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Calcutta

  • 1946
  • Approved
  • 1h 23min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,3/10
815
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Alan Ladd, William Bendix, June Duprez, and Gail Russell in Calcutta (1946)
AzioneChi lo saCrimineDrammaFilm noirMisteroRomanticismoThriller

Neale e Pedro trasportano merci tra Chungking e Calcutta. Quando il loro amico Bill viene assassinato, indagano. Neale incontra la fidanzata di Bill, Virginia, e diventa sospettoso di un com... Leggi tuttoNeale e Pedro trasportano merci tra Chungking e Calcutta. Quando il loro amico Bill viene assassinato, indagano. Neale incontra la fidanzata di Bill, Virginia, e diventa sospettoso di un complotto più profondo mentre si innamora di lei.Neale e Pedro trasportano merci tra Chungking e Calcutta. Quando il loro amico Bill viene assassinato, indagano. Neale incontra la fidanzata di Bill, Virginia, e diventa sospettoso di un complotto più profondo mentre si innamora di lei.

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  • Sceneggiatura
    • Seton I. Miller
  • Star
    • Alan Ladd
    • Gail Russell
    • William Bendix
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,3/10
    815
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
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      • John Farrow
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Seton I. Miller
    • Star
      • Alan Ladd
      • Gail Russell
      • William Bendix
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    Alan Ladd
    Alan Ladd
    • Neale Gordon
    Gail Russell
    Gail Russell
    • Virginia Moore
    William Bendix
    William Bendix
    • Pedro Blake
    June Duprez
    June Duprez
    • Marina Tanev
    Lowell Gilmore
    Lowell Gilmore
    • Eric Lasser
    Edith King
    Edith King
    • Mrs. Smith
    Paul Singh
    Paul Singh
    • Mul Raj Malik
    Gavin Muir
    Gavin Muir
    • Inspector Kendricks
    John Whitney
    John Whitney
    • Bill Cunningham
    Benson Fong
    Benson Fong
    • Young Chinese Clerk
    Carlos Albert
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Wong Artarne
    • Co-Pilot
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    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Nightclub Patron
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    Jimmy Aubrey
    Jimmy Aubrey
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    Frank Baker
    Frank Baker
    • Police Officer
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    Bobby Barber
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    Don Beddoe
    Don Beddoe
    • Jack Collins
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    John Benson
    John Benson
    • Pilot
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    7juanandrichard

    Excellent Ladd Vehicle

    "Calcutta" was one of Alan Ladd's most successful movies of the 1940s (even out-grossing "The Blue Dahlia") and is a fun combination of film noir and adventure. Alan Ladd and Gail Russell made a beautiful couple, and I was sorry that they made only two co-starring vehicles together.

    Some critics resented the fact that Gail Russell was the villainness of the story, but I have to disagree. It added irony at the end, and debunked the type-casting limitations so many stars of that period had to suffer through. She was a real beauty! As well, the supporting cast is excellent, in particular Broadway's Edith King. Without a doubt, this is a typical Alan Ladd "star vehicle" of the period -- to be enjoyed for what it is (a fun "Terry and the Pirates" type vehicle), and not to be over-analyzed.
    6rljsmlch

    Too much dialogue; not enough action by anyone.

    Gail Russell too soft, lovely and vulnerable to be the bad girl in this somewhat boring film. Too much dialogue and not enough action. June Duprez underused. Do not get the feeling of being in India. Really just another detective story. Almost no more than one flying sequence. Ladd plays it cool and indifferent with Chinese shop keepers. Ladd in all his sartorial splendor. Ladd a good looking guy when young. Light colored suits worn by Ladd and others give testimony to lack of air conditioning in those days. This is best reference to a very hot Calcutta climate. Man whose murder Ladd is trying to solve is only seen in one or two sequences at beginning of film. Very easy to forget what he looks like for such a good buddy of Ladd and Bendix.
    6SnoopyStyle

    noir exoticism

    Neale Gordon (Alan Ladd), Pedro Blake (William Bendix), and Bill Cunningham are fellow pilots flying the mountain route between Chungking and Calcutta. Bill is newly engaged to Virginia Moore (Gail Russell) and gets murdered. His friends start digging.

    This has a bit of exoticism. It has Alan Ladd. It has some noirish elements. Virginia should be played like the damsel in distress or even a femme fatale, but Gail Russell can only play her like a neighbor's wife. I also don't like her description of the relationship with Bill which cuts it down at the knees. For the exotic element, they are using too many Chinese people. It's supposed to be Calcutta after all. There is some good turns and Alan Ladd is playing up the noir. Mainly, I would like Gail to change her performance.
    6tomsview

    Noir amongst the papadums

    It's the stars that make this film watchable: Alan Ladd and Gail Russell.

