The Turkey Earthquake happened yesterday..Thousands were lost and injured..when all you can do is say Prayers for them these old movies help me remember even the smallest things are a blessing to be thankful for🙏❤️😭
Almost midnight here in the UK. Just got back from being with a dame. Brrr - it's cold - glad I wore my fedora. Time to pour myself a strong drink. Wait, who is playing smooth jazz? Sorry... I get too into roles sometimes.
Thanks for posting. This movie (aka as "A Stranger Came Home" in the UK) didn't get favourable reviews when it came out but it's not a bad movie. An international cast of actors: 2 Americans, 3 Canadians, an Australian and South African among the Brits. It's worth the watch. Cheers from Canada.
Love these amnesia movies. Its like solving the mystery through the eyes of the main character where the main character knows almost as little as you do, living the story through their eyes as if there yourself.
Man returns after years away following an unintentionally long voyage to be recognised by his old dog. His wife has a house full of guests including suitors. Oddly reminiscent of the Odyssey?
Nada como poder disfrutar de estos filmes clásicos del género Noir que siempre lo intrigan a uno de principio a fin. Por sus particulares tramas que no siempre son tan obvios en un primer momento. Saludos y bendiciones a todos los cinéfilos de corazón desde Venezuela.
I love British films too. Always an unexpected twist. Even the good guys are flawed and they are masters at understating the most catastrophic situations.
En effet !!!! Comme aujourd'hui aussi. . Oui les acteurs britanniques ont quelques chose de plus Incontournable Jamais déçue Merci pour le film que je revoi avec gourmandise ❤❤❤
I’m not sure it’s a British film. Americans talked that way in films. It’s like an aristocratic way of talking. Johnathan Harris ( Dr. Smith ) was born in the Bronx.
@@fishypictures I believe American actors were taught speech referred to as “mid Atlantic” or “trans Atlantic”. Supposedly, cultured, educated Americans introduced this speech. In my opinion, actors like Spencer Tracy, Bogart, Dick Powel, Gary Cooper began using more regionally authentic “American” speech pattern.
@@fishypictures It would make sense that it is a British film. The police officer who appears after the murder of Harry I recognize as a British actor.
20:12: "Ah, Women- they're getting too capable for their own good these days." LOL If I hadn't been "too capable", a lot of people would have died. Gotta love these old movies and the way they remind us of how things used to be in society. This is a good enough film, entertaining and all. I think they beat the "OK, I know it was you" bit to death, but they kept making it look like several of them did it, so it kept me guessing. The big, loyal old Dog was a nice touch- it looks like my Great Pyr with short hair. Thank you for the trouble you went to breaking the movie down (above). I usually pick a line or two for a comment, and you made finding this one easier. :)
@@luminosityfunction2709 GMTA! (Great minds think alike). :) They use 2 names from the Bible: Saul and Job, but since they pronounced Job (Jobe, long O ) wrong, I'm surprised they didn't make Saul into SawUHL- lol.
I always like anything that William Sylvester does. I became a fan of his after seeing him in the great science fiction classic: 2001: A Space Odyssey where he was Dr. Heywood Floyd.
marbleman52: During the first few minutes I was trying to place who was playing the character Sylvester was playing and then it dawned on me, "Oh it's that guy from 2001!"
Thanks for pointing that out. That is the only thing interesting in this slow, dry, stuffy, Brit movie. I am not a proficient cinema critic, but, perhaps the "pacing" of the plot is too consistent.
Sylvester has been in some science fiction and horror films like Gorgo, Devils of darkness, Devil Doll and I believe Curse of the voodoo. Very good actor.
This was a tough one to get into. None of the characters were likeable or particularly decent people. There was no one to root for, so nobody really deserved a happy ending.
I just don't understand how extremely bad scripts get made into extremely bad movies. Someone socks you in the face and then two days later you are at their house playing cards with them like nothing ever happened. Does not make sense.
