The Scar (1948) [Film Noir] [Drama]
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- Just released from prison, John Muller (Paul Henreid) masterminds a holdup at an illegal casino run by Rocky Stansyck. The robbery goes bad, and the mobsters captured some of Muller's men and force them to identify the rest before killing them. Stansyck has a reputation for tracking down and killing his enemies, no matter how long it takes, so Muller decides to leave town and hide. He takes an office job recommended by his law-abiding brother, Frederick (Eduard Franz), but quickly decides that working for a living is not for him. A chance encounter with dentist Dr. Swangron (John Qualen) reveals that Muller looks exactly like a psychoanalyst who works in the same building, Dr. Bartok, the only difference being a large scar on the left side of the doctor's face. Seizing the opportunity, he begins researching Bartok, even slipping into his office to examine his records. He is discovered by the doctor's secretary, Evelyn Hahn (Joan Bennett). She mistakes him for her employer and kisses him, but quickly realizes he is someone else. He persuades her to go out with him, though she has become embittered and claims to have given up any dreams of finding love.
Muller sets out to impersonate Bartok, aided by the fact he studied psychoanalysis in medical school before dropping out. He takes a photograph of the doctor and uses it as a guide to cut an identical scar on his own face. Unfortunately, the developers of the photograph reversed the negative, so now Muller has the scar on the wrong side. He discovers the mistake only after he has already murdered Bartok and is preparing to dump the body in the river. He has no choice but to go through with the plan anyway. Luckily, no one (except the office cleaning lady, whose suspicions he manages to lull) notices the difference, not even Evelyn or Bartok's patients. Muller discovers "he" has a girlfriend, Virginia Taylor (Leslie Brooks), and that they frequent Maxwell's, a high class casino. It also turns out Bartok has been losing heavily. When a worried Frederick Muller tries to contact his brother, the trail leads to Bartok. The scar convinces Frederick that the man he sees is merely a lookalike. Evelyn, previously unaware of the switch (but now very suspicious), reveals that John Muller said he was going to Paris. Frederick Muller tells "Bartok" that his brother no longer has to hide; Stansyck was convicted for "income tax problems" and is scheduled to be deported.
Afterward, Evelyn realizes that Muller is an imposter and that he must have killed the psychoanalyst. Though he admits to her he did, she does not turn him in to the police; instead she purchases a ticket to sail to Honolulu. Muller finds out and promises he will go with her, but she does not believe he would leave such an opportunity to enrich himself. Muller arranges for other doctors to take over his patients and heads to the dock. There, however, he is intercepted by two men who want to discuss Bartok's $90,000 gambling debt. When Muller tries to break away, they fatally shoot him. Evelyn sails away, unaware that Muller lies dying on the dock.
This movie is also known as "Hollow Triumph".
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Directed by Steve Sekely, produced by Paul Henreid, written by Murray Forbes (novel) and Daniel Fuchs, starring Paul Henreid as John Muller & Dr. Victor Emil Bartok, Joan Bennett as Evelyn Hahn, Eduard Franz as Frederick Muller, Leslie Brooks as Virginia Taylor, John Qualen as Swangron, Mabel Paige as Charwoman, the only person to notice the scar on the wrong side, Herbert Rudley as Marcy, Charles Arnt as Coblenz, George Chandler as Artell, Assistant, Sid Tomack as Aubrey, Manager, Alvin Hammer as Jerry, Ann Staunton as Blonde, Paul E. Burns as Harold, Charles Trowbridge as Deputy, Morgan Farley as Howard Anderson.
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Source: "Hollow Triumph" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 26 February 2012. Web. 02 September 2012. en.wikipedia.or....
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To have the next movie pop up while the credits are rolling is in poor taste.
Gold Medal
@@mr.johnson6199 is poor taste
@@vladimirbacmaga2534 your mom is the poorest of tastes.
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Three yrs ago I set a goal to read all of Agatha Christie's work. Score, did it & am on some for the 2nd & third time. My new goal is to watch every movie made in 1948 the year I was born. Thanks for this one.
Way to go ..I only watch old classic tv..I have not watched any colored tv shows or movies since 1989 ...watch the fighting Sullivan's when you get a chance
I read all of the works of Charles Dickens. I loved his sense of humor. There were some other classics that I wanted to read....but I ended up watching the video version instead. LOL LOL LOL AT least now, I have some idea what the stories were all about
In 65 my mom started working at universal studios doing hair nails and make up this was during the summer I worked as an extra in all kinds of different TV shows and some movies that was the best time of my life and I still miss it very much
thats a lot of movies! enjoy
R u my soul mate? 😅😂. I love Agatha Christie and also want to read all of her stories and also born 48❤👍😉
Thank you for uploading this movie.
