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The Crime of the Century

  • 1933
  • Passed
  • 1h 13min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,6/10
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Wynne Gibson and Jean Hersholt in The Crime of the Century (1933)
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA doctor who is also a "mentalist" confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he's confessed to hasn't happened yet--although dead bodies are now starting to turn up all over... Leggi tuttoA doctor who is also a "mentalist" confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he's confessed to hasn't happened yet--although dead bodies are now starting to turn up all over the place. A reporter sets out to solve the "mystery".A doctor who is also a "mentalist" confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he's confessed to hasn't happened yet--although dead bodies are now starting to turn up all over the place. A reporter sets out to solve the "mystery".

  • Regia
    • William Beaudine
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Walter Maria Espe
    • Florence Ryerson
    • Brian Marlow
  • Star
    • Jean Hersholt
    • Wynne Gibson
    • Stuart Erwin
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,6/10
    233
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • William Beaudine
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Walter Maria Espe
      • Florence Ryerson
      • Brian Marlow
    • Star
      • Jean Hersholt
      • Wynne Gibson
      • Stuart Erwin
    • 10Recensioni degli utenti
    • 7Recensioni della critica
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    Jean Hersholt
    Jean Hersholt
    • Dr. Emil Brandt
    Wynne Gibson
    Wynne Gibson
    • Freda Brandt
    Stuart Erwin
    Stuart Erwin
    • Dan McKee
    Frances Dee
    Frances Dee
    • Doris Brandt
    Gordon Westcott
    Gordon Westcott
    • Gilbert Reid
    Robert Elliott
    Robert Elliott
    • Police Capt. Timothy Riley
    David Landau
    David Landau
    • Police Lt. Frank Martin
    William Janney
    William Janney
    • Jim Brandt
    Bodil Rosing
    Bodil Rosing
    • Hilda Ericson - Maid
    Torben Meyer
    Torben Meyer
    • Eric Ericson - Butler
    Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds
    • Philip Ames
    Eddie Baker
    Eddie Baker
    • Detective
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    Marion Byron
    Marion Byron
    • Bridge Player
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Harry Depp
    Harry Depp
    • Police Recorder
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Arthur Hohl
    Arthur Hohl
    • Announcer
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Isabel Jewell
    Isabel Jewell
    • Bridge Player
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Fred Kelsey
    Fred Kelsey
    • Hungry Police Guard
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Pat McKee
    • Police Desk Sergeant
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    • Regia
      • William Beaudine
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Walter Maria Espe
      • Florence Ryerson
      • Brian Marlow
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    7view_and_review

    Not Quite "The Crime of the Century" but Still Brilliant

    The crime of the century wasn't quite the crime of the century. It was a doozy, it was a mystery, but it was also solvable. When I think, "crime of the century," I think of a crime that was gotten away with.

    The movie began with Dr. Emil Brandt (Jean Hersholt) pleading to detectives Riley (Robert Elliott) and Martin (David Landau) to lock him up. Why? Because he planned to commit murder for money. If the cops locked him up then he couldn't commit the murder.

    He had hypnotized a man by the name of Philip Ames (Samuel S. Hinds) and commanded him to steal $100,000 and bring it back to him by 8:15 p.m. He was then going to kill Philip and take the $100,000 for himself. The killing part is why he wanted to be locked up. He couldn't trust himself not to kill Philip, but police don't make arrests for crimes that haven't happened.

    It turns out that Dr. Brandt needed the money to appease his wife, Freda (Wynne Gibson). She was a gold digger and was going to double cross Dr. Brandt and run off with the money with her lover, Gilbert Reid (Gordon Westcott). She never got that chance because a fourth person (someone besides Freda, Gilbert, or Dr. Brandt) entered the house, killed Philip, and took the money. The main suspects were the three aforementioned with an outside chance of it being one of the detectives, or the newspaperman, Dan McKee (Stuart Erwin), or the help, or another man who was anonymous.

