Stars: Alan Baxter, Virginia Gilmore, Richard Kollmar Director: Jack Donohue When a Nazi war criminal is accidentally caught on film by a newsreel cameraman, he will do everything in his power to get the negative!
Close-Up, released 3 April 1948 (New York City, New York), 9 June 1948 (USA. Alan Baxter as Phil Sparr; Virginia Gilmore as PeggyLake; Richard Kollmar as Martin Beaumont; Loring Smith as Harry Avery; Phillip Huston as Joseph Gibbons; Joey Faye as Roger; Russell Collins as Beck; Michael Wyler as Fredericks; Sid Melton as Stanislaus Kranobowsky - Cabbie; Wendell K. Phillips (as Wendell Phillips) as Harold; Erin Selwyn (as Erin O'Kelly), as Bessie - Receptionist; Jimmy Sheridan (as James Sheridan) as Jimmy; Marcia Walter as Rita; Dort Clark, Detective; Kenne Duncan, Detective; Lauren Gilbert as Miller; Johnny Kane, Drunk; Maurice Manson as Inspector Lonigan.
An enjoyable movie. I like to see the lead actors who are not always the leading actors of the day...that gets predictable and even rather boring at times; so this was refreshing..Thanks..!!
As a little kid ine of my better friends was Kerry Kollmar whose Dad was Richard Kollmar and his mom was Dorothy Kilgallen.. Never saw one of his Dads movies.
The photographer's assistant, Roger, is played by Joey Faye. He appears as a waiter in the film The Front, written by Walter Bernstein. The subject is the Hollywood blacklist, with which he was intimately acquainted. Faye is sometimes credited with writing the famous Niagara Falls sketch ("slowly I turned..."), though Sid Fields, who worked with Abbott and Costello, is also credited by some.
Surprisingly good piece of early Neo-Realist indie New York noir. Not many examples of this sub genre even exist, as in 1948 very few indie films were shot entirely on location in NYC. Even the opening scene of the newsreel filming is all location production dialogue--no looping. A bigger budget studio film would have certainly replaced the dialogue. Hence, realism. And extra fun for this NYC native of a certain age. The print and sound aren't the best, but it's still a good find---thanks for posting.
the cops hand the most important evidence to a citizen instead of taking it there themselves and he hands it to a taxi driver, not very likely in real life
He lies down; He lay down; He had lain down.... I even get annoyed when I hear people say, for example: "I had drank a cup of coffee," instead of "I had drunk...." As you know, of course, there are so many, many such examples. Thanks for the reminder, anyway.
"Why don't you Lay down?" is correct. It is ACTION. Think of a chicken. It LAYS an egg (action). Then, the egg merely lies in the nest. (Inert / non-action)
...W0W! Another 'Hidden Treasure'! Awww, the: "Good Ole Days" ...When Men were MEN and Women were............... *Glad Of It* *!* ...Tanks PzzF! (Go Ahead ,You Made my Day!) ...Peace'n may God Bless. ...
texxos57 : Hi there!! Im in the Bronx, NY, we have been having rain on & off the last few days!! Nothing better than good old movie on a rainy afternoon!!! 🙏😚💕
It's raining cats & dogs here too. I almost stepped in a poodle ! Never should have went outside. Pardon me while I slip out of these wet clothes & into a dry martini....
As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point ! I think this is the only film or TV show I've ever watched where Alan Baxter played a good guy.
Is this the first "Blow-Up" premised movie? It was a good premise, but the execution, meh, but I guess if they had called the G-men and waited like good Boy Scouts there would have been no ferry chase. Not sure if it was a first, but hopping from vehicle to vehicle in movies was never like that.
Despite any inconsistencies in th the plotline, I rather enjoyed this movie, and the bad guys got their "just desserts" in the end. (Live by the sword, die by the sword, so true)
At 1:02:58 I noticed that the pipe the guy was handcuffed to wobbles when he got up. Looks like he could have pulled it away from the wall and broken it to get away.
Although this movie has more holes in it than Swiss cheese , and the acting is so poor that it borders on atrocious at times, the story/ plot is actually decent enough to hold one's interest. With a better director, actors , and a tighter script, it could have been an A level movie instead of a B movie.
Sounds like a bargain ! I remember the hilarious episode of "I Love Lucy" where Lucy & Fred ride the Staten Island Ferry back & forth all day long (they take too many anti-seasick pills & fall asleep).
44:48 How did the cabbie's family get Willy out of Stanislaus? This guy was in movies and TV. l:08:28 was funny and then I considered what would have happened but for the drunk. Nearly had the same thing w/shopping cart at market today. Major hole in plot, sort of filled but could have used some more info. This could have been a whale of a movie with Bogart, Astor, 'Icepick' from Magnum series, etc. Thank you.
Not quite of the noteworthy, classic Film Noir genre, but it is a relatively descent B&W 'watch', even amidst the often somewhat corny "comedy" aspects..... punctuated by even an equally-often comedic sound track. Yeah, an OK film, but nuthin to "take home to meet Mom"!!! :-)
Agreed. Although it's a good film in many ways, I felt that the comic element was a little over-played, which diluted the film noir aspects at the start. However, the action and suspense improved as the movie progressed
Yeah, I can't remember the last time I'd seen that either. It did make me think of the beginning of "The Big Night", where Preston Foster is beaten with a cane.
Thanks,PizzaFlix for a quite " keep the suspense" build up going,kind of movie!" I like the comment by Beck " like a little gangster", reminded me of Trump.
Real el cheapo, corny dialogue, cartoonish characters. The kind of cheap crime dramas that used to be shown in cinemas for Saturday matinée kid audiences.
the way they constantly bark and bawl orders at one another is really, really distractingly annoying. doesn't anyone ever say please or thank you? art mirrors life with the plot too as the nazis did bank in new york but i don't know which one was an ex actor.
@@ernestkovach3305 always has cost 5 cents one way...people rode the ferry for one dollar all day to be on the "water"....my grandfather originally from Poland died peacefully at age 70 riding this Staten island ferry to NYC...Jan Damien Sawicz...my father was a NYC police officer from 1945 to 1961....also got 4 years credit for time as a signalman in WW2 Navy...gave the light blinking signal for "all troops to proceed ashore"...D day 6 june 1944...he related 1000x to his children..."an hour later the soldier's bodies floated past out LST!"
