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Out of the Past (1947)
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Release Date:
13 November 1947 (USA)
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Tagline:
A MAN - Trying to run away from his past... A WOMAN - Trying to escape her future! more
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A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win
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Excellent example of film noir at its best
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Robert Mitchum | ... | Jeff Bailey | |
| Jane Greer | ... | Kathie Moffat | |
| Kirk Douglas | ... | Whit Sterling | |
| Rhonda Fleming | ... | Meta Carson | |
| Richard Webb | ... | Jim | |
| Steve Brodie | ... | Jack Fisher | |
| Virginia Huston | ... | Ann Miller | |
| Paul Valentine | ... | Joe Stephanos | |
| Dickie Moore | ... | The Kid | |
| Ken Niles | ... | Leonard Eels |
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Build My Gallows High (UK)
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97 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Australia:PG |
Iceland:12 |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (re-rating) (1998) |
Germany:12 (re-rating) |
Germany:18 (original rating) |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Sweden:15 (re-rating) (1965) |
Argentina:13 |
Sweden:(Banned) |
USA:Approved (PCA #12082) |
Spain:13
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Humphrey Bogart read the script and, seeing the similarities between this and The Maltese Falcon (1941), wanted to play Jeff. However, Warner Bros. didn't buy the material and RKO produced this movie.
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Continuity: When Jeff visits Leonard Eels' office building there are clearly five names on the directory under 'E' in the long shot, but just two in the POV shot that follows immediately.
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Kathie Moffat:
I don't want to die.
Jeff Bailey: Neither do I, Baby, but if I have to, I'm going to die last.
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Jeff Bailey: Neither do I, Baby, but if I have to, I'm going to die last.
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Referenced in "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Desert Cantos (#2.15)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU
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How did the press get word that Jeff supposedly killed both Fisher and Eels?Any recommendations for other movies like "Out of the Past"?
Why does Jeff hesitate to start the car when he and Kathie are leaving to return to Mexico?
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Full of atmosphere and heat, "Out of the Past" is a classic film noir, directed by a master, Jacques Tourneur. Although considered only an above-average B movie at the time of release, it's doubtful anyone thinks of it that way today, as it is superior to many "A" films. With a top-notch cast and a deceptively easy pace that belies the tension and danger underneath, "Out of the Past" makes for an intriguing, absorbing film.
Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer make a great pair - both are sultry, sexy, hard to read, and gorgeous. I found Greer's performance quite interesting. In the beginning, she appears quite warm, frightened, and sincere, as opposed to, say, Lizabeth Scott in "Dead Reckoning." When she turns hardboiled, it's subtle, with only a change in her eyes and voice, when she comments that Fisher isn't going to say anything to anybody. I love the way Mitchum sizes up women. He absolutely smolders, and 40 years later, in "The Winds of War," he was still smoldering.
Kirk Douglas is appropriately edgy in his supporting role as Whit. Rhonda Fleming has a small role, but no one that incredibly beautiful was going to go unnoticed for long.
What a wonderful film, what a perfect example of a genre.