Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaArt curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which may not have actually happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a wicked plot?Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which may not have actually happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a wicked plot?Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which may not have actually happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a wicked plot?
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- QuizThe footage of the oncoming train was used again in other RKO films including Bersaglio umano (1949), Nei bassifondi di Los Angeles (1951) and Le jene di Chicago (1952).
- BlooperAlbrecht Dürer's "Adoration of the Magi" (called "Adoration of the Kings" in the film), and the forgery that is passing for it, are shown as paintings on canvas, which people roll up in several scenes. However, the real painting is on a wood panel.
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Terry: [opening her car's passenger door] Come on. Get in.
George Steele: No thanks, I'll take a streetcar; I can trust streetcars.
[a policeman's whistle is heard and we see two cops running toward Steele. Steele jumps into the car, and they take off]
George Steele: What's your racket girlie? Whad'ya do for a living?
Terry: I'm outta my head. I drive around in cars picking up psychopathic killers.
[softening]
Terry: Someone has to look after you. I was at a party at Reynolds'. Things began to come apart at the seams. I drove Traybin...
George Steele: [interrupting] I know that.
Terry: OK, you know that. You know everything. You're the great Steele. You walk through brick walls. You...
[she pulls over]
Terry: You can wait here. They're going to put in a streetcar soon. Unless... unless you have some dim idea of what you're doing and want me to help you.
George Steele: I always ask one question of people who want to join my club. Who's Traybin?
- ConnessioniEdited into Nei bassifondi di Los Angeles (1951)
Pat O'Brien does His best as a Slightly Miscast and Overaged Lover that Requires some Physical and Emotional Stretches. But when He is not Romanticizing or Climbing Walls, it Works.
The Highlights of the Film are Noir. The Surreal Train Sequences, the Creepy Docks, and the Night Time Exteriors are Layered in Shadows and Render Foreboding Scenes. A Strong Cast and a Visually Arresting Movie with some Great Quotable Noir Dialog Elevate this Above a Muddled Plot. It is a Crackerjack Film-Noir and One that has been Mostly Ignored and Given Only Cursory Consideration.
Note...Film-Noir was an Organic Style that was Subconsciously Spawned Unknowingly by its Creators in a Collective Conceit Formed Unintentionally by the Artists who Drew from the Ether and Manifested a Sub-Genre of Movie-Making that has Endured. It is was not Pre-Fabricated and that Honesty is Forever On Display in a Genre, that was only Realised After the Fact, and it took French Film Critics to Piece it Together and Fans have been Thankful Ever Since.
- LeonLouisRicci
- 10 mag 2014
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- Crack-Up
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- San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti(scenes on the ship - Los Angeles harbor)
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