Nick Cochran, un américain en exil à Macao, peut sauver sa réputation s'il aide à capturer un seigneur du crime international. Infiltré, peut-il tromper les méchants et, en même temps, court... Tout lireNick Cochran, un américain en exil à Macao, peut sauver sa réputation s'il aide à capturer un seigneur du crime international. Infiltré, peut-il tromper les méchants et, en même temps, courtiser la belle chanteuse et petite escroc, Julie Benson ?Nick Cochran, un américain en exil à Macao, peut sauver sa réputation s'il aide à capturer un seigneur du crime international. Infiltré, peut-il tromper les méchants et, en même temps, courtiser la belle chanteuse et petite escroc, Julie Benson ?
- Arabian
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- Bus Driver
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- Alvaris
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- Woman Passenger
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- Casino Patron
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- Narrator
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- Chinese Photographer
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- Hood
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- Casino Patron
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Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesJane 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.
- GaffesThe photographer hands the developed photos to the police within five minutes of taking them. There was no technology like that in 1950.
- Citations
Nick Cochran: You know, you remind me of an old Egyptian girlfriend of mine. The Sphinx.
Margie: Are you partial to females made of stone?
- ConnexionsFeatured in Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story: Howard's Way (1987)
- Bandes originalesOcean Breeze
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Leo Robin
Sung by Jane Russell (uncredited)
Played on phonograph
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
- JamesHitchcock
- 28 févr. 2005
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Détails
Box-office
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 3 530 $ US
- Durée1 heure 21 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1