The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)

Director:

Robert Day

Writers:

Andrew J. Fenady (novel)
Andrew J. Fenady (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 May 1980 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

He's cool under pressure and sophisticated between the sheets [Video]

Plot:

A man with a fixation on Humphrey Bogart gets plastic surgery to make him look exactly like Bogart....

Plot Keywords:

Reference To John Wayne | Belly Dancer | Hollywood | Belly Dance | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Robert Sacchi	...	Sam Marlow
Franco Nero	...	Hakim
Michelle Phillips	...	Gena
Olivia Hussey	...	Elsa
Misty Rowe	...	Duchess
Victor Buono	...	Commodore Anastas
Herbert Lom	...	Mr. Zebra
Sybil Danning	...	Cynthia
Richard Bakalyan	...	Lt. Bumbera (as Dick Bakalyan)
Gregg Palmer	...	Sgt. Hacksaw
Jay Robinson	...	Wolf / Zinderneuf
George Raft	...	Petey Cane
Yvonne De Carlo	...	Teresa Anastas
Mike Mazurki	...	Himself
Henry Wilcoxon	...	Mr. Chevalier
Victor Sen Yung	...	Mr. Wing
Joe Theismann	...	Jock
A'leisha Brevard	...	Mother (as A'leshia Brevard)
Buck Kartalian	...	Nicky
Peter Mamakos	...	Spoony Singh
Martin Kosleck	...	Horst Borsht
Philip Baker Hall	...	Dr. Inman
Michael Masters	...	Ralph (as Mike Masters)
Larry Pennell	...	George
Kathleen Bracken	...	Mona
Ed McCready	...	Garbage Man
Alan Foster	...	Driver
Rozelle Gayle	...	Mastodon
Bill Catching	...	Nero's Uncle
Everett Creach	...	Buster
Wally Rose	...	Gunman
Ralph D. Carpenter	...	Gunman (as Ralph Carpenter)
Jerry Somers	...	Catalina Driver
James Bacon	...	Reporter
Frank Baron	...	Reporter
Marilyn Beck	...	Reporter
Robert Osborne	...	Reporter
Will Tusher	...	Reporter
Dick Whittington	...	Reporter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Armando Compean	...	Singer (voice)

Directed by
Robert Day

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andrew J. Fenady		novel
Andrew J. Fenady		screenplay

Produced by
Andrew J. Fenady	....	producer
Eddie Saeta	....	associate producer
Melvin Simon	....	executive producer

Original Music by
George Duning

Cinematography by
Richard C. Glouner

Film Editing by
Houseley Stevenson Jr.

Production Design by
Robert Kinoshita

Set Decoration by
Jerry Adams

Costume Design by
Vou Lee Giokaris		(as Voulee Giokaris)
Oscar Rodriguez
Jack Spangler

Makeup Department
Joe DiBella	....	makeup artist (as Joseph Di Bella)
Jim Gillespie	....	makeup department head
Jo McCarthy	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Eddie Saeta	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Catching	....	second unit director
Rafael Elortegui	....	second assistant director
David McGiffert	....	first assistant director

Art Department
John Bonino	....	construction foreman
Horst Grandt	....	property master
Duane R. Marion	....	leadman (as Duane Marion)
Richard McKenzie	....	set designer

Sound Department
Gordon L. Day	....	sound re-recording mixer
James J. Klinger	....	supervising sound editor
Bill Marky	....	production sound mixer (as William Marky)
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Ira Anderson Jr.	....	special effects (as Ira Anderson)

Stunts
Bill Catching	....	stunt coordinator
Marneen Fields	....	stunt double: Michelle Phillips

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenneth Adams	....	key grip (as Ken Adams)
Tony Askins	....	camera operator
Don E. FauntLeRoy	....	assistant camera (as Don FauntLeRoy)
Ted Holt	....	gaffer (as Theodore Holt)
Jeff Miller	....	assistant camera
Jim Rose	....	best boy electric
Lee Sparkin	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Marvin Paige	....	casting

Editorial Department
Harold Wilner	....	assistant editor

Music Department
John Beal	....	composer: additional score
John Beal	....	music supervisor
John Beal	....	orchestrator
John Mick	....	music editor

Transportation Department
George Alden	....	transportation coordinator
Ed Wirth	....	transportation captain (as Eddie Wirth)

Other crew
Mischa Hausserman	....	director: aerial sequences
James Koehler	....	representative: Simon Productions
Maxwell Meltzer	....	production accountant
Lloyd Nelson	....	script supervisor
Eddie Ryder	....	dialogue coach (as Eddie Reider)
Eric Schwab	....	production associate (as Eric B. Schwab)
C. Ransom Walrod	....	marine coordinator

Production Companies

• Melvin Simon Productions
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1980) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1986) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Fox Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox (1980) (France) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Iceland:12 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA

Company:

Melvin Simon Productions

Trivia:

This Humphrey Bogart parody was released hot-on-the-heels of other 1970s comedies with Bogart-spoofs such as Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam (1972); Murder by Death (1976) and The Cheap Detective (1978). This movie was also released theatrically about six months after the US TV premiere of Bogie (1980) (TV).

Quotes:

Nicky:Say, sport, don't I see you sometime on television in old movies?
Sam Marlow:No, that's somebody else.
Nicky:He sure look like you.
Sam Marlow:No, *I* look like HIM.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Familiar Faces: Familiar Faces #21: The Man with Bogart's Face Parts 1 and 2 (#2.9)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement

Send Up Fun!

Sacchi is the best Bogart impersonator ever... dry and droll as Sam Marlowe. The music from award winning composer George Duning [From Here To Eternity, Picnic, The World of Suzie Wong], the cinematography of perfect locations [including the famous Ambassador Hotel] are all right on target as famous tv director Robert Day [Kojak, Streets of San Francisco, The Avengers] guides the most endearing group of well-known character actors through a spoof of every dark detective film every made. See this if you loved all the old serious flicks and have a sense of humor... this one is a hoot.