Um criminoso fugindo de mafiosos, mata e assume a identidade de um psicanalista, que se parece exatamente com ele, exceto por uma cicatriz no rosto, enganando sua secretária, mas descobre qu... Ler tudoUm criminoso fugindo de mafiosos, mata e assume a identidade de um psicanalista, que se parece exatamente com ele, exceto por uma cicatriz no rosto, enganando sua secretária, mas descobre que o homem morto gostava de jogos de azar.Um criminoso fugindo de mafiosos, mata e assume a identidade de um psicanalista, que se parece exatamente com ele, exceto por uma cicatriz no rosto, enganando sua secretária, mas descobre que o homem morto gostava de jogos de azar.
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- Roteiristas
- Artistas
- Clerk
- (as Paul Burns)
- Rosie
- (não creditado)
- Man at Dock
- (não creditado)
- Maxwell's Thug
- (não creditado)
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- Roteiristas
- Elenco e equipe completos
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The best thing about this unlikely Film Noir film is its superb ending...with the close-up on Evelyn's face at the end and an ending we are aware of but she is not.
Hollow Triumph, or The Scar, is not typical noir. It includes relatively few of the clichés of the genre, and incorporates an unusual amount of realistic human emotionalism. Although the film may be predictable at times - especially for those steeped in noir traditions - it also presents many surprises along the way.
Paul Henreid (Casablanca, Dead Ringer, etc) produced and starred (dual role) in this compelling noir. Henreid and veteran B-film director Stephen Sekeley put together a creative team and cast with great talent and comparatively little star power, ending up with a relatively obscure, but excellent example of the genre. John Alton's cinematography is standard noir and awesome. Bennett and Henreid are superb, and the script, though sometimes hyperbolic, helps create memorable characters and story.
Recommended.
But, the plot twists make up for everything. One takes place in a photo shop, and its significance is immediately apparent. The other is the ending which caught me totally by surprise. I can't say anymore for fear of spoiling it for those who haven't seen it, but I will pause to note how no other commentator here has bothered to note the *irony* of how Laszlo .. er Muller .. er Bartok met his end.
Joan Bennett is terrific here, as a cynical, vulnerable, rather sarcastic secretary who shows herself to be an astute judge of character, though not as hard-hearted as she'd have us believe. Leslie Brooks .. the exquisitely eye-lined Leslie Brooks .. is wasted here.
This is a tedious, hum-drum movie except in the moments when Henreid and Bennett are together on screen, but that wonderful ending is one of the best you'll ever see. 7 out of 10.
Of worthy mention here too, is: Henreid repeating the cigarette motif we saw earlier in "Now, Voyager," but here given a chain-smoking mania of its own, suggestive of insecurity and metaphoric of his attempts to "cloak" his identity, to shape-shift like a cloud of smoke into something new.
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesAccording to the audio commentary by Imogen Sara Smith, production was shut down for a day and restarted after Steve Sekely was removed from the picture for creative differences, with Paul Henreid taking over. Sekely retained director credit for contractual reasons.
- Erros de gravaçãoThe two escaping robbers are depicted riding a train, indicated by brief library footage of a streamline steam locomotive. But the sound effect with this shot is of a diesel loco.
- Citações
John Muller: What happened? Did he hurt you?
Evelyn Hahn: Do I look hurt?
John Muller: I should say you do.
Evelyn Hahn: Well, don't fool yourself. You don't get hurt these days.
John Muller: No?
Evelyn Hahn: No. It's very simple. You never expect anything, so you're never disappointed.
John Muller: You're a bitter little lady.
Evelyn Hahn: It's a bitter little world full of sad surprises, and you don't go around letting people hurt you.
- ConexõesFeatured in Vampira: The Scar 1948 (1956)
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- Tempo de duração1 hora 23 minutos
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