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Post by pimpinainteasy on Mar 21, 2018 15:04:07 GMT
a melancholic drama with elements of a gangster heist film. if you're looking for a procedural heist flick like BULLIT or CRISS CROSS, forget about this movie. this is a character study of ageing gangster mad dog roy earle (bogart) and an account of his life after he is released from jail. roy wants to settle down in an indiana farm. there are even two girls vying for his attention. all he has to do is make one last heist, which he owes to his old boss. a rather schmaltzy sub plot about a handicapped girl takes something out of the film. it was not the best way to show roy's bourgeoisie aspirations. i dont think the makers realized the film's full potential. but the relationship between roy and the marie (ida lupino), the damsel in distress is one of the film's highlights.
ida lupino is not the most beautiful actress of the 1940s and 50s. but she is that special woman who most men end up longing for if she were in a room full of beautiful bimbos. there is something very bewitching about her.
this must be one of bogart's best performances as mad dog earle, tough on the outside, but inside he longs for a normal life on a farm.
i liked the grand vistas which was the backdrop for the final car chase.
(7.5/10)
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 21, 2018 15:14:15 GMT
And HIGH SIERRA was so good that it was remade -- twice! Once by original director Raoul Walsh and converted to a Western -- COLORADO TERRITORY in 1949 with Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo and Dorothy Malone in the Bogart-Lupino-and Joan Leslie roles.
Then in 1955 it returned to its original story roots as I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES with Jack Palance and Shelley Winters (and Lee Marvin thrown in for good measure as a gang member).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2018 15:20:47 GMT
Good movie
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Post by teleadm on Mar 21, 2018 18:39:08 GMT
I've seen it a couple of times, and I like it.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Mar 21, 2018 19:19:23 GMT
Bogart movies can have unintentional laughs thanks to his unique voice and line delivery. When they are driving and he is talking about the daughter--saying she is "decent" and Lupino is sitting there looking at him with an expression which obviously means Roy does not think she is decent.
I didnt like the Palance remake--didnt know it was a remake until I watched it. Marvin should have been Roy Earle. Good Lon Chaney Jr part though.
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Post by wmcclain on Mar 21, 2018 19:26:09 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Mar 21, 2018 19:27:11 GMT
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Post by outrider127 on Mar 21, 2018 23:13:57 GMT
High Sierra was a very important film for Bogart's career--He only became a star after this movie and The Maltese Falcon, otherwise he'd still be stuck in supporting roles like in Invisible Stripes(1940)---High Sierra showed a very sympathetic side to a gangster, first time moviegoers felt sorry for and have empathy for Bogart(unlike the cold blooded killer in The Petrified Forest(1936)and then Casablanca made him a legend
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Post by petrolino on Mar 24, 2018 4:11:37 GMT
Strong picture.
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