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Réalisateur:
Anatole Litvak
Writers:
Jacques Viot (earlier script)
John Wexley (writer)
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Release Date:
28 mai 1947 (USA) suite
Accroche:
COMING AT YOU ... in a blast of terrific drama! suite
Plot:
Police surround the apartment of apparent murderer Joe Adams, who refuses to surrender although escape appears impossible. During the siege, Joe reflects on the circumstances that led him to this situation. full summary | add synopsis
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Ensemble

  (Complete credited cast)

Henry Fonda ... Joe Adams

Barbara Bel Geddes ... Jo Ann

Vincent Price ... Maximilian the Great
Ann Dvorak ... Charlene
Howard Freeman ... Sheriff Ned Meade
Moroni Olsen ... Chief of Police Bob McManus
Elisha Cook Jr. ... Frank Dunlap
Queenie Smith ... Mrs. Tully

David Clarke ... Bill Pulanski
Charles McGraw ... Policeman Stevens
Patty King ... Peggy
Davis Roberts ... Freddie (as Robert A. Davis)
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Additional Details

Durée:
101 min | Germany:93 min
Pays:
USA
Langue:
Anglais
Couleur:
Noir et Blanc
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 suite
Son:
Mono
Classification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2005) | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | USA:Approved (PCA #11958, General Audience)

Curiosités

Anecdotes:
Barbara Bel Geddes' film debut. suite
Guillemet:
Maximilian: [when called on an elaborate lie] Good heavens, do I have to apologize for superior imagination? suite
Movie Connections:
Remake of Le jour se lève (1939) suite

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3 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
fish noir foul, nor good, 5 July 2007
3/10
Author: amosduncan_2000 de United States

The film seems tailored to Fonda's everyman "Grapes of Wrath" persona; they keep reminding you of the characters humble means with some pretty impressive Art direction of dingy Steel Mills and Factories.

Unfortuantly, the plot simply didn't transfer from the fresh version; and it just seems absurd, dull, and unconvincing. This was Hollywood trying to get at the problems in the lives of the little people; yet the story reeks of cheap melodrama. Vincent Price was an interesting actor who tended to work in a part or not. This is one of his worst performances, his last scene is laughable. Fonda is assured in the lead but by the time of his big scene we have already written off the trite story.

Only for noir completests.

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