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Heartbeat (1946) -- A young female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris. She is caught red-handed on her first attempt at stealing by an upper class man...

Overview

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5.9/10   168 votes
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Director:
Sam Wood
Writers:
Michael Duran (writer)
Max Kolpé (writer)
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Release Date:
May 1946 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
A daring, exciting adventure...in the world's most exciting capitol!
Plot:
A young female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris. She is caught red-handed... more | add synopsis
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Ginger in another one of her "don't act your age" roles... more

Cast

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Ginger Rogers ... Arlette Lafron
Jean-Pierre Aumont ... Pierre de Roche (as Jean Pierre Aumont)

Adolphe Menjou ... Ambassador
Melville Cooper ... Roland Latour
Mikhail Rasumny ... Yves Cadubert
Eduardo Ciannelli ... Baron Ferdinand Dvorak
Mona Maris ... Ambassador's Wife
Henry Stephenson ... Minister
Basil Rathbone ... Professor Aristide
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:G (Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | Sweden:15

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Movie Connections:
Remake of Battement de coeur (1940) more
Soundtrack:
Can You Guess? more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Ginger in another one of her "don't act your age" roles..., 23 February 2007
5/10
Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

GINGER ROGERS again is photographed in soft focus so that she can fool the camera lens into having us believe her as an 18 year-old girl who is taught to be a pick-pocket at a crime school run by no less than BASIL RATHBONE. Encouraged to become a petty thief, she is sent off to ply her trade and soon finds herself caught up in a romantic liaison with a wealthy Frenchman JEAN-PIEREE AMOUNT.

In outline, the story sounds like it would have a lot of potential as a charming romantic comedy. And sometimes it almost works. Rathbone does a smoothly professional job as her crime school mentor and ADOLPHE MENJOU adds sophistication to the supporting cast. But Ginger remains unconvincing throughout, sadly miscast in a role that could only have been carried off by an actress who was young enough to assume such a role.

Whatever tricks of photography were needed to photograph Rogers in a soft glow are simply wasted. She's never for a moment convincing as an ingénue and the film should have been scrapped once it was revealed that the casting mistake would ruin the story. Alas, another misfire for Rogers during a period which alternated between good and bad roles in some films that ranged from mediocre to excellent.

Summing up: Hardly worth your time.

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