Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg kehrt ein amerikanischer Kapitän nach Singapur zurück, um seinen versteckten Perlenvorrat zu bergen, und findet seine verlorene Verlobte, die nun an Amnesie leidet... Alles lesenNach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg kehrt ein amerikanischer Kapitän nach Singapur zurück, um seinen versteckten Perlenvorrat zu bergen, und findet seine verlorene Verlobte, die nun an Amnesie leidet.Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg kehrt ein amerikanischer Kapitän nach Singapur zurück, um seinen versteckten Perlenvorrat zu bergen, und findet seine verlorene Verlobte, die nun an Amnesie leidet.
Richard Abbott
- Maitre d'
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Patrick Aherne
- British Officer
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Philip Ahn
- Jimmy - Bartender
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Norman Ainsley
- Immigration Official
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Singapore is a mix of crime and romance, Matt Gordon has just returned to Singapore from the war, where he reminisces about his lost love who he thought had died during a Japanese bombing.
As a pearl smuggler, he has a second reason to return, hidden pearls that he has stashed in a hotel room and that he hopes to get his hands on again.
When he discovers that his lost love who is believed to be dead, is still alive but has amnesia,and is now married to someone else and no longer knows anything about her past with him, things become a lot more complicated for him.
Fred Macmurray once again in a serious role, and he does it properly, Ava Gardner is again a sight to see, their romance is not very well developed, but who cares.
Great mix between a touch of crime and romance.
As a pearl smuggler, he has a second reason to return, hidden pearls that he has stashed in a hotel room and that he hopes to get his hands on again.
When he discovers that his lost love who is believed to be dead, is still alive but has amnesia,and is now married to someone else and no longer knows anything about her past with him, things become a lot more complicated for him.
Fred Macmurray once again in a serious role, and he does it properly, Ava Gardner is again a sight to see, their romance is not very well developed, but who cares.
Great mix between a touch of crime and romance.
Fred Macmurray played one unforgettable role as Walter Neff in "Double Indemnity" (1944) and I cannot quite separate him from this role when I see FM perform in other films like "Singapore" where he plays Matt Gordon a pearl smuggler.I fervently believe the best acted performances come from the actor having an affinity or some actual practical experience of the role in real life.I am not saying FM was into insurance fraud but he looked more comfortable in an American setting.The plot has been adequately commented on by other reviewers above, most notably by Terrell-4 from San Antonio Texas, whose review I commend.
There were a few things I found irritating and getting a second rate TV director will not produce a first class film.First, after Ava Gardner had being roughed up by one of the "baddies" to get her to talk, there was not a blemish, bruise or mark on her Venus like face.When FM wants to pay for his bar bills he decides how much he will pay leaving some notes on the table, without waiting to receive a bill - I noticed he did this on at least two occasions.Yet again actors (FM) appear to be able to walk through other guests hotel bedroom doors or magically have the right key in their pockets, this is a general continuity criticism of films of this era; so much for hotel security.What is an American gangster doing in Singapore? One of the "heavies" sounded like he came from 1920s Chicage!
On the plus side I liked Roland Culver's performance as plantation manager van Leiden who played an honest man who is prepared to give up his Venus like wife because he knows she really loves Walter Neff (sorry FM).Richard Haydn for once plays it straight as the police commissioner in colonial Singapore on the trail of local malefactors and I hardly recognised him compared to say his performance as Mr Wilson in "Cluny Brown" (1946).
Taken all together I found it enjoyable but uneven and therefore rated it 6/10.
There were a few things I found irritating and getting a second rate TV director will not produce a first class film.First, after Ava Gardner had being roughed up by one of the "baddies" to get her to talk, there was not a blemish, bruise or mark on her Venus like face.When FM wants to pay for his bar bills he decides how much he will pay leaving some notes on the table, without waiting to receive a bill - I noticed he did this on at least two occasions.Yet again actors (FM) appear to be able to walk through other guests hotel bedroom doors or magically have the right key in their pockets, this is a general continuity criticism of films of this era; so much for hotel security.What is an American gangster doing in Singapore? One of the "heavies" sounded like he came from 1920s Chicage!