I wouldn't have recognized her without the credits. The soft focus lens on her medium shots had me thinking I had a stroke...I didn't even recognize her voice.
Paulette is 47 here. She plays the bitchy part well. Knowing her history I can't believe she was ever considered for Scarlett in GWTW. Her personality and particularly her voice are wrong for the part. Same could be said of Jean Arthur. Both fine actresses but how they were ever considered for Scarlett is beyond me.
Remember this was co-produced by Hammer Films, and is a British movie. Its original title is 'The Stranger Came Home' - after the novel 'Stranger at Home', credited to Russia born, suave English class actor George Sanders (who once voiced the tiger Shere Khan in the last movie Walt Disney oversaw; the 1966 'The Jungle Book', the year of his death and therefore he never saw the finished movie), and who already in the early 60s vowed to take his life at 65 - which he actually did on April 25, 1972. The novel, however, was ghost-written by Leigh Brackett.🤔 Terence Fisher later directed lots of Hammer Horror, while prolific producer, director and sometime screenwriter Michael Carreras (1927-94), son of Hammer Film Productions co-founder (with William Hinds, father of movie producer Anthony Hinds), James Carreras (actually Sir James Enrique Carreras KCVO MBE, 1907-90 and son of Spanish immigrant and cinema owner Enrique Carreras) became an executive at the company after his father's retirement in 1972. Yada yada, yada...🙄
A goodish B noir of the kind I enjoy watching across midnight. William Sylvester and Paul Carpenter were made for this kind of film, and of course Paulette Goddard was in the evening of her career by this time. Even so she made a first rate B movie with Edward G Robinson called Vice Squad a year or two later. The Hammer noirs are worth watching when directed by someone like Terence Fisher.
its a classic noir british lil diff than american and it is 1954 so closer to end of classic american noir and i rather enjoyed it alot...very good acting and plot ....no femme fatale per se but it so far is really good for me.......noir is my faves!!!
First of all, it’s amazing how people don’t lock their doors, and anyone just walks in. Secondly, when you don’t feel well, or faint, everyone asks for a drink! 🤣🤣
And Audrey Hepburn is depicted in many films "retrieving her KEY from the front entrance flowed pot ? WHAT THE HECK? Lovin' Old Movies , When Writers invented great plots and actors "lived" in their roles "All Day Long" by Ana Marie Ceuca and " Rod Stewart is Five Foot Ten" RU-vids LyndaFayeSmusic
I've seen a lot of old movies where the first thing they say when someone is shot/faints/hysterical is, "Quick! Get the Brandy!" Several years ago, I decided to see if Brandy would help me with pain/sleep before bed. I'm a punk at drinking, so when that tiny half-shot hit my tongue, I had to spit it out fast. Who knew Brandy is just a slick name for Kerosene?! How do all those old ladies do that without gagging? The fumes alone were so bad. It's still under my sink, but it would take a Nuclear attack to make me try it again, although the Radiation would probably be the lesser of two evils. :)
I was born in 1951 and even as I was growing up I remember how people didn’t lock their doors. People were more law abiding and life was somewhat simpler then, at least for ordinary people.
The British films of the 50s had a totally unique feel to them ......btw plot goof when vickers is making breakfast kitchen he tells his wife the only working phone is in his study but when the detective is talking to the two of them the parlor the telephone rings and he answers it
Many scenes in this movie were shot at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire (a National Trust property and luxury hotel) including the opening scene at the main entrance, and the many scenes down by the river at the boathouse.
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Interesting to see William Sylvester (2001: A Space Odyssey) in another film. He mostly did supporting roles in TV. OF NOTE: Check out UK actor "Richard Todd". He and Sylvester look like they could be brothers. This was a VERY "dark" story - I did not like the protagonist at all! That kitchen was something. Enough cabinets? "So you're not dead? How's about making us breakfast? We'll just sit here and watch." Pro-tip: don't make bacon and eggs with your jacket and tie on.
