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The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
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Dorothy Bennett (writer)
Raymond Chandler (novel)
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Release Date:
6 February 1947 (USA) more
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THEY GAMBLED THEIR LIVES...TO POSSESS THE MOST DANGEROUS SECRET OF ALL! (original print media ad - all caps) more
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Philip Marlowe (George Montgomery) gets involved when limp-wristed and snidley Leslie Murdock (Conrad... more | add synopsis
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(Complete credited cast) | George Montgomery | ... | Philip Marlowe |
 | Nancy Guild | ... | Merle Davis |
 | Conrad Janis | ... | Leslie Murdock |
| Roy Roberts | ... | Lt. Breeze |
| Fritz Kortner | ... | Rudolph Vannier |
| Florence Bates | ... | Mrs. Elizabeth Murdock |
| Marvin Miller | ... | Vince Blair |
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The High Window (UK)
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72 min
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Finland:(Banned) | USA:Approved (PCA #11755, Adult Audience)
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In the mid-1940s Hollywood discovered Raymond Chandler: Murder, My Sweet (1944), The Big Sleep (1946) and The Lady in the Lake (1947). Also from '47, John Brahm's The Brasher Dubloon is a version of Chandler's The High Window and, unfortunately, the most disappointing of this crop. Troubles start with the running time; at 72 minutes, that's not enough time for Chandler's baroque structures to start to unfurl, unless you reduce them to mere plot (and plot is not Chandler's long suit). Second, there's George Montgomery trying to fill the shoes of Dick Powell, Humphrey Bogart and the other Montgomery, Robert. He doesn't. While he's pleasant enough -- as a light leading man -- he swallows line after line of the script smoothly where a more nuanced actor would have found a whole ham sandwich to sink his teeth into. Still, there are good points here, especially in Brahm's directing. The big old mansion with its twin, massive turrets is especially ominous with the Santa Ana winds whistling outside; Florence Bates, as its owner, knows how to grande-dame it with the best; and a striking series of sinister characters take us down meaner and ever meaner streets. With a better star and a more leisurely pace, this private-eye flick could have been a contender.