    There was enough intrigue with the murder and the cast of characters that I stayed tuned in. $100,000 is enough for just about anyone to commit murder, so everybody was in play. There was very little focus on characters with the exception of establishing who they were and a small glimpse of what type of person they were, and that allowed the movie to stay focused on the murder and solving the murder. That's what I want from a murder mystery. I don't need to know a whole lot about each character except what's germane to the plot. "The Crime of the Century" kept everything crime-centric even if it wasn't "the crime of the century."

    Free on YouTube.
    7the_mysteriousx

    Maybe the best film "One Shot" Beaudine ever made

    I'm not an expert on William "One Shot" Beaudine, but I would venture to say that with a nickname like "One Shot" that you probably weren't so highly regarded as a film artist. From the films I've seen of his, I tend to be unimpressed and not very entertained. However, after a deep sigh at seeing his name in the opening credits, I spent the rest of the movie being happily entertained.

    Crime of the Century is for fans of the 1930s-styled whodunits. It has the classic elements of what you would expect from an old mystery - a murder taking place in the dark with many suspects; an ensemble cast; a reporter who is one step ahead of the detective; the prime suspect is of course, the most innocent; and, an unexpected twist in the end. This film seemed to be very conscious of its' genre. There is a wonderful old-fashioned moment near the end when a narrator comes on-screen and gives us a short intermission to let the audience of the film take time to guess the murderer. The filmmakers' reasoning is that when reading a mystery novel, you have time to put the book down and think before you finish the end and films never offer you that opportunity. This was a refreshing moment and a great example of how this movie tries to be as original as it can.

    The cast is very good. Stuart Erwin comes off better here than he did in a very similar film and role a year earlier in Before Dawn. Jean Hersholt is heartfelt and convincing as the doctor who tries to prevent himself from making a grave mistake. Look for Samuel S. Hinds in an early role as the poor hypnotized victim. The film moves along at a brisk pace. There are enough camera moves to make the film visually interesting and the film was made at Paramount and the production values really help for this type of film. The plot is about a doctor who goes to police to prevent him from killing a man who stole money for him. However, when the man ends up being dead the doctor becomes the prime suspect and it's up to the reporter to find out who was behind it. Crime of the Century is an excellent forgotten whodunit and is a must for fans of these drawing room mysteries.
    9AlsExGal

    Near perfect movie about a not so perfect crime

    Dr. Emil Brandt (Jean Hersholt) staggers into a police station and confesses to murder ... only problem is he hasn't committed it yet. However, he has figured out all of the details and confesses what he intends to do to the police. He is a hypnotist and psychologist and his work involves turning people away from criminal activity. One of his current patients is a bank president who is feeling the urge to steal - Philip Ames. Brandt has already given him a command while under hypnosis - to bring him one hundred thousand dollars - a little over a million dollars in today's money. Tonight, when Ames returns to Brandt's house, it was Brandt's plan to put him under as he usually does with hypnosis, then take the money, kill Ames with a single wound to the heart, then dissect his body and dispose of it. The police would be searching for Ames when the money was discovered missing, but they'd be looking for a live thief not a dead victim of hypnotic suggestion.

    Brandt confesses all of this because he is a moral man, is horrified by his own thoughts, and wants to be stopped before it is too late. How did things get this far? Because the moral Brandt is married to a very immoral woman, and she's been suggesting that she will leave Brandt unless their financial situation improves. The police say they can't arrest him for what he hasn't done but they will come to his house and make sure he doesn't carry out his plan. Brandt is thankful and relieved.

    In spite of all of these precautions, Brandt does wind up - seemingly alone - in a room with his wife and a hypnotized Ames. The lights go out. Brandt's treacherous wife screams, hears a scuffle, then wrestles with someone in the dark, then flees into the street looking for help. The person who comes to her aid is crime beat reporter Dan McKee (Stuart Erwin). When the lights come back on Ames is dead in the manner described by Brandt in his plot, the money is gone, and Brandt lies next to Ames unconscious from chloroform.

