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Hollow Triumph (1948)Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller takes a new identity, with ironic results. Director:Steve Sekely |
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Title: Hollow Triumph (1948)
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Cast
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John Muller /
Dr. Bartok
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| Joan Bennett | ... |
Evelyn Hahn
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| Eduard Franz | ... |
Frederick Muller
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Leslie Brooks | ... |
Virginia Taylor
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Swangron
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Mabel Paige | ... |
Charwoman
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Herbert Rudley | ... |
Marcy
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Charles Arnt | ... |
Coblenz
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George Chandler | ... |
Aubrey - Assistant
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Sid Tomack | ... |
Artell - Manager
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Jerry
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Ann Staunton | ... |
Blonde
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Paul E. Burns | ... |
Clerk
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Charles Trowbridge | ... |
Deputy
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Morgan Farley | ... |
Howard Anderson
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John Muller, medical school dropout and brilliant crook, plans a holdup which goes a little bit wrong, and finds vindictive gambler Rocky Stansyck after him. At the end of his tether, he stumbles onto a lucky chance to assume an impenetrable new identity as psychiatrist Victor Bartok. But irony piles on as Muller finds it's out of the frying pan, into the fire. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 February 1949 (Mexico) See more »Also Known As:
The Man Who Murdered Himself See more »Filming Locations:
Angel's Flight Railway, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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John Muller: Things have come out of that sweet baby face of yours.
Evelyn Hahn: Don't run away with yourself. Take it easy!
John Muller: Why do I like you?
Evelyn Hahn: My baby blue eyes!
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(uncredited)
Written by Johann Strauß
Whistled by Muller's workmate at the garage
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Evelyn Hahn: Don't take too much for granted! A girl has to have a social life.John Muller: Things have come out of that sweet baby face of yours.
Evelyn Hahn: Don't run away with yourself. Take it easy!
John Muller: Why do I like you?
Evelyn Hahn: My baby blue eyes!
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Soundtracks
"Blue Danube Waltz"(uncredited)
Written by Johann Strauß
Whistled by Muller's workmate at the garage
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Paul Henreid is in every single scene of this movie, and it's hard not to think of him in his most famous role, and to impose that image onto this picture. Henreid's thick accent is a distraction that really robs this movie of some of its charm.
But, the plot twists make up for everything. One takes place in a photo shop, and its significance is immediately apparent. The other is the ending which caught me totally by surprise. I can't say anymore for fear of spoiling it for those who haven't seen it, but I will pause to note how no other commentator here has bothered to note the *irony* of how Laszlo .. er Muller .. er Bartok met his end.
Joan Bennett is terrific here, as a cynical, vulnerable, rather sarcastic secretary who shows herself to be an astute judge of character, though not as hard-hearted as she'd have us believe. Leslie Brooks .. the exquisitely eye-lined Leslie Brooks .. is wasted here.
This is a tedious, hum-drum movie except in the moments when Henreid and Bennett are together on screen, but that wonderful ending is one of the best you'll ever see. 7 out of 10.