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I wasn't planning to watch this thing all the way through, but when I discovered that one of the stars of 2001: A Space Odyssey was in it, I had to stick around. As murder/mysteries go, it has a certain British charm.
This WAS a Hammer Film Production in association with Lippert. Carreras, Sangster and Fisher were with Hammer for years before Hammer broke through with Dracula (Horror of Dracula in the US) and Curse of Frankenstein in 1957/1958
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I was reading the comments on the colorized version, people were saying how much they liked colorized version. Personally the black and white is far superior.
I was trying to remember where I had seen our intrepid man, then finally it came to me, about halfway through. He was the man riding the shuttle in 2001, a space Odyssey, accompanied by the wonderful "Blue Danube" musical score as he headed to the moon!
One of the inspectors or detectives remind’s me of Jonathan Winter’s. When I was 10 years old my sister and her husband took me to a drive in movie to see a movie called The Trouble With Harry, he just wouldn’t stay in the same place. Even though I was only 7 years old I remember how funny I thought it was. I think the movie can be watched on RU-vid for free and I plan to watch it again.
I love movies. However few capture and keep your interest. Why is hard to say for? It's not one thing. The tempo, the music, the actors, maybe the story. A relatable character or one you'd like to be, or maybe know. This one is a great classic in its over all casting and story. The early acting is not so premeditated but more realistic and natural in its delivery. Pure escape and suspense in watching, for entertainment we can expect and appreciate.
Why do I love black and White films? 😍 The have a depth and style, because I do not see them, in the tawdry reality, Thereby, giving them an elan, missing in the more recent!!
Good movie, but I thought the giveaway was going to be that actual killer was Sowal because he was right handed and the husband was left handed (notice how they handled their guns and drinks) and when the assistant was hit over the head at the end, I thought the coroner was going to say the blow came from a right-handed person - Sowal.
Such a strange film. As the main character gets into the car which he finds in his "wife's garage"(beginning of the film) the car has the steering wheel on the right, as though this is a British car. As gets out of the car, at the entry to the house where the party is happening, the steering wheel is on the left side. And he gets out on that side. just as a driver would exit an American car. It seems that the director of this film had reasons for this and other strange details, but what were these reasons?
He was missing 4 yrs. not 3 like stated in the description. I wonder if the title refers to the 4 lost yrs. or the 4 men involved in fishing trip? I think the movie bogs down i the middle, still a good yarn.
Yeah, 40s somewhere. People seemed to look "older" then than they usually do today at the same age. Look at Andy Hardy's mother altho they probably made her look even older than she was; she looked more like a grandmother by today's standards. In real life she did, too, just not quite as old. (If that makes any sense.) PG was still attractive but not as slim as The Women days. Matronly is a good word for "it".
🤗Mel: I want you to take this flashlight and walk the house. Regina Belmont: But Mel, they throw things at me! Mel: I don't want those weirdos ripping up the seats. Regina Belmont: Have you ever been hit with Dots? Milk Duds? Those things hurt, you know! Mel: Take flashlight. Walk house. Now!
Watched this because I've always adored Paulette Goddard, but it left a bad taste in my mouth because all the characters are so cold-blooded. Nobody cares that Vickers caused the death of Joan's father, or that he seems to have been an all-around bastard from the get-go..That's cold even for film noir.
Vickers didn't cause his death, he committed suicide because his company went bankrupt. That's on him, not Vickers. People are responsible for their own actions.
@@graemesmith6721 32:15 He was responsible for his own suicide of course but Vickers had a role in it. Vickers bankrupted him, leading to his decision to take his own life. Everyone shrugs that off, which is why I said the people in this film are fundamentally cold-blooded.
@@dontaylor7315 Yes, I saw that part. It doesn't change the fact that he killed himself because he went broke, which is stupid. You can always make more money. You've only got one life.