On the plus side I liked Roland Culver's performance as plantation manager van Leiden who played an honest man who is prepared to give up his Venus like wife because he knows she really loves Walter Neff (sorry FM).Richard Haydn for once plays it straight as the police commissioner in colonial Singapore on the trail of local malefactors and I hardly recognised him compared to say his performance as Mr Wilson in "Cluny Brown" (1946).
Taken all together I found it enjoyable but uneven and therefore rated it 6/10.
This film begins with a man by the name of "Matt Gordon" (Fred MacMurray) returning to the city of Singapore not long after the end of World War 2. The main reason for his return is due to the fact that he had hidden a large cache of illegal pearls and he has come to take ownership of them again. Along with that, there was a young woman named "Linda Grahame" (Ava Gardner) who he had to leave behind when the Japanese attacked the city and--even though he believes she was killed during the war--he feels the need to find out. One way or the other. Be that as it may, no sooner does he arrive in Singapore then he is met by a high-ranking member of law enforcement named "Deputy Commissioner Hewitt" (Richard Haydn) who has a professional interest in recovering the illegal pearls. Likewise, a criminal figure by the name of "Mr. Maribus" (Thomas Gomez) who is equally interested in possessing these pearls as well. Yet as much as Matt wants these pearls, his priorities change when he meets Linda again. The problem is, she professes to have never met him. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was an interesting movie, more or less, with certain similarities to "Casablanca" being somewhat obvious. To that effect, although both Fred MacMurray and Ava Gardner put in decent performances, I didn't really see much chemistry between them. At least, nothing like Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman had in the previously mentioned film. Even so, I enjoyed this movie for the most part and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
Fred's back from the service looking to retrieve the pearls he was smuggling before Singapore was invaded and is haunted by the memory of what he thinks is his lost love Ava. One day she reappears but she doesn't remember him. What's the answer to the mystery?
Studio bound adventure is entertaining enough but serves more as a study in star building.
This was Ava Gardner's last film before she moved into the top tier of MGM stars with her next film, One Touch of Venus. Having scored heavily in two supporting roles for her home studio, The Killers & The Hucksters, they loaned her to Universal for the female lead in this alongside the established Fred MacMurray to test her lead appeal with minimal risk. She seems a bit cautious at times but radiates star quality every second she's on screen.
Considering the magnitude of the stars in the leads this is curiously obscure but if you enjoyed Gilda or similar fare it's worth the time.
Studio bound adventure is entertaining enough but serves more as a study in star building.
This was Ava Gardner's last film before she moved into the top tier of MGM stars with her next film, One Touch of Venus. Having scored heavily in two supporting roles for her home studio, The Killers & The Hucksters, they loaned her to Universal for the female lead in this alongside the established Fred MacMurray to test her lead appeal with minimal risk. She seems a bit cautious at times but radiates star quality every second she's on screen.
Considering the magnitude of the stars in the leads this is curiously obscure but if you enjoyed Gilda or similar fare it's worth the time.
Director John Brahm manages to hold this poor-man's "Casablanca" together. The picture moves at a good clip and Brahm makes the studio-set Singapore visually interesting. There's help too from stars Fred MacMurray and Ava Gardner as lovers whose lives are complicated by World War II and Gardner's amnesia when MacMurray, who thought her dead, finds her again in postwar Singapore, married to a wealthy planter. MacMurray and Gardner are really a goofy romantic team, but MacMurray has his appealing casual charm, and Gardner's vague, unfocused acting works well in some of her amnesiac scenes (plus she was at her most beautiful in the late 1940's). Supporting turns by pros like Richard Haydn and Spring Byington are also a plus. Overall, contrived and derivative, but it looks like a classic compared to the depressing Errol Flynn 1957 remake, "Istanbul."
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- Wissenswertes"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 3, 1947 with Fred MacMurray and Ava Gardner reprising their film roles
- Zitate
Linda: So let me ruin you fast.
Matt Gordon: How many have you ruined?
Linda: You're my last victim, darling.
- VerbindungenReferenced in Columbo: Mord per Telefon (1978)
- SoundtracksTemptation
(1933)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown (uncredited)
Used throughout the movie as a leitmotif for Linda Grahame
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