The Great Flamarion (1945)

Part of an entertainment act, a beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.

Director:

Anthony Mann

Writers:

Anne Wigton (screenplay), Heinz Herald (screenplay)

Stars:

Erich von Stroheim, Mary Beth Hughes, Dan Duryea

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Erich von Stroheim	...	The Great Flamarion (as Erich Von Stroheim)
Mary Beth Hughes	...	Connie Wallace
Dan Duryea	...	Al Wallace
Steve Barclay	...	Eddie Wheeler (as Stephen Barclay)
Lester Allen	...	Tony
Esther Howard	...	Cleo
Michael Mark	...	Nightwatchman

Storyline

Flamarion, expert marksman, is entertaining people in a show which features Connie, beautiful woman and her husband Al. Flamarion and Connie fall in love and decide to get rid of the alcoholic husband.

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Plot Keywords:

adultery | sharpshooter | murder | vaudeville | jealousy | 

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Taglines:

Great With a Gun!!

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Genres:

Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 March 1945 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dead Pigeon

Filming Locations:

Republic Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

W. Lee Wilder Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min 61 min (Ontario)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the scene where Connie Wallace first tells Flamarion of her love for him, the position of the gun in Flamarion's hand changes depending upon the shot. When it is a close-up of Flamarion, the gun barrel is high up, about the level of Flamarion's upper arm. In the wider shot, the gun barrel is in the crook of his elbow as his arms are folded.

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Quotes

Connie Wallace: You know, no matter how fast you drink it the distilleries can still stay way ahead of you.
Al Wallace: Yup. But by next week I'll have 'em workin nights to do it!

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Connections

Featured in Crime Wave: 50 Movie Mega Pack (2016)

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Soundtracks

Cielito Lindo
(uncredited)
by Quirino Mendoza

User Reviews

Poker Faces

Von Stroheim is superbly cast as a stage sharpshooter who succumbs to the charms of his scheming assistant. Though some may not appreciate the actor's ramrod-spined, Teutonic demeanor, such bearing is useful in the portrayal of stoicism and all the pitfalls that it engenders. Von Stroheim's dearth of emotionality makes all the more credible his character's inability to discern the falseness of personalities, and there is a unique poignancy in watching him go through the paces of a festering realization of perfidy. The plot, however, is pedestrian and, related in flashback, all the more predictable. Von Stroheim mavens should appreciate the movie, though, as should devotees of Dan Duryea, who plays a hard-drinking, done-wrong hoofer.