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Macao

  • 19521952
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  • 1h 21m
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6.6/10
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Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell in Macao (1952)
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Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attrac... Read allNick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?
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  • Directors
    • Josef von Sternberg
    • Mel Ferrer(uncredited)
    • Nicholas Ray(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Bernard C. Schoenfeld(screenplay)
    • Stanley Rubin(screenplay)
    • Robert Creighton Williams(story)
  • Stars
    • Robert Mitchum
    • Jane Russell
    • William Bendix
  • Directors
    • Josef von Sternberg
    • Mel Ferrer(uncredited)
    • Nicholas Ray(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Bernard C. Schoenfeld(screenplay)
    • Stanley Rubin(screenplay)
    • Robert Creighton Williams(story)
  • Stars
    • Robert Mitchum
    • Jane Russell
    • William Bendix
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    • 58User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
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    Jane Russell in Macao (1952)
    Robert Mitchum and Gloria Grahame in Macao (1952)
    Robert Mitchum and Gloria Grahame in Macao (1952)
    Robert Mitchum and Gloria Grahame in Macao (1952)
    Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell in Macao (1952)
    Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell in Macao (1952)
    Robert Mitchum in Macao (1952)
    Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell in Macao (1952)
    Jane Russell in Macao (1952)
    Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell in Macao (1952)
    Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell in Macao (1952)
    Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell in Macao (1952)

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    Robert Mitchum
    Robert Mitchum
    • Nick Cochran
    Jane Russell
    Jane Russell
    • Julie Benton
    William Bendix
    William Bendix
    • Lawrence C. Trumble
    Thomas Gomez
    Thomas Gomez
    • Police Lt. Sebastian
    Gloria Grahame
    Gloria Grahame
    • Margie
    Brad Dexter
    Brad Dexter
    • Vincent Halloran
    Edward Ashley
    Edward Ashley
    • Martin Stewart
    Philip Ahn
    Philip Ahn
    • Itzumi
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    • Kwan Sum Tang
    Don Zelaya
    Don Zelaya
    • Gimpy - Piano Player
    Abdullah Abbas
    • Arabian
    • (uncredited)
    Rico Alaniz
    Rico Alaniz
    • Bus Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Trevor Bardette
    Trevor Bardette
    • Alvaris
    • (uncredited)
    Genevieve Bell
    • Woman Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    George Blagoi
    George Blagoi
    • Casino Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Truman Bradley
    Truman Bradley
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    George Chan
    George Chan
    • Chinese Photographer
    • (uncredited)
    Spencer Chan
    Spencer Chan
    • Hood
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Josef von Sternberg
      • Mel Ferrer(uncredited)
      • Nicholas Ray(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Bernard C. Schoenfeld(screenplay)
      • Stanley Rubin(screenplay)
      • Robert Creighton Williams(story)
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    • Trivia
      Jane Russell reports that director Josef von Sternberg was nasty to the crew, and would make insulting remarks about her and Robert Mitchum to each other, such as "what are we going to do with this beautiful stupid girl." Although Sternberg threatened Mitchum that he could be put off the picture, in the end it was the director who was replaced by Nicholas Ray.
    • Goofs
      When Jane Russell gets hired to sing at the casino, she is introduced to Gimpy, who is told that she has been hired as a singer and that he should arrange for new new outfits for her to wear and sing in. She immediately runs into Robert Mitchum and introduces him to Gimpy as her piano player. She has not yet been told that Gimpy is her piano player or even seen him playing a piano.
    • Quotes

      Margie: [to Nick Cochran] You're up early for a loser.

    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story: Howard's Way (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Ocean Breeze
      Music by Jule Styne

      Lyrics by Leo Robin

      Sung by Jane Russell

      Played on phonograph

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    6/10
    A Lighter Shade of Noir
    Nick Cochran, supposedly an American adventurer and petty criminal, arrives, short of cash and on the run from the United States where he is wanted, in Macao (at this period still a Portuguese colony). Arriving on the same boat is an attractive young woman named Julie Benson. Julie is hired by Vincent Halloran, the local gambling boss, as a singer in his casino-cum-nightclub. Halloran is also wanted in America (for offences far more serious than Cochran's), but cannot be extradited as long as he remains in Macao. Although this is a short film, there is still time enough for the plot to become very complex. A number of the characters are not what they seem. Is Cochran, for example, what he purports to be, or is he really a cop trying to lure Halloran beyond Macao's three mile limit into international waters where he can be arrested? Who is Lawrence Trumble, the mysterious salesman who also appears to have a sideline in stolen jewellery?

    This is the second film which Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell made together; the previous year they had starred in "His Kind of Woman". The two films have much in common beyond the two leading actors. Both have an exotic setting and both feature gambling and a ruthless gangster. The two leads play similar types in both films, Mitchum a seedy, down-on-his-luck character, likable despite his shady past and occasionally cynical exterior, and Russell a sultry glamour girl. There is, however, an important difference between the two films. "His Kind of Woman" can be seen as a comic send-up of the crime thriller genre, starting off in the dark, menacing film noir style and then metamorphosing into a comedy action-thriller. "Macao" is the genuine article rather than a parody, being for the most part played seriously rather than for laughs, although it the atmosphere is perhaps lighter than in some other films noirs. The difference lies less in the look of the film- "Macao" has some striking black-and-white photography- than in the moral atmosphere. Films such as the Humphrey Bogart classics "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Big Sleep" were notable not only for their dark, gloomy look but also for their tone of moral darkness. The private eye characters played by Bogart struggle to maintain their private integrity in a world of corruption and deceit. In "Macao" there is something closer to a traditional morality, with good triumphing over the evil of the ruthless villains. The result is perhaps something of a hybrid between authentic noir and a more traditional adventure thriller, still highly watchable even today. 6/10
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    • Release date
      • April 11, 1952 (United States)
      • United States
      • French
      • English
      • Cantonese
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      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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