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2023 movie #118. 1947. Collins' (Lancaster) girlfriend needs cancer surgery but won't get it unless he's there. So he plans to escape prison, but sadistic prison guard cap't (Cronym) has the plan figured out. Pretty good prison/noir film. Helped make Lancaster a big star.

We liked the story, once we got used to the regular subtitles, and the way the film was made. Ilya is quite a believable person, in a 1960s, never dishevelled kind of way, and the strangely named Homer is a cleverly satirical character, determined that his own country and culture are superior to the one he is visiting. Yet he does not object to some hypocritical wheeling and dealing on his own behalf.

Not sure I'd particularly recommend this film, but it was interesting to see - and probably all the more so since we ourselves live in a Greek-speaking country, so could catch at least some of the Greek dialogue, and certainly understood the reality (if a little caricatured) of the culture.

1940 in Paris, Michele de la Becque (Joan Crawford) is a career woman in love with industrial designer Robert Cortot (Philip Dorn). They enjoy a luxurious lifestyle unfazed by the approach of World War II. After the Battle of France and subsequent German occupation, Michele discovers her lover is socializing with German officers and his plants are manufacturing weapons for them. She confronts him, and he does not deny her evidence. She is outraged. She aids a downed American in the Eagle Squadron of the Royal Air Force bomber pilot Pat Talbot (John Wayne) from Pennsylvania and finds herself falling in love with him. Later, she discovers Cortot is manufacturing defective weapons for the Germans and organizing a French fighting force. Michele is happily reunited with Cortot. (fonte: Imbd)

2022 movie #53. 1960. Melina Mercouri was an incandescent ball of fire but half the dialog was in Greek (w/o subs) and most of the rest was in heavily Greek accented English which made the story really hard to follow. She was a prostitute an American writer was trying to reform.

A ghost needs to convince a descendant to do something brave.

3/4 (Good).

It's kind of cute. I like the concept of a cowardly ghost, but the story is not good. I'm bumping it up from a 2.5 to a 3 because of a delightful (and completely out-of-place) musical number.½

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country. (fonte: imdb)

A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Veidt), one a loyal American and the other, a Nazi official. (fonte: imdb)

Tras los muros de la penitenciaría Westgate imperan el miedo y la violencia. El alcaide de la prisión mantiene hacinados a los presos y además, los somete a constantes torturas y vejaciones. Joe Collins y sus compañeros de celda, hartos de la situación, deciden organizar una fuga. Un plan temerario que tiene muchas posibilidades de acabar en un baño de sangre. (FILMAFFINITY)

Sorti en 1950, film noir tourné à Londres et évoquant le milieu de la lutte, de ses rivalités et jeux pipés.
Film désespéré sur l'échec et la trahison, offrant de beaux tableaux de Londres en noir et blanc.
Superbe jeu d'acteurs.½

A murderer panics.

It's a shame TCM doesn't include high quality shorts like this on their releases more often. This is the only dramatic short I've ever seen from this era. It's kind of like a really good episode of The Twilight Zone. The story's too familiar for it to really be suspenseful, but they could hardly have done better otherwise.

Concept: B
Story: C
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: A

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 3.0/4

(Dec. 2014)½

Después de cumplir cinco años de condena, Tony Le Stephanois sale de prisión con la intención de cambiar de vida, pero se encuentra con que su amante está con un conocido gángster. Como carece de recursos económicos, no le queda más remedio que volver a su vida pasada y reunirse con sus viejos compinches. Durante semanas prepara minuciosamente con ellos un golpe perfecto: el atraco a una inaccesible joyería de París. (FILMAFFINITY)