In contemporary Hollywood, private investigator Sam Marlow gets plastic surgery to look like Humphrey Bogart and solves various cases just like Bogart's silver-screen detective characters fr... Read allIn contemporary Hollywood, private investigator Sam Marlow gets plastic surgery to look like Humphrey Bogart and solves various cases just like Bogart's silver-screen detective characters from the 1940s.In contemporary Hollywood, private investigator Sam Marlow gets plastic surgery to look like Humphrey Bogart and solves various cases just like Bogart's silver-screen detective characters from the 1940s.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
- Lt. Bumbera
- (as Dick Bakalyan)
- Mother
- (as A'leshia Brevard)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was George Raft's final film before his death on November 24, 1980 at the age of 79.
- Goofs(Around 25 minutes) when Elsa leans into the car to kiss Marlow her head is tilted to her left but in the next shot her head is upright.
- Quotes
Sam Marlow: He was a good soldier. They were all good soldiers. Just doing what they were ordered to do.
Elsa: What do you mean?
Sam Marlow: Ah, I don't know what I mean. It's tough to tell the enemy without a uniform. You know what'd end all wars? Make everybody fight naked. Then nobody'd know who to kill, and that would be the end of it.
Elsa: Sam...
Sam Marlow: No, I mean it. And let the women get in there naked, too. That'd cinch it. No more war... just peace on earth and a lot of whoopee.
- Alternate versionsNBC edited 10 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.
- SoundtracksThe Man with Bogart's Face
Music by George Duning
Lyrics by Andrew J. Fenady
Sung by Armando Compean (as Armando Compeán) during the opening credits
Sacchi nails Bogart's look, voice, phrasing, facial expressions, posture, mannerisms, and cool suave. In fact, the only reason I said "near" flawless is that in some of the mannerisms he's too good. Meaning, he could have backed off a bit on the pointing, hand-to-lips, and face-twitch. He duplicates those Bogie quirks flawlessly, he just did them perhaps too often. Still, the performance is miraculous and only about .01% away from Flawless.
The wardrobe department nails the clothing (except for the paisley bathrobe... that one was a misfire). And the script captures not just the genuine hard-boiled spirit of Bogie's private dicks but also the emotional and ethical subtleties that Bogart displayed in most of his characters (with one exception -- a single line, an attempt at humor that was too lecherous for the character). Another smart feature of the script is its clever, un-forced nods to Hollywood history. But the dialog doesn't just re-use lines from actual Bogie films, it creates new quotables that are totally worthy of Humphrey Bogart's film legacy.
Other than the bathrobe, the theme song is the only truly bad thing about this movie (and it is genuinely atrocious!). But excusing those items and the photography in a few scenes looking like grade B 70s television production (modest budget), this is truly a great movie.
- hsjones2112
- Jun 8, 2021
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Sam Marlow, Private Eye
- Filming locations
- Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA(Santa Catalina Island scenes.)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $3,600,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1