In questa versione americana del thriller tedesco del 1931, sia la polizia che la malavita danno la caccia a un misterioso assassino che adesca i bambini piccoli.In questa versione americana del thriller tedesco del 1931, sia la polizia che la malavita danno la caccia a un misterioso assassino che adesca i bambini piccoli.In questa versione americana del thriller tedesco del 1931, sia la polizia che la malavita danno la caccia a un misterioso assassino che adesca i bambini piccoli.
- Lemke
- (as Lennie Bremen)
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Lo sapevi?
- QuizBefore signing Joseph Losey as director, producer Seymour Nebenzal approached fellow German expatriate Douglas Sirk and offered him the job. Sirk said he would do the film only if he could scrap the original story and write a new one about a psychopathic murderer of children. When Nebenzal approached Losey, he also wanted to scrap the original story and do a new one about a child murderer, and Nebenzal told him that the Production Code Administration (PCA) had agreed to allow him to make the film only if the original story and script were kept. The PCA had approved "M" as a remake of an acknowledged classic, but if the story were changed, its approval would be withdrawn.
- BlooperWhen the killer and the little girl are locked in the room, the large shadow of the microphone boom is clearly visible on the wall on the left side of the screen after she sits down on the floor.
- Citazioni
Police Chief Regan: To prevent other crimes, your police department has prepared five don'ts. DON'T let your children accept rides from strangers, sometimes these are one-way rides leading to death. The amiable stranger may be a killer. DON'T let your children accept presents from strangers. A bag of popcorn or a candy bar is not worth your child's life. DON'T send children on after-dark errands, the night works in behalf of the killer who preys on our young. If you must have something from the store after sundown, get it yourself. DON'T let your child play unattended in wooded places or empty lots. Though your eyes aren't on them, somebody else's may be watching. DON'T let your children become friendly with Pop, that nice old character in your neighborhood. Most of these men are harmless, but there are exceptions. It's up to you to make sure your child isn't the victim of one of these exceptions. And now for one all important do: If you notice any suspicious characters lurking around schools and playgrounds, DO call at once, your police department: Central 5000, the life you save may be your child's life.
- ConnessioniFeatured in The 3 Faces of M (2022)
This film, made twenty years later by Joseph Losey, starred light comedian David Wayne as the child-killer, and has much of the same storyline and set-pieces as its predecessor. But is it any good? It has its chilling moments - notably the ones involving the plasticine figure and the bird at the cafe - and Wayne, in a largely silent part, is surprisingly good. But much of the film is a copy of the original, and this lessens its impact. Also, the character of the lawyer who has gone to drink is too prominent, and the underworld search for the murderer who threatens their operation doesn't quite fit on the mean streets of LA, where it did in Germany.
Not as bad as I'd heard, in fact this film is really quite good, but some bad editing decisions (acknowledged at the time of its release by Losey) have done damage. It deserves a nod for unusual casting though.
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- Data di uscita
- Paese di origine
- Lingua
- Celebre anche come
- El maldito
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti(building where Harrow is trapped)
- Azienda produttrice
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- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 28 minuti
- Colore
- Proporzioni
- 1.37 : 1