Yo pagué mis pecados

Título original: Johnny Allegro

1949
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1h 21min

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Nina Foch and George Raft in Yo pagué mis pecados (1949)

Los funcionarios del Departamento del Tesoro reclutan a un florista para que los lleve hasta un criminal buscado, pero una vez que se acerca demasiado, descubre que es el perseguido.Los funcionarios del Departamento del Tesoro reclutan a un florista para que los lleve hasta un criminal buscado, pero una vez que se acerca demasiado, descubre que es el perseguido.Los funcionarios del Departamento del Tesoro reclutan a un florista para que los lleve hasta un criminal buscado, pero una vez que se acerca demasiado, descubre que es el perseguido.

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George Raft

Johnny Allegro

Nina Foch

Glenda Chapman

George Macready

Morgan Vallin

Will Geer

Schultzy

Gloria Henry

Addie

Ivan Triesault

Pelham Vetch

Harry Antrim

Pudgy

William 'Bill' Phillips

Eddie Acuff

Sam
(sin créditos)

Mary Bear

Nurse Baldwin
(sin créditos)

Paul E. Burns

Gray
(sin créditos)

Matilda Caldwell

Servant
(sin créditos)

Dick Cherney

Police Officer
(sin créditos)

Frank Dae

Dr. Jaynes
(sin créditos)

Sayre Dearing

Man in Basement
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Joe Evans

Waiter
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Franklyn Farnum

Man in Basement
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Charles Fogel

Hotel Guest
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10coltras35

"From now on call me Robin Hood."

An ex-gangster (Raft), now a florist, is hired by a federal agent to go undercover and keep tabs on Nina Foch, and after a nifty set-up, Nina takes him to an island where her crime lord husband (Macready), who enjoys hunting humans for sport, playing with his bow and arrow, revelling in the comforts of his room regaled with trophies, and relaxes to classical music, reigns supreme. Cautiously he integrates Raft into his crime ring, and Raft has the tenuous task to get enough info to get Macready arrested.

One of my fave Raft thrillers, Johnny Allegro goes at a nippy pace, is thoroughly engaging, and the ending -a la the most Dangerous Game - is a tense one. Stone-faced tough guy Raft is his usual reliable self, delivering wry quips, countering Macready's sanctimonious and snobby commentary. But Macready, a scene stealer as the bow and arrow-toting villain, has some good lines ("But your type never changes. Just looking at you makes one think of alley fighting, tommy guns."). Just love his voice, has enough menace to shame a rattler. The beautiful Nina Foch is very good as his wife. Highly enjoyable Raft thriller.

8shakspryn

Excellent suspense film from Columbia

Columbia was known for often having tighter budgets than the other major studios, but this is a worthy effort. One good point is that they use plenty of exteriors, especially with motor boats and on the mysterious island where most of the story takes place.

Raft, Foch and Macready all are very good. The feeling of this movie is much like that of "Key Largo", which was around the same time.

The pacing of the film is enjoyable, and there are no slow stretches. There is a lot of character development for viewers to appreciate. The villain of the story would be worthy of a James Bond movie! The front door to his mansion is the biggest front door I've ever seen, worthy of a castle. Take special notice of the villain's huge library room--it's a virtuoso display of imaginative and evocative set decoration. The designer had a lot of fun with that!

The movie is a fine example of late 1940's film noir. Raft gives a thoughtful, understated performance. Foch is sultry. Well worth seeing.

6AlsExGal

Make it a 6.5!

Of the countless tough guy melodramas that featured George Raft in the late '40s and early '50s, this slick Columbia production ranks a notch or two above most. Raft plays a gangster escaped from prison who is recruited by the Treasury Department to help them land a gang of counterfeiters.

It's not so much the plot that demands attention here as it is Columbia's effort to superficially remind its audience of one of its biggest hits of a few years before, Gilda. This is to the extent of casting George Macready as the cultured head of the counterfeiters. (You know he's cultured because he listens to classical music). He also prefers the use of a bow and arrow (a man's weapon) over that of a gun. Ballin in Gilda is now called Vallin.

His wife, whom Allegro desires, of course, is played by a sophisticated Nina Foch. Her character's name? Glenda. Not quite Gilda, but close enough. And then, of course, there are the leading men in the two films, both named Johnny.

With that bow and arrow fetish of Macready the audiences knows, too, that it probably won't be long before another variation of The Most Dangerous Game gets played out. Macready is fun to watch, even if there is a feeling of having seen much of this same act before. Raft is Raft. Did ever a block of wood dress better? And Nina Foch, well, she'll never replace the memory of Hayworth's vamp.

