Embraceable You

1948
Approved
1h 20m

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6.6/10

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Geraldine Brooks and Dane Clark in Embraceable You (1948)

The killer and his driver Eddie Novoc accidentally run over Marie Willens while fleeing a murder scene. The pursuing detective Matt Hethron is sure that Eddie is guilty, but he cannot prove it. Instead of pressing his case, Hethron has Eddie begin caring for Marie who received a massive blood clot from the accident and does not have long to live. As time passes, Eddie finds himself falling in love with Marie. To raise the needed money for her care, Eddie starts blackmailing gang kingpin Sig Ketch.

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Eddie accidentally hits Marie while fleeing a crime scene. Detective Hethron suspects Eddie, but instead of arresting him, Hethron has Eddie care for the Marie. Eddie falls for her and start... Read allEddie accidentally hits Marie while fleeing a crime scene. Detective Hethron suspects Eddie, but instead of arresting him, Hethron has Eddie care for the Marie. Eddie falls for her and starts blackmailing a gangster to pay for her care.Eddie accidentally hits Marie while fleeing a crime scene. Detective Hethron suspects Eddie, but instead of arresting him, Hethron has Eddie care for the Marie. Eddie falls for her and starts blackmailing a gangster to pay for her care.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

311

YOUR RATING

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Truck Driver
(uncredited)

Rose Barbato

Woman in Store
(uncredited)

Janet Barrett

Secretary
(uncredited)

Dave Barry

The Comic
(uncredited)

Richard Bartell

Pawnbroker
(uncredited)

Frederic Berest

Hoodlum with Bernie
(uncredited)

Cliff Clark

Honest Peterson
(uncredited)

Director
- Felix Jacoves
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Trivia
The pinball machine beside the phone booth at Sammy's place - seen behind Eddie as he's playing with a toy car on a counter - is a "Silver Streak" model by Bally from 1947. The company produced a different machine with the same name in 1935.

Goofs
When Eddie pulls up to the Moderne Bar & Grill, the camera pushes in toward the driver's side window of his car, and a moving shadow of the camera falls across the door-frame and roof of the car.

Quotes
Dr. Wirth: Ah, Mr. Novoc. I'm Dr. Wirth. Uh, have a cigarette.

Connections
Referenced in Les Simpson: Replaceable You (2011)

Soundtracks
Embraceable You
(uncredited)
Music by George Gershwin
Played during the opening credits
Also played when Eddie and Marie are dancing and run into Bernie

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Featured review

6/10

Romance in the strangest circumstances

An unlikely romance develops between the wheel man of a getaway car and a pedestrian whom he hits. The wheel man is small time crook Dane Clark and the pedestrian is Geraldine Brooks. And the cupid that brings them together is a cop played by Wallace Ford.

Here's where it gets highly ludicrous Ford finds out from Dr. Douglas Kennedy that Brooks is dying of an aneurysm that has developed. He forces Ford to take care of the cynical Brooks who doesn't know that she's dying and is unhappy that there are no deep pockets she can sue because of her accident. She has no family and Clark is blackjacked into caring for her.

But as it turns out he really does start to care for her as romance develops in the strangest circumstances. Ford is hoping that by leaving Clark out there he'll find the other man in the car who is guilty of killing a gambler over a debt.

It's a strange and ludicrous plot, but Clark and Brooks actually make it work. With the strains of the Gershwin classic played at intervals during the film, I recommend Embraceable You for fans of romance films strictly.