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L'esclave du gang

Titre original : The Damned Don't Cry
  • 1950
  • 16
  • 1h 43min
NOTE IMDb
7,1/10
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Joan Crawford and David Brian in L'esclave du gang (1950)
Trailer for this thriller about a charming woman
Lire trailer2:15
1 Video
61 photos
Film NoirTragic RomanceCrimeDramaRomanceThriller

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.

  • Réalisation
    • Vincent Sherman
  • Scénario
    • Harold Medford
    • Jerome Weidman
    • Gertrude Walker
  • Casting principal
    • Joan Crawford
    • David Brian
    • Steve Cochran
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • NOTE IMDb
    7,1/10
    4 k
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Vincent Sherman
    • Scénario
      • Harold Medford
      • Jerome Weidman
      • Gertrude Walker
    • Casting principal
      • Joan Crawford
      • David Brian
      • Steve Cochran
    • 71avis d'utilisateurs
    • 28avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Récompenses
      • 1 victoire et 1 nomination au total

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    Joan Crawford
    Joan Crawford
    • Ethel Whitehead (Lorna Hansen Forbes)
    David Brian
    David Brian
    • George Castleman (Joe Caveny)
    Steve Cochran
    Steve Cochran
    • Nick Prenta
    Kent Smith
    Kent Smith
    • Martin Blackford
    Hugh Sanders
    Hugh Sanders
    • Grady
    Selena Royle
    Selena Royle
    • Patricia Longworth
    Jacqueline deWit
    Jacqueline deWit
    • Sandra
    Morris Ankrum
    Morris Ankrum
    • Jim Whitehead
    Edith Evanson
    Edith Evanson
    • Mrs. Castleman
    Richard Egan
    Richard Egan
    • Roy
    Bob Alden
    • Messenger
    • (non crédité)
    Bonnie Bannon
    Bonnie Bannon
    • Woman in Casino
    • (non crédité)
    George Baxter
    George Baxter
    • Mr. Fredericks - Syndicate Boss
    • (non crédité)
    Paul Bradley
    Paul Bradley
    • Castleman's Assistant
    • (non crédité)
    Kathryn Card
    Kathryn Card
    • Mrs. Sullivan
    • (non crédité)
    Tristram Coffin
    Tristram Coffin
    • George - Maitre d'Hotel at Grady's
    • (non crédité)
    Herschel Daugherty
    • Rewrite Man
    • (non crédité)
    Diane DeLaire
    • Castleman's Secretary
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Vincent Sherman
    • Scénario
      • Harold Medford
      • Jerome Weidman
      • Gertrude Walker
    • Toute la distribution et toute l’équipe technique
    • Production, box office et plus encore chez IMDbPro

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    7amhnorris

    Joan the gangster's moll?

    'The Damned Don't Cry' is an obvious attempt to capitalize on Joan Crawford's success with 'Mildred Pierce' (also made with Warner Bros.) Both films are melodrama tinged with noir, although I would certainly hesitate to classify 'Damned...' as a noir. It has a few of the noir trademarks, but is not executed particularly well enough to be considered as a true film noir.

    Like 'Mildred Pierce' it begins with a murder, and is then told via Joan's (her character's name - don't laugh - is Ethel)flashback. We're then treated to some vintage down home Joan, again like her character in 'Mildred Pierce' she is a struggling mother trying to please her child. Instead of tryng to buy a dress for Veda, in 'The Damned Don't Cry' she is trying to purchase a bike for her pathetic son.

    The morality of the 50s is in full effect here, again like 'Mildred Pierce'. In the latter film, when the woman leaves the family home and has desires for a professional life, chaos and misery begins. The same is true for 'The Damned...'. Ethel wants a life better than her near-poverty existence, having to leave her husband and child. Therefore, she must be punished in the eyes of the narrative. Ethel then gets mixed up in some gangster situations. There's one amusing scene where in a restaurant her date (a poor accountant) orders 'a chicken salad and a coffee' and Joan nearly has a seizure. The mise en scene changes when Ethel is involved with the criminal activities: a gothic mansion is used and the lighting begins to contrast between light and dark. But, again, not really enough to make a convincing case for this being a noir.

    Joan gives a good performance as Ethel/Lorna. Certainly not one of her best, but she is particularly good in the final scenes. If you enjoyed 'Mildred Pierce' or 'Flamingo Road', this is one to watch.
    9edwagreen

    The Damned Would Cheer After Seeing this Film ****

    5 years after "Mildred Pierce" and Joan Crawford is at it again. Again, she is poor and is willing to climb to the top no matter what. In this film, she becomes involved with organized crime and becomes a real pro in being used to infiltrate other wayward mobsters.

    From poverty to that Mildred Pierce mink, Crawford gave a truly memorable performance. She will stop at nothing to get to the top.

    Along the way, she seduces timid accountant, played masterfully by Kent Smith, to join the mob only two realize that the two of them are trapped.

    Another favorite co-star of Crawford, David Brian appears as the head mobster who is against violence but must come to grips with it when renegade hood, the always terrific Steve Cochran, seduces Crawford and then goes after her when he discovers that she is a Brian stooge.

    This is a gripping film-noir at its best.
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    Very Nice-Looking Noir-Melodrama

    For me, the best part about this film was the exceptional lighting which made this a great movie to see on DVD. The great black-and-white photography reminded of films like The Sweet Smell Of Success and To Kill A Mockingbird. The camera-work in this movie does not take a backseat to those great films, believe me.

