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The Boss

  • 1956
  • Approved
  • 1h 29min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
6.3/10
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John Payne in The Boss (1956)
Film NoirCrimenDramaThriller

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaPolitical corruption is vividly depicted as a ruthless WWI veteran takes almost complete control of a state with the help of a crooked lawyer. The film is enhanced by John Payne's persuasive... Leer todoPolitical corruption is vividly depicted as a ruthless WWI veteran takes almost complete control of a state with the help of a crooked lawyer. The film is enhanced by John Payne's persuasive performance as "The Boss."Political corruption is vividly depicted as a ruthless WWI veteran takes almost complete control of a state with the help of a crooked lawyer. The film is enhanced by John Payne's persuasive performance as "The Boss."

  • Dirección
    • Byron Haskin
  • Guionistas
    • Ben Perry
    • Dalton Trumbo
  • Elenco
    • John Payne
    • William Bishop
    • Gloria McGehee
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    6.3/10
    466
    TU CALIFICACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Byron Haskin
    • Guionistas
      • Ben Perry
      • Dalton Trumbo
    • Elenco
      • John Payne
      • William Bishop
      • Gloria McGehee
    • 22Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 14Opiniones de los críticos
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    John Payne
    John Payne
    • Matt Brady
    William Bishop
    William Bishop
    • Bob Herrick
    Gloria McGehee
    Gloria McGehee
    • Lorry Reed
    • (as Gloria McGhee)
    Doe Avedon
    • Elsie Reynolds
    Roy Roberts
    Roy Roberts
    • Tim Brady
    Rhys Williams
    Rhys Williams
    • Stanley Millard
    Joe Flynn
    Joe Flynn
    • Ernie Jackson
    Robin Morse
    • Johnny Mazia
    William Phipps
    William Phipps
    • Stitch
    • (as Bill Phipps)
    Gil Lamb
    Gil Lamb
    • Henry
    George Lynn
    George Lynn
    • Tom Masterson
    Bob Morgan
    Bob Morgan
    • Hamhead
    Abdullah Abbas
    • Gambler
    • (sin créditos)
    Fred Aldrich
    Fred Aldrich
    • Gunman
    • (sin créditos)
    Leon Alton
    Leon Alton
    • Parade Spectator
    • (sin créditos)
    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Woman at Dedication
    • (sin créditos)
    James Bacon
    James Bacon
    • James Bacon
    • (sin créditos)
    Walter Bacon
    • Politician
    • (sin créditos)
    • Dirección
      • Byron Haskin
    • Guionistas
      • Ben Perry
      • Dalton Trumbo
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    Opiniones de usuarios22

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    9danielj_old999

    One tough cookie exiled by time

    In trying to jumpstart itself, this movie is somewhat heavy handed at the beginning, taking one notably big and questionable dramatic risk, but gains power slowly and turns into something of a monumental mini-epic with John Payne's changes of hair coloring registering his slow and merciless journey toward a godless end...what a performance, but it's not as good as Gloria McGehee's as the unwanted wife Lorry - which is about as good as you'll ever see from an actress on screen, period. Also great is Robin Morse as Johnny the Organization Man, a wonderful low key performance...where has this movie been all our lives? It's powerful, at times difficult to watch, brutal, and worth the ride.
    jaykay-10

    Heavy-handed author

    Dalton Trumbo, who scripted this picture pseudonymously, was so anxious to make his political and sociological points that he (nearly) let the story and characters get away from him. The plot moves, not naturally or logically, but in order to serve the author's purposes. Characters who have been steadfast and dependable, whatever their motives, betray those close to them. The fulfillment of one's ambition requires unprincipled, corrupt behavior, with only indifference or contempt for those who are hurt in the process. The sole semblance of loyalty is found among criminals. Trumbo's viewpoint clearly grows out of his personal experiences, and distorts what might have been a highly effective portrayal of a powerful man who lost more than he gained. The character of Matt Brady is a given: arrogant, thoughtless, insensitive, impetuous. But why? As much as these characteristics help to move the story where the script wants it to go, we are offered no insight into the main character's psyche, and little of significance concerning his background. And his drunken insistence that he and the woman of the streets he picks up are to become man and wife that very night (and thereby provide another key element for the plot) is - to say the least - a bit hard to take. Yet with it all, this film has more than a few effective moments. Those, and the substantial theme being presented, will leave the viewer with much to ponder.
    8bkoganbing

