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La corde de sable

Titre original : Rope of Sand
  • 1949
  • 16
  • 1h 44min
NOTE IMDb
6,6/10
2 k
MA NOTE
La corde de sable (1949)
ActionAventureCriminalitéThrillerFilm noir

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.A man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.A man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.

  • Réalisation
    • William Dieterle
  • Scénario
    • Walter Doniger
    • John Paxton
  • Casting principal
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Paul Henreid
    • Claude Rains
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • NOTE IMDb
    6,6/10
    2 k
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • William Dieterle
    • Scénario
      • Walter Doniger
      • John Paxton
    • Casting principal
      • Burt Lancaster
      • Paul Henreid
      • Claude Rains
    • 30avis d'utilisateurs
    • 14avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Récompenses
      • 1 nomination au total

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    Rôles principaux61

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    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Mike Davis
    Paul Henreid
    Paul Henreid
    • Commandant Paul G. Vogel
    Claude Rains
    Claude Rains
    • Arthur Martingale
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre
    • Toady
    Corinne Calvet
    Corinne Calvet
    • Suzanne Renaud
    Sam Jaffe
    Sam Jaffe
    • Dr. Francis Hunter
    John Bromfield
    John Bromfield
    • Thompson
    Mike Mazurki
    Mike Mazurki
    • Pierson
    Kenny Washington
    • John
    Edmund Breon
    Edmund Breon
    • Chairman
    Hayden Rorke
    Hayden Rorke
    • Ingram
    David Thursby
    • Henry
    Josef Marais
    • Specialty Singer
    Miranda Marais
    • Specialty Singer
    • (as Miranda)
    James Adamson
    • Waiter
    • (non crédité)
    Frank Alten
    • Carl - Headwaiter
    • (non crédité)
    Frank Arnold
    • Bartender
    • (non crédité)
    Val Avery
    Val Avery
    • Poker Game Cashier
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • William Dieterle
    • Scénario
      • Walter Doniger
      • John Paxton
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    Avis des utilisateurs30

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    8RNQ

    Telling the story

    I rate this movie pretty highly and then I wonder, were Hollywood movies in the late 40s generally this good, in which case I'll have to see a lot more. "Rope of Sand" is so well made--the story clicks along, every shot is perfectly placed and serves the story, both day and night scenes in a desert are grandly photographed. The interiors are more elaborate than one might imagine, but Edith Head's costumes for Ms. Calvet guarantee that her character is irresistibly sexy. The cast has been gathered from across Europe and beyond--OK, some of them more difficult to follow than others--the supremely skilled actor, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre doing his elegant lowlife, Marais and Miranda singing in a nightclub. And of course young Burt Lancaster, both beautiful and doing the turns of his character. Credit then too to Paul Henreid, holding his own in a fight scene with Lancaster. And there's even a willingness to define South Africa by its racism, from the opening scene of a Black man being chased by converging trucks in the desert. I won't underline an inference about political economy.
    6madmonkmcghee

    Style over substance

    What a great cast, what a top director and what a disappointing movie. I blame the script, or rather lack of one, cause nobody involved seems to quite know what it is all about. Something about diamonds? That'll do, let's start filming. Famously Casablanca was already in production without a finished script, and look how well that turned out, right? Just put some of that cast in another exotic location and Fate and sheer acting talent, aided by some stylish camera-work will do the rest. Alas, it didn't. The muddled story limps along from scene to tepid scene, the plot holes are abundant and the Great Romance never convinces for a moment. I kept hoping the story would catch fire at some point, but it never does. Will Paul Henreid turn out to be a Nazi war criminal? Where did Peter Lorre wander off to? Does Claude Rains have any aces up his sleeve? Why would anybody believe the girl killed the doctor? Is she a former member of the French Resistance, set out to kill Vogel? Wouldn't that sorta spice up this bland story? Nah, it turns out everybody is just what they appear to be. With some solid script doctoring this could have become a great adventure movie. Shame.
    8adrianovasconcelos

    Little known flick in unusual African settings

    Director William Dieterle did better movies than ROPE OF SAND but he never did one in more unusual settings than in South West Africa, now Namibia. Paul Henreid and Peter Lorre had featured in CASABLANCA seven years earlier, Rains had pulled off one of his best performances in Hitchcock's NOTORIOUS three years earlier, and Lancaster was beginning to make a name for himself. A really good cast for a film that did not seem set for great box office returns.

