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Director:

Max Ophüls

Writers:

Arthur Laurents (screenplay)
Libbie Block (novel)

Contact:

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Release Date:

17 February 1949 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Film-Noir more

Tagline:

The story of a desperate girl

Plot:

It was her childhood dream come true. She had married a man worth millions. But her innocent dream became... more | add synopsis

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Walter Hill: The Hollywood Interview
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Cast

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James Mason ... Larry Quinada

Barbara Bel Geddes ... Leonora Eames

Robert Ryan ... Smith Ohlrig
Frank Ferguson ... Dr. Hoffman
Curt Bois ... Franzi Kartos
Ruth Brady ... Maxine
Natalie Schafer ... Dorothy Dale
Art Smith ... Psychiatrist
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Additional Details

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

UK:U | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15


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Trivia:

The 1992 restoration of the film, done at UCLA Film and Television Archives, was financed by Martin Scorsese, who would direct a biopic of Howard Hughes - upon whose life the film is based - The Aviator (2004) a decade later. more

Quotes:

Leonora Eames: Posture and social useage
Smith Ohlrig: Social what?
Leonora Eames: Useage. You know, conversation, etiquette, how to pour tea
[Leonora mines this action with her hand]
Leonora Eames: , how to listen to music
[Leonora then places two fingers from her hand to her right ear]
Leonora Eames: , how to... please watch the road.
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performances are central to the film's success, 23 March 2009
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Author: christopher-underwood from Greenwich - London

The film contains noirish elements rather actually being of the genre but it is still a most beautifully photographed b/w movie. Some Ophuls trademark shooting, particularly with regard to the wonderfully shot staircase sequences and the dance club scenes where the camera seems to glide with a life its own. Great performances are central to the film's success because we do get close to melodrama and the horrific portrayal by Robert Ryan as the ruthless, almost psychotic millionaire and the highly effective playing by Barbara Bel Geddes, keep this morality tale from becoming too sentimental. James Mason does well enough as the barely believable doctor with a heart of gold and other bit parts all help hold this raging beast together.

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