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Le démon de la mer

Titre original : The Sea Bat
  • 1930
  • Tous publics
  • 58min
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5,3/10
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Charles Bickford, Nils Asther, and Raquel Torres in Le démon de la mer (1930)
ActionRomanceThriller

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe West Indies island of Portuga exists mainly for sponge diving. But the best area of collection is frequented by a very large manta ray. Nina loses her brother to the creature and is comf... Tout lireThe West Indies island of Portuga exists mainly for sponge diving. But the best area of collection is frequented by a very large manta ray. Nina loses her brother to the creature and is comforted by a newly arrived minister, who seems very interested in an old poster offering a r... Tout lireThe West Indies island of Portuga exists mainly for sponge diving. But the best area of collection is frequented by a very large manta ray. Nina loses her brother to the creature and is comforted by a newly arrived minister, who seems very interested in an old poster offering a reward for a convict recently escaped from nearby Devil's Island. More deaths attributed to... Tout lire

  • Réalisation
    • Lionel Barrymore
    • Wesley Ruggles
  • Scénario
    • Dorothy Yost
    • Bess Meredyth
    • John Howard Lawson
  • Casting principal
    • Raquel Torres
    • Charles Bickford
    • Nils Asther
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  • NOTE IMDb
    5,3/10
    310
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    • Réalisation
      • Lionel Barrymore
      • Wesley Ruggles
    • Scénario
      • Dorothy Yost
      • Bess Meredyth
      • John Howard Lawson
    • Casting principal
      • Raquel Torres
      • Charles Bickford
      • Nils Asther
    • 15avis d'utilisateurs
    • 10avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
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    Rôles principaux11

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    Raquel Torres
    Raquel Torres
    • Nina
    Charles Bickford
    Charles Bickford
    • John Dennis aka Reverend Sims
    Nils Asther
    Nils Asther
    • Carl
    George F. Marion
    George F. Marion
    • Antone
    John Miljan
    John Miljan
    • Juan
    Boris Karloff
    Boris Karloff
    • Corsican
    Gibson Gowland
    Gibson Gowland
    • Limey
    Edmund Breese
    Edmund Breese
    • Maddocks
    Mathilde Comont
    Mathilde Comont
    • Mimba
    Mack Swain
    Mack Swain
    • Dutchy
    Jimmy Dime
    Jimmy Dime
    • Sailor
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Lionel Barrymore
      • Wesley Ruggles
    • Scénario
      • Dorothy Yost
      • Bess Meredyth
      • John Howard Lawson
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    Avis des utilisateurs15

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    5utgard14

    "I have my own way of doing God's work!"

    Silly bit of hokum about the goings-on with people on a tropical island, including a woman who says she'll give herself (wink wink) to any man who can kill a giant stingray that killed her brother. Enter an escaped convict posing as a minister, who sees the woman writhing around during a voodoo ritual and promptly falls in lust with her. I'd imagine all those fishermen out risking their lives for booty (literally) aren't too happy about that. Raquel Torres plays the woman and, for those in desperate need of titillation, she's prancing about half-naked throughout and even has the 1930 equivalent of a wet t-shirt scene. Charles Bickford plays the convict and, judging by his hair and eyebrows, Louis B. Mayer's car must have been short two quarts of oil during the filming of this picture. Boris Karloff also appears in a minor role but nothing worth his fans getting excited about. The best parts of the picture are the water scenes and the "sea bat" itself, a nice bit of special effects for the time. Unfortunately there aren't enough of these scenes. I had no idea that stingrays were thought of as mysterious monsters less than a century ago or that sponge diving was a "weird industry." These are things I learned from watching this movie. It's worth a look if you have no prejudices against early talkies. Just don't expect anything impressive.
    4PeopleEveryWhere

    More of a drama than thriller

    This movie is SOOOOOO boring!

    The Seabat only has around 3-2 minutes of screen time and disappears for a good 40 minutes. I think it's false advertising.

    Bad acting from most of the supporting cast, unlikable characters, outdated depictions of native tribes, and probably Boris Karloff's worst movie.

    But there is a couple good things about the movie!

    The cinematography is dang good for the time, the underwater scenes look good too! At the end of the film when the Seabat gets shot with a harpoon it cuts to this beautiful shot of the Seabat jumping out of the water while the sun rises and the camera is placed on a high shot while on a 60 degree angle! It's one of the best shots in early sound films!

    If you wanna watch this one, skip to the last five minutes.
    5Fred_Rap

    Sin! Salvation! Sea Bats!

    Half-Maugham, half-Melville and all hooey, this tropical potboiler is chock full of sin and salvation, with a giant sting ray tossed in as -- I kid you not -- a romantic deus ex machina.

