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La ciudad del crimen

Título original: Scene of the Crime
  • 1949
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  • 1h 34min
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La ciudad del crimen (1949)
While his wife is urging him to quit the force, a Los Angeles homicide detective hunts for the killer responsible for the murder of his ex-partner, who might have been on the take with local bookies.
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Mientras su mujer le insta a abandonar el cuerpo, un detective de homicidios de Los Ángeles busca al asesino responsable del asesinato de su ex pareja, que podría haber estado en el ajo con ... Leer todoMientras su mujer le insta a abandonar el cuerpo, un detective de homicidios de Los Ángeles busca al asesino responsable del asesinato de su ex pareja, que podría haber estado en el ajo con los corredores de apuestas locales.Mientras su mujer le insta a abandonar el cuerpo, un detective de homicidios de Los Ángeles busca al asesino responsable del asesinato de su ex pareja, que podría haber estado en el ajo con los corredores de apuestas locales.

  • Dirección
    • Roy Rowland
  • Guionistas
    • John Bartlow Martin
    • Charles Schnee
  • Elenco
    • Van Johnson
    • Arlene Dahl
    • Gloria DeHaven
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    6.6/10
    1.6 k
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    • Dirección
      • Roy Rowland
    • Guionistas
      • John Bartlow Martin
      • Charles Schnee
    • Elenco
      • Van Johnson
      • Arlene Dahl
      • Gloria DeHaven
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      • 1 nominación en total

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    Van Johnson
    Van Johnson
    • Mike Conovan
    Arlene Dahl
    Arlene Dahl
    • Gloria Conovan
    Gloria DeHaven
    Gloria DeHaven
    • Lili
    • (as Gloria De Haven)
    Tom Drake
    Tom Drake
    • C.C.
    Leon Ames
    Leon Ames
    • Captain A.C. Forster
    John McIntire
    John McIntire
    • Fred Piper
    Donald Woods
    Donald Woods
    • Herkimer
    Norman Lloyd
    Norman Lloyd
    • Sleeper
    Jerome Cowan
    Jerome Cowan
    • Webson
    Tom Powers
    Tom Powers
    • Umpire Menafoe
    Richard Benedict
    Richard Benedict
    • Turk Kingby
    Anthony Caruso
    Anthony Caruso
    • Tony Rutzo
    Robert Gist
    Robert Gist
    • Pontiac
    Romo Vincent
    Romo Vincent
    • Hippo
    Tom Helmore
    Tom Helmore
    • Norrie Lorfield
    Caleb Peterson
    • Loomis
    William Haade
    William Haade
    • Lafe Douque
    Bette Arlen
    • Girl with Sleeper
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      • Roy Rowland
    • Guionistas
      • John Bartlow Martin
      • Charles Schnee
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    GManfred

    Noir Clichés

    They're all here. Lovelorn wife, old cop trying to stick around, gangsters with neat nicknames, forensic lab work, stool pigeons, etc. There is also an uninteresting back story about a job the wife is trying to get for her husband-cop, to "keep him safe". Think of a familiar plot device and it's here in "Scene Of The Crime".

    That said, this picture holds your interest - it's a good story, when all is said and done. Good acting from start to finish and there are lots of good character actors; John McIntyre, Norman Lloyd, Gloria DeHaven, Jerome Cowan, and many others. I disagree with a reviewer above in that the picture held my interest right to the end, although I am a big fan of noir films. I did think that Van Johnson was a curious choice for the title role. I always thought there wasn't a mean bone in his body, not tough enough to play a detective in a gritty noir.

    Lastly, the music director was Andre Previn, and the theme music at the beginning and end was good. He also wrote two songs that were unworthy of him, but they were played in a strip joint and fit into the setting with their trite tunes and lyrics. Despite all of the preceding, I rated it a seven, which means I think it's worth your time.
    6moonspinner55

    From the nitty-gritty side of M-G-M...compact and well-written

    Two veteran Los Angeles police detectives and a well-meaning rookie set out to find the killer of an off-duty fellow officer who may have been on the take. This is an L.A. filled with dangerous broads, bookie joints, ex-bootleggers in on a new racket, and cops in natty suits and broad-billed hats. The pulpy, slangy dialogue is fun at times, as are the performances from Van Johnson and Gloria DeHaven (playing a chanteuse "with a figure like champagne and a heart like the cork"). Other, later crime-dramas would quickly up the ante on such a scenario, but this one is a fine example of the compact policer. M-G-M was downsizing their budgets at the time and trying their hand at different types of films--which provided the perfect opportunity for matinée idols like Johnson to stretch their acting muscles. The results here are not exactly noir, but more from an overtly-ordinary, overtly-jaded mold, with everyday people going about their business and getting the job done. If it isn't exciting, at least it's highly competent. **1/2 from ****
    7krorie

    Scene of a Good Action Flick

    This is a very entertaining look at big city cops and robbers with shades of film noir showing though. The standout performance in a potentially femme fatale role is Gloria DeHaven. I suspect the writers, John Bartlow Martin and Charles Schnee, along with director Roy Rowland, had experiences with untrustworthy women, for Lili (Gloria DeHaven) could turn any man's heart to putty, then fool him over and over. Van Johnson too turns in a subdued performance which is called for in the character (Mike Conovan) he plays. Conovan's very liberal wife, especially for 1949, is played by Arlene Dahl, who is fed up with the demands of her husband's job but who also trusts her husband to be with a vixen and still stay true to her. This is an effective counterbalance to the untrustworthiness of Lili. Great supporting roles abound filled with standout performances from John McIntire's "too old to cut the mustard" part all the way to the Sleeper, Norman Lloyd. Yuk, Yuk, it's great. There is a lot of realistic blood and guts thrown in complete with car chases that foretell things to come in action movies. Heat up some popcorn, get a cold one, then sit back and enjoy the ride.
    7robert-temple-1

