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O Czar Negro

Título original: The Undercover Man
  • 1949
  • Approved
  • 1 h 25 min
AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
6,6/10
1,8 mil
SUA AVALIAÇÃO
Glenn Ford in O Czar Negro (1949)
CrimeDramaFilme NoirGângsterInvestigação policialRomance

Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaTreasury Department agent Frank Warren takes on the case of a mob leader who has evaded paying taxes on his ill-gotten gains.Treasury Department agent Frank Warren takes on the case of a mob leader who has evaded paying taxes on his ill-gotten gains.Treasury Department agent Frank Warren takes on the case of a mob leader who has evaded paying taxes on his ill-gotten gains.

  • Direção
    • Joseph H. Lewis
  • Roteiristas
    • Sydney Boehm
    • Malvin Wald
    • Frank J. Wilson
  • Artistas
    • Glenn Ford
    • Nina Foch
    • James Whitmore
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  • AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
    6,6/10
    1,8 mil
    SUA AVALIAÇÃO
    • Direção
      • Joseph H. Lewis
    • Roteiristas
      • Sydney Boehm
      • Malvin Wald
      • Frank J. Wilson
    • Artistas
      • Glenn Ford
      • Nina Foch
      • James Whitmore
    • 22Avaliações de usuários
    • 18Avaliações da crítica
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    Glenn Ford
    Glenn Ford
    • Frank Warren
    Nina Foch
    Nina Foch
    • Judith Warren
    James Whitmore
    James Whitmore
    • George Pappas
    Barry Kelley
    Barry Kelley
    • Attorney Edward J. O'Rourke
    David Bauer
    David Bauer
    • Stanley Weinburg
    • (as David Wolfe)
    Frank Tweddell
    • Inspector Herzog
    Howard St. John
    Howard St. John
    • Joseph S. Horan
    John F. Hamilton
    • Police Desk Sergeant Shannon
    Leo Penn
    • Sydney Gordon
    Joan Lazer
    Joan Lazer
    • Rosa Rocco
    Esther Minciotti
    Esther Minciotti
    • Maria Rocco
    Angela Clarke
    Angela Clarke
    • Theresa Rocco
    Anthony Caruso
    Anthony Caruso
    • Salvatore Rocco
    Robert Osterloh
    Robert Osterloh
    • Emanuel 'Manny' Zanger
    Kay Medford
    Kay Medford
    • Gladys LaVerne
    Patricia Barry
    Patricia Barry
    • Muriel Gordon
    • (as Patricia White)
    Richard Bartell
    • Bailiff
    • (não creditado)
    Peter Brocco
    Peter Brocco
    • Johnny
    • (não creditado)
    • Direção
      • Joseph H. Lewis
    • Roteiristas
      • Sydney Boehm
      • Malvin Wald
      • Frank J. Wilson
    • Elenco e equipe completos
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    6blanche-2

    Joseph Lewis directs Glenn Ford as an IRS agent

    I'm wondering if there could be anything more boring than an IRS agent. In "The Undercover Man" from 1949, Glenn Ford plays an IRS agent (I doubt any of them are that good-looking) on a case with his cronies, one played by James Whitmore in his film debut. The film is directed by Joseph Lewis, who directed some very impressive noirs. This film has noirish elements.

    Ford is Frank Warren, who is on the trail of someone called "The Big Fellow" as he attempts to get him on a tax evasion charge. If you haven't guessed, this is based on the Al Capone story. The agents walk around the Italian area of Chicago looking for someone who will talk. However, everyone the agents approach to testify or give evidence ends up dead.

    These films tend to be pretty dry. This one is enlivened somewhat by Nina Foch as Warren's long-suffering wife, who has had to get used to her husband being away for long periods of time, and by some good scenes. One of the bookkeepers for the Big Fellow, Salvatore Rocco, played by Anthony Caruso, is gunned down in front of his daughter (Joan Lazar). When Warren goes to his funeral, he is called a murderer. Warren is tempted to give up and retire, but it's Rocco's mother who convinces him to keep fighting.

    Barry Kelley plays the syndicate lawyer, who is sure no one can touch his client. A total slimeball, he does an excellent job in the role. Ford is right for an IRS agent - serious with no sense of humor.

    There is another little guy in the mob that the IRS agents want, but he and his wife take off. The roles are played by Leo Penn and Patricia Barry. Barry I only recognized by voice. And even if you didn't know anything about Leo Penn, you'd know he was Sean's father just by looking at him.
    gortx

    Stylish filmmaking and solid acting lift this Crime Drama

    Director Joseph H. Lewis brings his trademark stylishness to what is, ostensibly, a straightforward crime drama. Glenn Ford plays Warren, a Treasury Department agent who uses his knowledge of book-keeping to take a novel approach to take down the mob.

    Assisted by Pappas (James Whitmore; in his film debut) and Wolfe (James Weinberg) and supported by supportive but strong wife (Nina Foch), Warren has to weave his way, methodically, to his ultimate prize - "The Big Fellow" (think Al Capone). Of course, the road to The Big Fellow is paved through low life street thugs (including Anthony Caruso as Rocco) and O'Rourke (Barry Kelley) - the crooked lawyer for "The Syndicate." O'Rourke relishes be able to rub his ill-gotten wealth in the lawman's face.