    The setting is a West Indies island where a bunch of grimy sponge divers lust after barefoot temptress Raquel Torres, who only has eyes for the beautiful (and, with his thick Swedish accent, virtually unintelligible) Nils Asther. But when he dies in the clutches of the title monster villain, she turns her back on God and offers herself as reward to the man who destroys the beast. It's a decision she quickly comes to regret, and as the body count increases, the guilt-ridden Raquel flails her arms and pounds her breasts with the frenzy of a silent movie diva.

    As if this plot weren't febrile enough, Torres begins falling for newly arrived man of the cloth Charles Bickford, who does his damnedest to resist her overtures since he's actually an escaped convict from Devil's Island.

    This awesomely wacky nonsense was concocted by the radical left-wing screenwriter John Howard Lawson without a hint of the political agitprop that infused his later screen work. The film, however, is not without interest: the camera work by Ira Morgan is sensuous and inventive (particularly when underwater) and the cast of scurvy Island rats is populated with such compelling character types as John Miljan (in a departure from his usual urban smoothie), Boris Karloff (as the glowering Corsican), and silent film veterans Gibson Gowland and Mack Swain.
    10Ron Oliver

    Menace Above & Below The Waves

    The lives of sponge divers are disrupted by the arrival of a tough cleric and the deprivations of THE SEA BAT.

    It is unfortunate that this splendid little film from MGM has become so obscure as it has much to offer in the way of ambiance and good acting from an interesting cast. The production values are high and the location shooting (on Mexico's Mazatlán coast) with its glimpses of pseudo West Indies island culture add to the film's atmosphere. Director Lionel Barrymore keeps the action moving right along, with just enough requisite romance, suspenseful encounters with the hideous sea bat and a dandy fist fight near the end to keep the viewers happy.

    Mexican actress Raquel Torres plays the fiery island miss who wants to escape the tragedy which has attacked her family. Silent screen star Nils Asther is her gentle, loving brother, a sponge diver. His departure from the story early on is poignant & regrettable. Disheveled George F. Marion steals most of his scenes as their disreputable father. Sturdy Charles Bickford is the no-nonsense pastor with a secret who arrives on the Island of Portuga and is quickly confronted by danger. All four give excellent performances.

    Other crew members of the sponge boat are played by lecherous John Miljan, who acted the villain in many early MGM talkies; blustering Gibson Gowland, who only five years earlier had starred in von Stroheim's masterpiece GREED; and, in a tiny role, pre-celeb Boris Karloff. Silent movie comic Mack Swain portrays the owner of the island grog shop.

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    The giant Atlantic manta (Manta birostris), sometimes called a sea bat, is a type of devilfish and is characterized by its large flapping fins and two horny protrusions near its mouth, giving it a diabolic appearance. It lives in the warmer waters near both islands and coastlines, where it eats small fish & plankton. The Atlantic manta can grow to 23' from fin tip to fin tip and weigh up to 2,200 pounds. Despite its sinister aspect it is known -contrary to legend- to be gentle and does not attack divers.
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    Amazing adventure chiller

    I totally forgot this Wesley Ruggles' early masterpiece. Because, yes, for a thirties flick, the early talkies, this is a true tremendous piece of work. It may announce MOBY DICK, but of course at a lesser scale. I enjoyed this movie so much, and it is even more painful to realize that many other films of this kind will forever remain unknown, forgotten for good. This one, fortunately emerged from the darkness, from the depth - not of the sea - but from oblivion. Wesley Ruggles also directed CIMARRON, a gem of the western genre. The rest of his filmography remains mostly unknown, because there are so many silent features.

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    • Anecdotes
      Although resembling a giant oceanic manta ray, the Sea Bat has a blow hole like a whale (a mammal). The Manta ray is a fish, it breathes underwater thanks to its gills.
    • Citations

      Maddocks: [aboard the schooner] I've worked sponge beds all over the world. But this here island is the rottenest hole I was ever dumped in!

      Maddocks: The black scum spend all of their time prayin', and the white scum spend all of their time sleepin'!

    • Crédits fous
      Intro: Strangest of all strange sea creatures is the Giant Ray, a deadly specie of devil fish, found in the mighty, warm waters of the West Indies.

      "....a huge, bat-like creature which uses its body fins as a bird does its wings....known to lift a whole ship, to the amazement and terror of the crew!" (National Geographic Magazine)

      PORTUGA ISLAND Through the night....the weird chant of Voodoo worship. Through the day....the weird industry of Sponge Diving.
    • Versions alternatives
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer also released this film as a silent, with the titles credited to Philip J. Leddy. He was not credited in the sound version.
    • Connexions
      Featured in Sharksploitation (2023)
    • Bandes originales
      Lo-Lo
      (uncredited)

      Music by Reggie Montgomery and George Warde

      Lyrics by Felix E. Feist and Howard Johnson

      Sung by Raquel Torres a capella

      Played in the score at the end

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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 14 septembre 1938 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • The Sea Bat
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexique
    • Société de production
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Durée
      58 minutes
    • Couleur
      • Black and White

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