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Overview

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Writers:
Bernard C. Schoenfeld (screenplay) and
Stanley Rubin (screenplay) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
30 April 1952 (USA) more
Tagline:
A sultry chanteuse, a hunk on the lam and a fortune in stolen gems. more
Plot:
A sultry night club singer, a man who has also traveled to many exotic ports and a salesman meet aboard... more | add synopsis
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Mitchum and Russell salvage drab Von Sternberg more (27 total)

Cast

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Additional Details

Runtime:
81 min
Country:
USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #14783) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | Spain:T | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, China more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Robert Mitchum actually wrote several scenes for this movie when Nicholas Ray came on board to do uncredited directing so that the script would make more sense. more
Quotes:
Margie: [to Nick Cochran] You're up early for a loser. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Private Screenings: Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
One for My Baby more

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Mitchum and Russell salvage drab Von Sternberg, 9 August 2007
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Author: st-shot from United States

Bob Mitchum and Jane Russell make for a rugged romantic duo in this crime film set in the Far East, directed by Josef Von Sternberg. In this rather light, watered down noir Russell, as a streetwise nightclub singer matches Mitchum with world weary put down after put down.

Director Von Sternberg, whose visual style of the 30's was the envy of Hollywood but had fallen on tough times and was nearing the end of his career, occasionally captures the magic that displayed Marlene Dietrich with such allure and mystery in films like Shanghai Express and Morrocco. The problem is that Dietrich and Russell are different animals. Russell has never looked more glamorous but she doesn't move like Dietrich and her singing scenes make her look a bit like Gilda on steroids. Still, there is a chemistry between her and Mitchum that keeps the film entertaining. The supporting cast offers a comically hammy turn by William Bendix and a somewhat strange, semi-comatose performance by Gloria Grahame.

Von Sternberg borrows heavily from his last good film, The Shanghai Gesture in many scenes, but Macao's main strength rests squarely on the broad shoulders of its two stars.

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