    Story-wise, it's a somewhat-familiar Joan Crawford movie with a bit more emphasis on the melodrama than the film noir, a la Mildred Pierce. That's a compliment because "Mildred" was a well-crafted story and so is this. It's an effective mixture of drama and noir. However, unlike "Mildred," this Crawford character ("Ethel" aka "Mrs. Forvbes") has a worldly edge to her with a chip on her big shoulders. It's tough to sympathize with her in this story, frankly.

    Kent Smith plays her naive, wimpy dupe for much of the film but when David Brian enters the scene, the movie really picks up. Gangster Brian is nobody's patsy and he's fascinating, portraying the most intense character in the story.

    This is another one of the fine classic movies that never got a VHS showing but finally got a break with a recent DVD release, which is all the better since the camera-work is deserving of the nice look this transfer gives it. Once more, another impressive movie from 1950, one of the better years Hollywood ever had.
    7ArtVandelayImporterExporter

    Too old but still smokin' hot

    Sure I agree that Joan Crawford was too old for THIS part, which required a 20-something bored with her slug of a husband. Then wanders off and has men chasing her skirt basically 24/7.

    Nevertheless - and most ironically - the decision to strip her of the usual five layers of war paint reminds viewers just how ridiculously good-looking Joan Crawford was. And pardon me for saying so,but I had no problem - None Whatsoever - believing Joan with a more natural look, parading around in model's lingerie or dinner clothes, and sporting a cheeky attitude, would have men falling all over themselves.

    She is, quite simply, a drop-ded s3xy woman, regardless of age.

    As her character gains confidence with the hustle, her character just gets more interesting. And more attractive.

    There's a plot involving an accountant but who cares. Those are details.
    gortx

    Smooth crime picture with a gritty Crawford lead performance

    Loosely based on Virginia Hill (Bugsy Seigel's moll), Director Vincent Sherman's film gives it a melodramatic gloss adapting it for star Joan Crawford. Enough of the essential underworld nastiness survives to edge it into Noir territory. Crawford plays Ethel, an unhappy housewife to an oil worker (Richard Egan). Fed up, Ethel moves to the big apple to start her life anew. She ends up as model for a fashion house, earning extra "tips" by wining and dining the firm's clients after hours. Along with the company's accountant Martin (Kent Smith), the pair end up meeting the head honcho for a crime syndicate, the oily George Castleman (David Brian). The pair finagle their way into Castleman's graces through Martin's ease with figures and Ethel's figure* (and her clawing to the top, wiles). On 'assignment' to the West Coast to keep tabs on a renegade operative in Castleman's organization, Nick Prenta (Steve Cochran), Ethel becomes further entangled. The screenplay and production are very slick. The acting smooth. DAMNED is a well done and smoothly entertaining film. Crawford gives a standout performance as the social climber who seemingly will stop on nothing to get what she wants, no matter who she has to hurt along the way. Cochran is charismatic as the Bugsy Siegel stand-in. The casting of the ultimate milquetoast Kent Smith is a master-stroke, perfectly setting up the character's story arc. David Brian has an icy frightening glare which Cinematographer Ted McCord amplifies, at one point making his eyes glow like something out of VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED! DAMNED DON'T CRY is a fine example of sunlit Noir (although there are plenty of dark scenes) and an interesting cross-over with gangster crime pictures. Using Frank Sinatra's real Palm Springs pad as Prenta's hang gives it that much extra verisimilitude. Keeping all the other superlatives in mind, this is still Crawford's picture. Her avaricious Ethel is Noir classic. Of course, any similarity to the actresses real life persona is strictly intentional!

    * P.S. One aspect of the film that is the elephant in the room is that the viewer has to accept that Crawford's physical beauty is such that it makes every man she meets melt in front of her. She was an attractive woman, particularly in her earlier years, but, by the time of DAMNED she was hitting her mid-40s. Watching men drool as if Gene Tierney, Ava Gardner or Rita Hayworth had strided into the room is a bit much.

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    • Anecdotes
      Loosely based upon the life of sharp-tongued moll Virginia Hill and her secretive relationship with gangster Bugsy Siegel.
    • Gaffes
      At Grady's when Ethel is seated, she places her purse on the table. However in the next cut when the Maitre d'Hotel hands her the menu, the purse is now off the table.
    • Citations

      Ethel Whitehead: Don't talk to me about self-respect. That's something you tell yourself you got when you got nothing else. What kind of self-respect is there living on aspirin tablets and chicken salad sandwiches?

      [beat]

      Ethel Whitehead: Look Marty, the only thing that counts is that stuff you take to the bank, that filthy buck that everybody sneers at, but slugs to get.

      [beat]

      Ethel Whitehead: I know how you feel. You're a nice guy. But the world isn't for nice guys. You've got to kick and punch and belt your way up because nobody's going to give you a lift. You've got to do it yourself, cuz nobody cares about us except ourselves.

    • Connexions
      Featured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)
    • Bandes originales
      Make Love with a Guitar
      (uncredited)

      Music by María Grever

      Played by the band at Grady's

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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 18 avril 1951 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Sites officiels
      • Streaming on "JesseMonster" YouTube Channel (colorized)
      • Streaming on "Movies Noir And Classics" YouTube Channel
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Los condenados no lloran
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Palm Springs, Californie, États-Unis
    • Société de production
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Budget
      • 1 233 000 $US (estimé)
    • Montant brut mondial
      • 66 $US
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    • Durée
      1 heure 43 minutes
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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