    What lifts UNDERCOVER MAN is Lewis' street level view of New York City. You can practically taste the melting pot as Burnett Guffey's camera prowls through the crowded streets and into the shadowy corridors of the tenements they live in. George Duning's stark score adds to the tension. The acting is fine throughout, even if some of the ethnic touches in the screenplay get laid on a bit thick. We only hear the word 'Mafia' uttered in relation to original Sicilian roots. Here, it's always just the amorphous "Syndicate".

    UNDERCOVER MAN is a B crime picture with some Noirish elements, but, it's a strong example of what good filmmaking and acting can do to take it up a notch.
    7masonfisk

    GOOD FORD THRILLER...!

    A offbeat film noir from 1949 starring Glenn Ford & Nina Foch. Ford is a treasury agent hot on the heels of gathering information to convict a criminal through unorthodox means (he's building a case for tax evasion). Using dogged tactics to track down the bookmakers who keep the convicts' tabs (& confiscating their ledgers in the process), Ford's men, which include James Whitmore (in his screen debut), are a tight, professional lot but when the main con gets wind of Ford's activities, the usual goons are sent out to put pressure on the powers that be to lay off (even threatening Ford's wife, Foch, in the process). If only Ford can find one guy to testify & finally get the ball rolling in the right direction which proves easier said than done. That becomes the driving force of this story as Ford's tenacity is taken to the breaking point as his search becomes more desperate & dire. Running under 90 minutes, this film plays like an offshoot of the Charles Martin Smith character from The Untouchables (the books guy who figures out Capone can be got for fixing his books) which even though there aren't any gunfights to speak of, the tension is palpable & distinct. Co-starring Leo Penn (father of Sean, Michael & Chris) in a small role.
    8legin-87988

    Solid crime drama with noir flavour

    Glenn Ford gives a believable performance in this fast paced film with an all too short role for the underrated Nina Foch. Great direction from Joseph H. Lewis.
    7hitchcockthelegend

    Tax evasion can be a killer.

    "In the cracking of many big criminal cases such as those of John Dillinger, Lucky Luciano and Al Capone, among others-the newspaper headlines tell only of the glamorous and sensational figures involved. But behind the headlines are the untold stories of ordinary men and women acting with extraordinary courage. This picture concerns one of those men"

    The Undercover Man is produced by the director of All The King's Men and The Hustler (Robert Rossen), directed by Joseph H. Lewis (The Big Combo), photographed by the guy who did Bonnie And Clyde and From Here To Eternity (Burnett Guffey) and stars Glenn Ford (Gilda and The Big Heat). I don't think it's over exaggerating things to say that this particular film has pretty high credentials. But is it any good? Well yes and no is the cop out answer really. A lot will depend on your tolerance for a crime (Noir) story without the edginess and shades of dark colours so befitting the genres Undercover Man purports to belong to.

    Joseph Lewis' film is a good old honest tale of genuine people, each threatened or blighted by crime, collectively coming together to thwart the mob types that ran amok back in the day. Led by the seemingly unflinching Treasury Department operative Frank Warren (Ford), we are led thru a talky movie that ultimately is relying on its "who's cooking the books, and can we prove it" plot to keep all interested. Yes a couple of potent crime scenes are in the piece to ensure we know that there are villains in our midst, but really this is a sedate sort of crime picture and prospective new viewers should be prepared for that.

    Technically it's fine, all involved are delivering a high standard that their respective back catalogue's suggests that they should. Other cast members range from the underused (James Whitmore) to the under written (Nina Foch), with the latter a hindrance to the film because a strong female presence would have put meat on the bones of Warren's state of mind skeleton. Shyster lawyer duties falls to Barry Kelley (The Asphalt Jungle), who does rather well to be the central focus of the badness within the picture, but he is not the main man, he is not the villain at the stories heart-and with that you can't help hankering for a real touch of villainy to really darken proceedings.

    Recommended for sure, but only as an interesting crime story featuring pretty interesting characters. For it's neither dark or grim enough to be considered anything else. 7/10

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      James Whitmore debuted in this film in Chicago, Illinois, and on television on the same day - March 20, 1949 - in Dinner at Antoine's (1949) starring Steve Cochran, also in his television debut. Whitmore's next movie role, O Preço da Glória (1949), earned him an Oscar nomination.
    • Erros de gravação
      The film's title is inaccurate; Warren does not work undercover - he works out of an office in the Federal Building, carries and shows his identity card repeatedly, and never fails or refuses to reveal what organization he is working for. "Undercover" this is not.

      However, it actually can be interpreted that the Undercover Man is, in fact, The Big Guy.
    • Citações

      Frank Warren: Do you know this man?

    • Conexões
      Referenced in Sorveteiro em Apuros (1950)

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    • Data de lançamento
      • 26 de setembro de 1949 (Brasil)
    • País de origem
      • Estados Unidos da América
    • Idiomas
      • Inglês
      • Italiano
    • Também conhecido como
      • Destino de fuego
    • Locações de filme
      • Union Station - 800 N. Alameda Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA(Train station scenes.)
    • Empresa de produção
      • Columbia Pictures
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      • US$ 1.000.000 (estimativa)
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    • Tempo de duração
      1 hora 25 minutos
    • Cor
      • Black and White
    • Proporção
      • 1.37 : 1

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