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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA down-and-out private eye falls for a woman he has been hired to frame.A down-and-out private eye falls for a woman he has been hired to frame.A down-and-out private eye falls for a woman he has been hired to frame.
Joan Barclay
- Gambler
- (non crédité)
Arthur Byron
- Tracey
- (non crédité)
Heinie Conklin
- Bartender
- (non crédité)
Eddie Dunn
- Doorman
- (non crédité)
Bill Elliott
- Man at Roulette Table
- (non crédité)
Theresa Harris
- Janet's Maid
- (non crédité)
Charles Lane
- Process Server
- (non crédité)
Eddie Phillips
- Mrs. Wright's Boy Friend
- (non crédité)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThough the film is called "Private Detective 62," neither William Powell's character nor anyone else is actually referred to by that code number.
- GaffesThe credits list Ruth Donnelly as Amy Moran, and Dan Hogan introduces her to Donald Free as Amy Moran. But near the end of the film, the Process Server (Charles Lane) approaches and asks, "Your name Amy Potts?" And she answers, "Yeah."
- Citations
Free: The only claim you got to being a detective is you got big feet and they're flat.
Hogan: Say, for the last time I'm telling ya, whoever heard of a man going to Atlantic City with his wife?
Free: Were you ever married?
Hogan: I was once. Why?
Free: Where'd you go for your honeymoon?
Hogan: Atlantic City.
- ConnexionsFeatured in Dirty Harry's Way (1971)
- Bandes originalesIsn't It Romantic?
(uncredited)
from Aimez-moi ce soir (1932)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Copyright 1932 by Famous Music Corp.
Played during opening credits and often throughout the film
Commentaire à la une
Despite the title, this is not a genre movie. There are elements of a whodunit, straight melodrama, and businessman shenanigans, but the results don't easily fall into any category. What appeal the movie does have comes, in my view, from Powell and some good plot twists.
So how is Don Free (Powell) going to make a living now that he's been cashiered from the diplomatic service. After all, it is 1933 and jobs of any kind are hard to come by. Some of the movie's best parts manage to convey this sense of an economically depressed time. Anyhow, for Don, there's always a need for private detectives since there's always a need to get the goods on somebody or something. So he fast- talks his way into an agency partnership with an unscrupulous associate, and that's when the trouble begins.
Powell's his usual slick self, but without an opportunity for his amusing Thin Man tongue-in- cheek. Shot in just 21 days, the erratic script sometimes shows (follow Janet's path, if you can). Nonetheless, ace studio director Mike Curtiz blends tricky plot elements in smooth fashion so that it's hard to notice. Note, however, the fleeting reference to "snow" (heroin) and "hophead". This is a pre-Code production, while such references to hard drugs would disappear from mainstream movies for several decades. Speaking of hopheads, I'm still wondering if James Bell's Whitey is supposed to be a dash of comic relief or suffering ill effects of his addiction. Either way, it's the movie's only actor's blemish, at least in my opinion. No, the movie's nothing special, except for the compelling Powell who would soon get to show his full range of talents in the delicious Thin Man series.
So how is Don Free (Powell) going to make a living now that he's been cashiered from the diplomatic service. After all, it is 1933 and jobs of any kind are hard to come by. Some of the movie's best parts manage to convey this sense of an economically depressed time. Anyhow, for Don, there's always a need for private detectives since there's always a need to get the goods on somebody or something. So he fast- talks his way into an agency partnership with an unscrupulous associate, and that's when the trouble begins.
Powell's his usual slick self, but without an opportunity for his amusing Thin Man tongue-in- cheek. Shot in just 21 days, the erratic script sometimes shows (follow Janet's path, if you can). Nonetheless, ace studio director Mike Curtiz blends tricky plot elements in smooth fashion so that it's hard to notice. Note, however, the fleeting reference to "snow" (heroin) and "hophead". This is a pre-Code production, while such references to hard drugs would disappear from mainstream movies for several decades. Speaking of hopheads, I'm still wondering if James Bell's Whitey is supposed to be a dash of comic relief or suffering ill effects of his addiction. Either way, it's the movie's only actor's blemish, at least in my opinion. No, the movie's nothing special, except for the compelling Powell who would soon get to show his full range of talents in the delicious Thin Man series.
- dougdoepke
- 14 mars 2014
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langues
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Man Killer
- Lieux de tournage
- 6439 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis(street clock with 'Stromberg Jewelers' on the face and 'Optician' above)
- Société de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 260 000 $US (estimé)
- Durée1 heure 6 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Private Detective 62 (1933) officially released in Canada in English?
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