    Interesting to note that apartheid was about to appear in that part of the world, yet it is human greed that dominates the film, with diamonds the commodity most sought.

    Acting is generally good, although the French accent hinders Calvet's delivery, even renders it awkward at times. The fighting sequences fall somewhat short of credible. The screenplay is also uneven. Photography is very good.

    As a little known film, it deserves watching. And it posts enough quality to not rate a waste of time. 8/10.
    9parker_nightengale

    A classic B & W adventure

    Rope of Sand, an adventure thriller supposedly set in post-WW II South Africa, certainly receives the vote of "classic" in my book. Far away places, a romance triangle, suspense, even a bit of humor at times...it's all there in a neatly executed, well-acted plot that makes you wish YOU could have been there and tried just what Burt Lancaster did. I have watched this movie more than half a dozen times over the years and still get that sense of intrigue and mystery and fascination with the setting and story that I got on the first occasion, as a child. The film noir era was coming to a close when this movie was created in 1949 but most of the crucial elements are there including use of the black and white, music score, contrasting dialog and action scenes, and so on, right up to the final scene. Perhaps the screenplay might have gotten a little more mileage out of Corrine Calvet and Burt but we need to remember that we're judging films of this era against a different yardstick. I seriously don't think that this movie would have come together at all using actors working today because they would all be hungering for a bigger piece of the movie than anyone got here or typically does get in film noir. This is not to mention what current directors typically do as a substitute for what film noir did with the camera and timing of scene combinations. So I disagree with the previous reviewer. Watch this if you can and enjoy!
    6gavin6942

    Adequate Thriller

    A man (Burt Lancaster) abused by a sadistic mining company cop (Paul Henreid) before he could tell where on their desert property he had found diamonds decides to steal them instead.

    Glenn Erickson reflected on the background of the film and how it was received when first released, "Although William Dieterle's direction is capable, the script works too hard to introduce an overly familiar collection of stock thriller types ... Critics generally liked Lancaster's performance, even if they slighted the work of Claude Rains and Peter Lorre and saved the bulk of their praise for Paul Henried's nasty villain." Indeed, those who watch the film for Lorre may be disappointed on little screen time he receives.

    Reflecting decades later, Burt Lancaster singled this out as his least favorite film. That was due to personal reasons, however, so may not necessarily reflect whether this was (in his opinion) his worst performance.

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    • Anecdotes
      During one scene with Burt Lancaster, Corinne Calvet felt nauseated and threw up on her leading man. She was not able to film anything else that day. She remained grateful to the actor that he never mentioned it after she returned and gave her suggestions and encouragement. She credits him for her success in Hollywood.
    • Gaffes
      When Mike and his hunting companion are found with a diamond they are tortured to get information on where they found it. The two men were found in the desert with clear tracks to and from the diamond find site. It would have been simple to track where they had been.
    • Citations

      Suzanne Renaud: Now do you want to kiss me?

      Fred Martingale: N - no, I think not. You'd better keep your kisses for emergencies.

    • Connexions
      Referenced in Sang noir (1951)
    • Bandes originales
      Zulu Warrior
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      Written by Josef Marais

      Performed by Josef Marais and Miranda Marais

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    • Date de sortie
      • 28 mars 1950 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langues
      • Anglais
      • Afrikaans
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Rope of Sand
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Yuma Desert, Sonoran Desert, Californie, États-Unis
    • Société de production
      • Wallis-Hazen
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    • Durée
      1 heure 44 minutes
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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