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24 November 1947 (USA) moreTagline:
She played a dangerous game...found she could double-cross a man - but not her heart! (original poster) moreUser Comments:
mainly routine melodrama moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | John Carroll | ... | George MacAllister |
| Vera Ralston | ... | Carlotta Duval |
| Robert Paige | ... | Barry MacAllister |
 | Broderick Crawford | ... | Ernie Hicks |
| Henry Travers | ... | Dr. Mitchell |
| Blanche Yurka | ... | Aunt Margaret |
| Constance Dowling | ... | Helen Anderson |
 | Hattie McDaniel | ... | Celia |
| Victor Sen Yung | ... | Chang |
| Harry Cheshire | ... | The Minister (as Harry V. Cheshire) |
| John Miljan | ... | Detective |
| Garry Owen | ... | Detective |
| Eddie Dunn | ... | Police Officer |
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"The Flame" is a dark but disappointingly routine melodrama of the seen-it-a-million-times-before variety. A French nurse, in cahoots with her sleazy American lover, agrees to marry his ailing half-brother in order to gain his wealth. Guess what -- she begins to fall for the bore (who whiles away the hours playing dirges on his Hammond organ).
John Auer was one of the more talented directors working in the B-movie mill of the 40s, and he injects the picture with enough visual panache to give it a professional veneer and subtle moodiness. But what can you do with this cast from hell -- particularly Vera Ralston, at her most wooden (her voice-over narration is practically indecipherable).
A couple of reels into the film, things briefly perk up when a young Broderick Crawford unexpectedly slides into the narrative as a dour potential blackmailer who gets wise to the scam. Even better, his sometime girlfriend is a sexy cabaret performer played by the always fascinating Constance Dowling -- her Gilda-style song and dance routine gives Auer a chance to show his licks. But the brittleness all dissolves pretty quickly into some very unwelcome sentimentality towards the end.