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5.3/10   13 votes
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Director:
John H. Auer
Writers:
Robert T. Shannon (short story)
Lawrence Kimble (screenplay)
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Release Date:
24 November 1947 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
She played a dangerous game...found she could double-cross a man - but not her heart! (original poster) more
Plot:
A woman falls for the victim of an intended blackmail plot. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
mainly routine melodrama more (1 total)

Cast

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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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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved | Finland:K-16
Company:
Republic Pictures more

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Soundtrack:
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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
mainly routine melodrama, 6 November 2005
5/10
Author: goblinhairedguy from Montreal

"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.

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