6SnoopyStyle

bow and arrow

Johnny Allegro (George Raft) is a florist in Los Angeles with a dark secret. Femme fatale Glenda Chapman (Nina Foch) gets him to help elude the police. Treasury Department agents blackmail him into going undercover to discover her secret plot.

Setting up the plot is a little bit wonky and a little rushed. Raft does fine but this cannot rise above its B-movie nature. There is also an element of James Bond villainy and trying to be high class style. I sorta expected Allegro to order a martini although Raft is definitely no Bond. The movie is trying to be a few things at the same time but it falls a little flat. The tension is never raised that high. The bow and arrow is probably the definition of that. It's a little odd but it's not intense. It's also a little camp like summer camp. I'm giving this a passing grade.

5LCShackley

A curious mix of standard plot devices

A decade before TV brought us Johnny Staccato, Columbia Pictures presented Johnny Allegro, a florist with a concession in a fancy hotel who gets wrapped up in a police manhunt.

We start with what appears to be a typical Hitchcock setup: an innocent man gets drawn into peril thanks to a leggy blonde. But is Allegro truly as innocent as he appears? Not in the eyes of "Schultzy" the cop (played convincingly by Will Geer, almost unrecognizable to those of us who only remember him as "Grandpa Walton").

So now we have a new plot developing: a crook infiltrating another crook's operation in order to clear his name with the police. He ends up in a swanky manor on a secluded Florida island, trying to track down some counterfeit money that could ruin the US economy.

And finally, we end up with a finale that steals a page or two from "The Most Dangerous Game," as Raft is hunted across the island by a foe with a bow.

In my opinion, Raft was too old for this role, and not terribly convincing as an action figure. The plot seems like a jigsaw puzzle made from three different boxes that don't quite match, and there's nothing outstanding about the visual aspect of the picture. It's got some good moments (mostly thanks to Geer and Foch) but overall it's not satisfying. More like Johnny Andante, not quite up to speed.

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Trivia
George Macready's character's name in Gilda (1946) is Ballin Mundson who used a walking stick with a bayonet inside. In this movie, his character's name is Morgan Vallin who hunted with a bow and arrow.

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The mountainous island where Vallin lives is supposedly located on the Florida coast, but there are no such hilly islands anywhere in or near the state of Florida. In fact, the highest elevation anywhere in south Florida is 50 feet above sea level.

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Morgan Vallin: Hello, Glenda.
Glenda Chapman: Morgan.
Morgan Vallin: Welcome home.
[For the first time, he sees there's another man in the room]
Glenda Chapman: Morgan, this is...
Morgan Vallin: How chummy! You brought a friend with you. How hospitable.
Glenda Chapman: I was just going to explain that.
Morgan Vallin: Why trouble to explain? It's so touchingly natural.
Glenda Chapman: This is Johnny Allegro.
Morgan Vallin: You actually know his name! I'm Morgan Vallin. Always glad to meet any of Glenda's friends, though she doesn't usually bring them with her.
Glenda Chapman: I had to bring him here, Morgan. He killed a detective for me so I could get here.
Morgan Vallin: How adventurous! How romantic!
Glenda Chapman: Morgan, don't be foolish.
Morgan Vallin: Forgive me, Johnny whatever your name is. I want to thank you for any assistance you may have given my little wife.
Johnny Allegro: Wife?
Morgan Vallin: She forgot to tell you, of course. She usually does. Or were you afraid he might not have come here with you?
Glenda Chapman: I told you why I brought him here. He had no other getaway. This is Johnny Rock. They want him for escaping a stretch at Sing Sing.
Morgan Vallin: And what have you told him?
Glenda Chapman: Nothing. He doesn't even know where he is.
Morgan Vallin: And how did that minute mind of yours conclude that anyone could be of service to me with his pictures in all the papers, with a number across the front of them?
Johnny Allegro: They took those a long time ago. I've changed a lot since then.
Morgan Vallin: But your type never changes. Just looking at you makes one think of alley fighting, tommy guns.
Johnny Allegro: Is that bad?
Morgan Vallin: It's not for me. You see all this?
[He gestures around the room at the paintings, sculptures, and mounted animal heads]
Johnny Allegro: Nice museum.
Morgan Vallin: You would call it that. But it's my library, my concert hall, my trophy room. Here I have the best the world has to offer, and I don't intend to let anything jeopardize it. I can permit only people around me of whose methods I am sure.