    McKee wants to bust this crime wide open for his paper, but he has to work around the police and deal with the fact that there are so many suspects - Brandt's daughter, Brandt's wife and her lover for obvious reasons, Brandt himself, the police who knew Brandt's plans, maybe even Brandt's servants - had they been snooping on private conversations?. Then there is some mystery man who shadows Brandt from the beginning of the film up to the time of the murder. Could he have done it? Brandt's daughter seems innocent enough, but she could have gotten into the house any time, plus McKee is sweet on her. Could she be the killer? What is unique and rather William Castle-like about this film is that about 15 minutes before the end the film is stopped and an announcer comes out and says that this film is moving so fast that the viewer doesn't have time to figure out who did it, so a brief intermission is declared as all of the suspects are shown on the screen while the intermission clock counts down. Then the film concludes.

    I really liked this one. Although you are led to believe Jean Hersholt is going to be the lead in the beginning, it is actually Stu Erwin's picture most of the way, and he rises above his normal corn-fed supporting man image and comes across true as the hard-working crime beat reporter confident he can get the killer, get the story, and get the girl, even though it might be the girl herself or her father that he winds up sending to the electric chair.
    71930s_Time_Machine

    Now that's what I call entertainment!

    This is an absolute hoot! It's like one of those silly murder mystery games you play at dinner parties and just as much fun. It's difficult to categorise this: it's a really intriguing who-done-it but doesn't take itself at all seriously. It's brilliantly made whist at the same time absolute garbage.

    It's exactly the sort of picture which could have garnered a real cult following. You could imagine hundreds of fans dressing up as these outrageously cliched characters: bungling cops, a cocky reporter, a femme fetale, a roguish playboy, a mad scientist and his sweet innocent daughter.

    Of course, having that fabulous unsophistication of early thirties pictures, after knowing each other for about six hours, the reporter and the daughter fall instantly in love and get married - so nineteen thirties! It's certainly not your typical B picture - it's cheap, tacky, unashamedly over-acted but brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!

    Although all the clues are there, you'll never figure out who the murderer is. Even if you rewind back to the bit with the murder during the minute you're invited to guess yourself, you'll chase those red herrings down the wrong path cleverly laid out to trick you. For a B picture, it's got a surprisingly clever story (it is of course based on a play so Paramount can't take all the credit) You also benefit from dynamic direction from pre Will Hay-William Beaudine and even decent, atmospheric photography like a camped-up Old Dark House.

    It would never win any awards for filmmaking but if you enjoyed SCOOBY DOO, you'll love this magnificent nonsense.
    10Sanbrunoboy1

    Surprisingly Entertaining wit Perfect Cast

    Really Great Mystery So much So I never Could figure out who was the actual Culprit Until the Very End So if you love old detective mystery films this one is a must see .. One of 1930s Talkie at its Best !! It has Everything Romance Comedy,Action and Crime Thriller .. They Surly don't make movies like this anymore and if they try its so Corny it fails to entertain .. This is a must see in my Opinion .. I admit some of the scenes are hard to believe but you have try and remember this film is almost over 80 yrs ago so have and open mind and focus on the facts of the case and you will surly enjoy the Story .. Enjoy !!

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      Toward the end of the film, the story is interrupted by the appearance of an announcer (played by Arthur Hohl) who states that mysteries move too swiftly for the audience to determine the villain, and for this reason a one minute intermission will be provided for them to solve the mystery on their own before returning to the story.
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      Announcer: [the movie pauses and the announcer makes the following statement after which a clock appears on the screen and the numbers 1 to 60 are superimposed on the faces of the suspects] Ladies and gentlemen, the great trouble with murder stories on the screen is that the audience has no time to solve the mystery. When reading a book, it is possible to put it down at any time to think; in a play, there are intervals between the acts. But a film moves so fast that the audience doesn't have a chance to play detective. Sitting there in your seats, you have witnessed two murders. You have seen exactly how they were done and who were present. All the clues known to the police are known to you. We are trying a little experiment: we are going to give you one minute by that clock, in which to guess who murdered Philip Ames and Mrs Brandt.

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      • 18 febbraio 1933 (Stati Uniti)
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti(Studio)
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