Charles Engle has been caught embezzling. He writes a suicide note, and goes out wandering on the town. Small-time hustler Bill O'Brian sees him give a couple of big tips, figures he's rich, and plans to take him over to a big-time card game and fleece him. He enlists Nina Barone to help get Engle to the game. She goes along, but is more interested in O'Brien than in his schemes. Meanwhile, a perpetually drunk and none too successful playwright, Gene Gibbons, finds the suicid... (Full plot summary below)
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Charles Engle has been caught embezzling. He writes a suicide note, and goes out wandering on the town. Small-time hustler Bill O'Brian sees him give a couple of big tips, figures he's rich, and plans to take him over to a big-time card game and fleece him. He enlists Nina Barone to help get Engle to the game. She goes along, but is more interested in O'Brien than in his schemes. Meanwhile, a perpetually drunk and none too successful playwright, Gene Gibbons, finds the suicide note. He cooks up a scheme (with the reluctant aid of O'Brien) to get the money Engle needs to pay back his employer and save his life.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzWhat turned me off was that the downbeat tone never changed for me even as it piled on all its moral lessons. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyFeaturing Rita Hayworth (before she became a star), this mildly amusing if verbose comedy is co-directed by Lee Garmes and Ben Hecht, better known as a writer (Hitchcock's Notorious). |
| User ReviewPrivate UA forgotten diamond. A stunning Rita Hayworth, a great morality tale of second chances and redemption that never comes across as pedantic or moralizing. |
| User ReviewIsabella MIf you like film noir, you'll love this film. Rita Hayworth is the perfect bad girl with a vulnerable side, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. is the perfect cynical softie. |
| User ReviewAndré DCinta perfecta para todos los amantes del cine Noir. Un escritor fracasado, un ciÂnico timador y una mujer a punto de caer en la mala vida de la ciudad se reunen alrededor de un hombre que se encuentra a punto del suicidio. Fotografia excelente al igual que las actuaciones. |
| User ReviewStephen SA truly enjoyable classic. I just wish John Qualen's character would've been more likable. Would've pulled me into the movie more. Not being able to identify with an "underdog" main character is an issue. |
| User ReviewWilliam WThis was a fun watch, included in my oddly-titled yet truly economical Mill Creek 'Classic Romances' 8-pack, which I purchased because I love old movies and it was only $10. Though if you really stretch the definition of 'romance', the designation fits, that aspect is but a very minor component of this, and the other films', workings. The 2-time Oscar winner (both wins, and all six nominations, were for screenwriting prowess) Ben Hecht directed this, and he did a decent job, even throwing in the odd bit of idiosyncratic flair. I must admit though I admire him more for his writing--he's made such a mark on cinema with simply the handful I'll casually mention here (Underworld--an Oscar-winner, The Front Page, Scarface, Nothing Sacred, Angels with Dirty Faces, Gunga Din, His Girl Friday, The Shop Around the Corner, Foreign Correspondent, Lifeboat, Spellbound, Gilda, Notorious, Rope) from ones I have personally seen and adored. I must admit I'm more familiar with Douglas Fairbanks Sr.'s work than that of his son here, and it's really different watching Rita Hayworth at this stage of her career, playing a shy, naïve waif--nothing like the force of nature she would become just a few years later with 'Gilda' and her short, tempestuous marriage to Orson Welles. In short, the story works for me, that of a boozing playwright, struggling actress and hustler helping a suicidal man out of a jam. It's a sweet little movie that's worth owning and rewatching. I honestly wish they still made little wonders like this these days. Not everything has to be either Star Wars or Hamlet. |
| User ReviewShaun IA well structured story, although there is some excessive scripting around the plot, which has a fairly good premise. |
| User ReviewPavan RAn average movie...fair storyline...well enacted...Rita Hayworth is fab.... |
| User ReviewGreg Wlike the 'cinncinnatti kid' another poker pic |
