and danger play on the dramatic planes of her wide-screen face, which looks like Diane Sawyer's pressed against a windshield. When her lips crack open into a wide, diagonal smile, some Mae West line seems ready to emerge. "Come up and see me sometime." And Frank Keller (Al Pacino), a good cop with no life, does just that. Though Helen is a suspect in the grisly murder case he is investigating, he can't wait to get to her. The feeling must be mutual: before making love to Frank, she strips off...

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