    A Slice of the American Underbelly

    Based on the story of Boss Tom Pendergast of Kansas City who ruled the roost there succeeding brother Jim from World War I until the outbreak of World War II, John Payne delivers a riveting portrayal of a political boss back in the day when these guys were at their heights running our nation's cities. Mostly, but not all were Democrats who rounded up and registered the foreign ethnic populations and got them to vote for the party slate. In the days before social welfare became a responsibility of government, these bosses while they enriched themselves also fed a lot of hungry people, giving them food and fuel for a winter. Tom Pendergast was no exception there.

    When talking about some of the facts of the Pendergast machine operation, the screenplay by Dalton Trumbo under the pseudonym Ben L. Parry sticks pretty close to the facts. In fact Pendergast did do the things described in the film to a country club that high hatted him. The romantic angle however of Payne being in love with Doe Avedon who married best friend William Bishop and then marrying plain Jane Gloria McGehee in a moment of drunken weakness is a complete fabrication. In fact Pendergast's private life as far as we know was a model of probity and he and his wife raised several children, unlike here where he's shown to be a man alone even keeping his wife at room's length away.

    The character of Joe Flynn, later Captain Binghamton on McHale's Navy is Harry Truman who was a county judge (commissioner) for Jackson County, Missouri and later United States Senator. Truman himself was honest, but he also winked and nodded at the corruption of others and some of the cronies he put into office as president embarrassed him no end.

    Ward Boss Roy Roberts, Payne's brother is James Pendergast and it is true he ran a good chunk of Kansas City from his saloon. It's also quite true that Pendergast did make a deal with organized crime there who did open speakeasies in Kansas City like every place else in the USA. The famous Kansas City massacre did have a bad effect on his public image although not as immediately influential in bringing him down as shown in The Boss.

    The Boss is a no frills uncompromising look at the soft underbelly of corruption in America back in the day. It's a well acted drama with John Payne in one of his best dramatic performances.
    4mls4182

    Poor Man's All the King's Men

    Lazy writing and directing. John Payne overacts to try to compensate. Payne was losing his fight with Hollywood and the bottle by the time this part came around.

    There is no insight into what drives the main character, so you really don't have any hate or sympathy for him. You just can't wait for the inevitable end.
    8curt_marshall

    Good Gangster Film

    I originally saw the film when it came out and only saw it again recently. Scenes from the film have stayed with me and I wasn't disappointed when it ran on TV. John Payne, The Boss, was a good Hollywood portrayal of a crime boss. The bad guys are really bad and the good guys are few. Crooked politics, payoffs, rub-outs, double-crosses, brawls, you name it and it's used. Payne was a popular actor in the 40's but I didn't appreciate him at the time. Based on this film I will try to see some of his others. If you liked Asphalt Jungle you probably would also like The Boss.

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    • Trivia
      Gloria McGehee's debut.
    • Errores
      Approximately two minutes after the start of the film, the scene showing the parade of the returning soldiers has several anachronisms: standing with their backs to the camera, there is a line of about a dozen middle-aged or older women, whose knee-length hemlines and style of high heeled shoes wouldn't exist until the 1920s; to the left of the scene, hugging the shaft of a lamp-post, is a young boy wearing a short-sleeved shirt with a tropical-flower pattern, which boys of the First World War period would never have worn; in the center of the background behind the parading soldiers is a car whose windshield and roof style are typical of cars from the 1930s, but which would never have been seen on a pre-1920 automobile.
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      Matt Brady: What have you got against me Mr. Millard?

    • Conexiones
      Referenced in Trumbo (2007)

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 6 de mayo de 1957 (Suecia)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
    • Idioma
      • Inglés
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    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, Estados Unidos(Studio)
    • Productoras
      • Frank Seltzer Productions
      • Window Productions
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      • 1h 29min(89 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.85 : 1

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