    The story is OK but these days with all the brilliant crime/mystery movies and series on TV and cable, "Calcutta" comes across as pretty lightweight.

    A couple of pilots, Neale Gordon and Pedro Blake played by Alan Ladd and William Bendix, who fly cargo over the mountains between Burma and India just after WW2, investigate the murder of fellow pilot Bill Cunningham.

    Neale Gordon is suspicious of the motives of women young and old, but falls for his dead friend's fiancé, Virginia Moore (Gail Russell), while keeping his former romantic interest, Marina Tanev (June Duprez), on hold. After a lot of punching and some surprising slapping around of Miss Moore, things get sorted out.

    The film was set in a fairly convincing backlot Calcutta, but it could have been set just about anywhere. The strongest influence on the film seems to be "The Maltese Falcon", especially the ending. In fact, Edith King as Jewellery dealer Mrs King is somewhat of a Sydney Greenstreet character.

    I must admit I am still an Alan Ladd fan dating from many a Saturday matinée back in the 1950s. He had a quiet confidence that projected strength, and although this film is a bit blah, he carries the picture. Apparently he was one of the genuine nice guys and loyal; more than a couple of people always got work on his films, but he was also a tragic figure - gone too early aged 50.

    But there is an even more tragic star in this film, Gail Russell, who died aged only 36. This was fairly early in her career and critics at the time thought she was miscast. However that sense of hesitancy and innocence was fine for the role even though her performance was pieced together from short takes; she was so nervous she could hardly get her lines out. In a recent biography by Steven Glenn Ochoa, "Fallen Star", he tells how she had a nervous habit of ringing her hands, which directors tried to stop, but it's obvious in one of her early scenes in the film. Ladd was very good with her on set but not everyone was like that in her career.

    It's these two charismatic stars and their unique screen presence that still makes "Calcutta" worth a look.
    6blanche-2

    Again, a foreign country without many native inhabitants

    When William Bendix plays a man named Pedro, you know there's a problem.

    It's post-war. Neale (Alan Ladd) and Pedro (the aforementioned Bendix) have taken the opportunity to fly cargo from Chungking to Calcutta, and the reverse. They have to go over the Himalayas. The money is good.

    Sadly, they learn that their friend Bill, who was about to be married, has been murdered in Calcutta. They are determined to find out who did it.

    Neale visits his fiance (Gail Russell) and wonders how it is that she is wearing an $8,000 necklace. The two spar, and she throws him out. Neale then learns that Bill had a lot of money in the bank. Could he have been involved in smuggling?

    I saw a video of this where the sound was very fuzzy. For me Gail Russell threw this film way off kilter. Consider that Calcutta was made in 1945 and not released until 1947. That means that it was made one year after Russell's debut in "The Uninvited."

    This is a different woman. Her alcoholism is already affecting her. She is a nervous wreck and soft spoken, demonstrating not much of a character or personality. Also, as one of the stars of the film, she's hardly in the movie. I do not think originally it was intended to be that way.

    There is a big performance by Edith King, who may know something about what happened to Bill, and probably does run a brothel. June Duprez is on hand as a beautiful club singer who has an on-again, off-again relationship with Neale.

    I love Alan Ladd - handsome, tough, a strong presence in films, and I enjoy watching him no matter the movie. William Bendix is always wonderful.

    However, there's not much of a story and as far as Calcutta - I maybe saw one Indian. Hollywood's idea of a foreign country was to put white people in white suits and leave it at that. Also, given what was going on in India at the time, it's never mentioned in the film.

    One bit of trivia - in Calcutta, as in Saigon, the plane Ladd is flying loses its right engine. As a result, cargo has to be dumped from the plane to lighten the load. Identical situation. And always the right engine.

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      Filmed in 1945, but not released until 1947.
    • Blooper
      When Gordon searches the plane, he turns on the lights in the passenger compartment and the cockpit. He picks up a torch and uses it in his search. When he leaves, he only turns out the lights in the passenger compartment and he takes the torch with him. As a pilot, he would know the importance of returning things to their original condition to reduce the chances of accidents and of not removing equipment from the plane.
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      Referenced in Chicago, the Beautiful (1948)
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    • Data di uscita
      • 13 agosto 1947 (Messico)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Paramount Pictures
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      • Black and White
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