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High Sierra

  • 19411941
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
17K
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Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino in High Sierra (1941)
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After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
17K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Raoul Walsh
  • Writers
    • John Huston(screen play)
    • W.R. Burnett(screen play)
  • Stars
    • Ida Lupino
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Alan Curtis
Top credits
  • Director
    • Raoul Walsh
  • Writers
    • John Huston(screen play)
    • W.R. Burnett(screen play)
  • Stars
    • Ida Lupino
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Alan Curtis
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 112User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins

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    Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino in High Sierra (1941)
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    Ida Lupino
    Ida Lupino
    • Marie Garsonas Marie Garson
    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Roy Earleas Roy Earle
    Alan Curtis
    Alan Curtis
    • 'Babe' Kozakas 'Babe' Kozak
    Arthur Kennedy
    Arthur Kennedy
    • 'Red' Hatteryas 'Red' Hattery
    Joan Leslie
    Joan Leslie
    • Velmaas Velma
    Henry Hull
    Henry Hull
    • 'Doc' Bantonas 'Doc' Banton
    Henry Travers
    Henry Travers
    • Paas Pa
    Jerome Cowan
    Jerome Cowan
    • Healyas Healy
    Minna Gombell
    Minna Gombell
    • Mrs. Baughmamas Mrs. Baughmam
    Barton MacLane
    Barton MacLane
    • Jake Kranmeras Jake Kranmer
    Elisabeth Risdon
    Elisabeth Risdon
    • Maas Ma
    • (as Elizabeth Risdon)
    Cornel Wilde
    Cornel Wilde
    • Louis Mendozaas Louis Mendoza
    Donald MacBride
    Donald MacBride
    • Big Macas Big Mac
    Paul Harvey
    Paul Harvey
    • Mr. Baughmamas Mr. Baughmam
    Isabel Jewell
    Isabel Jewell
    • Blondeas Blonde
    Willie Best
    Willie Best
    • Algernonas Algernon
    Spencer Charters
    Spencer Charters
    • Edas Ed
    George Meeker
    George Meeker
    • Pfifferas Pfiffer
    • Director
      • Raoul Walsh
    • Writers
      • John Huston(screen play)
      • W.R. Burnett(screen play) (from a novel by)
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      "Pard" played by Zero the Dog was Humphrey Bogart's dog in real life.
    • Goofs
      When Roy Earle leaves Indiana, he's driving a 1937 Plymouth coupe. As he's approaching California, the car is a 1938 (similar to the '37 but shorter, wider grille). Later, it changes back to the '37, then to the '38 again.
    • Quotes

      Roy Earle: Of all the 14 karat saps... starting out on a caper with a woman and a dog.

    • Crazy credits
      "Pard" as Portrayed By "Zero"
    • Alternate versions
      Because this movie made Humphrey Bogart a major star, re-releases billed him ahead of Ida Lupino.
    • Connections
      Edited into Roadblock (1951)
    • Soundtracks
      I Get a Kick out of You (1934)
      (uncredited)

      Written by Cole Porter

      Played on a record at Velma's Home

      Danced to by Joan Leslie and John Eldredge

    User reviews112

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    Top review
    8/10
    "High Sierra" was the film that changed the course of Bogart's career and lifted him up to stardom
    "High Sierra" was the film that changed the course of Bogart's career and lifted him up to stardom…

    As Earle, Bogart was expanding on the criminal characterization he had already mastered in a dozen earlier films, giving it greater depth by adding contrasting elements of warmth and compassion to compensate the dominant violence…

    Bogart helps a clubfooted girl, Velma (Joan Leslie), who repays him only with disregard and indifference…

    Bogart's interpretation already showed signs of the special qualities that were to become an important part of his mystique in a few more films…

    Here, for the first time, was the human being outside society's laws who had his own private sense of loyalty, integrity, and honor… Bogart's performance turns "High Sierra" into an elegiac film…

    As a film, "High Sierra" has other notable qualities, particularly Ida Lupino's strong and moving performance as Marie, the girl who brings out Roy Earle's more human emotions…

    The movie was remade as a Western, "Colorado Territory," with Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo, and as a crime film in "I Died a Thousand Times," with Jack Palance and Shelley Winters in the Bogart and Lupino roles… Neither came up to the stylish treatment given "High Sierra" by director Raoul Walsh from an exceptionally good script by John Huston and W. R. Burnett
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    • Release date
      • January 25, 1941 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros.
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Entscheidung in der Sierra
    • Filming locations
      • Mount Whitney, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Budget
      • $455,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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