    Film noir with a superior script

    This is a very good film noir, well directed by Roy Rowland and with strong casting. It is based on a story called 'Smashing the Bookie Gang Marauders', which provided a run of the mill plot. But the strongest aspect of this film is its intelligent and witty screenplay by Charles Schnee. The film has many quick ripostes and lots of snappy dialogue. But unlike many such films, where gag writers have inserted the gags, there are no gags in this film, and instead Schnee has written his own text with plenty of quick zippy wit. One particularly good line is when Van Johnson says to floozy Gloria DeHaven: 'You know, when girls have your kind of looks, it's hard to see them.' That was because he had misread her character. Van Johnson is at his best as the stalwart cop in this detective tale. His beautiful wife is played by Arlene Dahl, to great effect. Gloria DeHaven is the gangster's moll, and she is some looker. She almost had me fooled too. All that soft soap concealing the hard steel underneath is enough to make any guy doubt the reliability of dames sometimes. The story concerns some wild thugs who are wiping out the bookies and killing people without compunction, in an attempt to 'take over'. The main murderer is a man with a twisted hand and a blotchy face. But no one can find him. It is interesting from the dialogue in the film that at that time tough guys did not say: 'Where is he holed up?' but merely: 'Where is he holed?' And another linguistic surprise is that Van Johnson talks of people spending time together as 'hanging', as in the phrase 'hanging out' used by young people today. I had no idea that people in 1949 were already talking about 'hanging' with each other. It all goes to show how important movies can be for one's historical education in the evolution of slang. In fact, there is no substitute for them. And that is yet another reason for watching old movies nonstop.
    6blanche-2

    Routine cop drama...and which came first?

    Did, as some people think, "Scene of the Crime" invent the cop drama clichés that have been a mainstay of television and film for so long? Or were they already established and just copied by this film? Not being an expert in the genre, I don't know. I do know that despite attempts by some people to elevate this movie to film noir status, it's not that great. Dore Schary put this into production when he took over MGM. I guess he wanted MGM to be more like Warner Brothers. It stars Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, John McIntyre, Leon Ames, and Gloria DeHaven.

    When a cop is killed with a roll of dough found on him, his fellow officers set out to investigate the crime and clear the man's name.

    "Scene of the Crime" is similar in its way to "Dragnet" - it shows the daily grind of detectives as they put together a case. There are a couple of very good scenes, including one in which Mike (Van Johnson) arrests a suspect, and shooting starts when they get outside of the apartment building. Still handcuffed to Mike, the perp jumps into a building stairwell. There's also a good car chase.

    For some reason, Van Johnson did these baby-faced tough guys well - perhaps it was his New York accent, but he pulls off the role of the dedicated Mike. He was set to be Elliot Ness in the TV "Untouchables" when his wife Evie called Desi Arnaz the night before and held him up for more money. Arnaz called Robert Stack and told him to report to the set the next day. A friend of mine who has lived in LA for over 50 years and socialized with many stars said that Arlene Dahl was the most beautiful woman of everyone he had met. Seeing her in this, you can believe it. She is a spectacular beauty if her acting in some spots isn't the best. Gloria De Haven, usually a vibrant ingenue, plays against type as a tramp, which makes it interesting.

    "Scene of the Crime" is gritty-looking enough but suffers from being slow in spots and loaded with clichés. There isn't anything to make it truly special. That could be because by now, we've seen it all before. Perhaps in 1949, it was fresh. But I have my doubts that even back then, it broke any new ground.

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    • Trivia
      This film has many actors cast against previous types. Van Johnson had appeared in light comedies and musicals, making him a teen idol at the time. His versatility, proven in this film, would lead to his role in Sangre en la nieve (1949). Gloria DeHaven has previously been cast as sweet, innocent girls, but here she is a stripper and gun moll. Gorgeous Arlene Dahl, formerly a high-paid covergirl before marrying Mike, spurns the glamorous life and tries hard to accept the role the stay-at-home wife of a cop (whom she is desperately in love with, and daily fears losing).
    • Errores
      When Detective Piper introduces the young man that sold the .38 S&W revolver to the cop killer to detective Conovan the man says he sold the gun to a man in a bar. Conovan then assails the man over his getting a lousy eighty bucks for the gun that killed his former partner - lousy in what became of the gun, not the price, easily twice what the gun was worth. But at no time did the man or Piper mention getting that amount for the gun. It appears Piper had already reported in by phone, perhaps via CC, as Conovan did not register the least surprise at him appearing at the headquarters with the former gun owner in tow. And Conovan acted as though he already was familiar with the gist of the pickup, and was on edge and ready to talk hostilely to the young man, even threaten unlawful activities toward him.
    • Citas

      Sleeper: Naturally, I know you know I know somethin'.

      Mike Conovan: I know you know I know you know somethin'.

    • Conexiones
      Featured in Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)
    • Bandas sonoras
      I'M A GOODY-GOODY GIRL
      (uncredited)

      Music by André Previn

      Lyrics by William Katz

      Sung (with partial striptease) by Jean Carter

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 11 de marzo de 1950 (México)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
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      • Scene of the Crime
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • 259 E. 5th Street, Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos(site of Hippo's Coffee Pot)
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      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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      • 1h 34min(94 min)
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      • Black and White
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      • 1.37 : 1

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