Grade B Noir with Grade A actors and an intriguingly dark atmosphere. Of course the plot's holes are a bit preposterous, but it's kind of an expressionist melodramatic flight of fancy with two great actors taking us to the dark side with minimal production values to distract us. Paul Henreid is terrific as a ruthless cunning gangster with some kind of romantic sensibility, and Joan Bennett is divine as the cynical angel of a floozy. And the location of the scar on the wrong side of the anti-hero's face provides a paradoxical twist, along with his fate as the wrong man. The ending reminds me of Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr in that great classic ALGIERS. Love it.
I can't believe a scenario that the guy didn't Look at his victim's face Many times before a photo causes him to cut his face. Its not like he didn't have MANY occasions to study his face and know where the scar was and how it looked.
That was extremely entertaining to say the least
Great film. Thank you so much for uploading.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Enjoyed viewing the cars/phones/interior lights/women's dresses & hats of that era-!!!🤗. Remember Henried from " Casa Blanca " 🤔.
No need to watch it.
You can read the Book in the info.
Good one! Lotsa bad guys.......
Thanks, great flick.
Thought it was funny the guy trying t explain to the hood that's going to rub him out. Lot of symbolism here. I enjoyed the movie.
He learned that one must pay for the things one does, even if it's somebody else's things 🤣. He smoked too much too 🤢. He was lighting cigarettes 🚬 with cigarettes 🚬. And, he was a complete A-hole.
DAMN--ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE CHAIN SMOKERS !!!!
Who are you...Holy rollers?
@@countalucard5393 Your comment is pure nonsense. Smoking is the most dangerous habit anyone can take up. And this has nothing to do with religion. Many people in the 1940s who were deeply religious smoked and died an excruciating death from this dangerous drug. Shame on you!
He GOT the girl, but couldn't keep the girl. She slipped away @ the end...
how can she buy all those lovely clothes .seems like she must have money for designer clothes
It looks. You're A Great Example For Others! summer relax What do you think, guys... 11
The Scar? Don't you mean the Scar from The Lion King?
Young jack Webb
I haven't even watched all the opening credits yet. Immediately you can hear Sol Kaplan's Star Trek signature type music from the get go. He was using way back then. 😁
You picked up on something I would have never thought of until it was said. You are a movie starlight genius and now I hear it. Thank you for broadening my mind.
Love these old black and white movies. Its alot better than the trash out of Hollywood today.
Amen u got that right!
Man these old movies r fantastic!!!! Thank god people in those days made these movies. They r so entertaining!!!!
@Reed Morris Retired stenographer most likely.
This comment 2 years old. And the style, rhythm and the way people moved back then are a category you save to go back to when you want the old movie style again
just wanted to say thanks for all the great movies you've put here on your channel// really good choices and lots of great classic noir
Always expect the worst, and you'll never be disappointed ... !!
Joan Bennet is a Legend!
This movie is also known as “Hollow Triumph”. Joan Bennett ❤️❤️❤️
Once again, *THX* Timeless Classics for this always enjoyable film..... Even when _knowing_ the ending beforehand, this sinuous little tale is still "chock full" of memorable *Gotcha Moment* excitement!!! 😎
Paul Henreid lays-down a really good performance here, while lovely Joan Bennett, arguably at the peak of her on-screen beauty, delivers an inseparably "pivotal" role.... amidst a convincing cast from A-to-Z!!! 👌
What a great film this is with full of surprises throughout. Thank you for the upload.
Another GREAT movie with Paul Henried!
The funniest part is at 43:05 when someone orders 'a dollar's worth' of gas and Johnny proceeds to pump it in for the next five minutes!
Gallagher Rutledge ry Well in those days it would take awhile to pump a dollar’s worth of gas. Besides how cheap the gas was, the pumps were very slow.
Yes I noticed that. Almost 5 gal for a dollar! Plus he gets his oil checked.
In 48 I had a couple trucks and regularly paid 18 cents a gallon for fuel. You might recall he was offered a job at $35 a week ($7 a day for 8 hours of work, or about $.85 an hour) so a bucks worth of gas was equivalent to about and hour and a quarters work. Compared to todays minimum wage, we pay less proportionally than he did by a long shot.. Imagine if we had to pay an hour and a quarters worth of work for a gallon of gas... even at $10.00 an hour that would be $12.50 a gallon.. So, even though the good ole days seemed cheap and good, they were expensive in a lot of ways compared to what you got paid or earned.
The pump price says 25.9 cents per gallon.
Those were the days. 15 cents a gallon.
Not a Henreid fan, but a pretty good movie. Excellent ending.
The treatment more than adequately portrayed the dark theme; the atmosphere of the film portrayed that dark theme. Paul Henreid, who might best be called a minimalist actor, does an outstanding job of portraying a patholigcal killer. And in the end, fate determines the moment of judgement and justice for John Muller.
Wow you are a real film critic extraordinario torrey Borrey
Brilliant & good to see Paul Henried playing a darker character for a change :-)
Reading all the comments, no one has mentioned the impact of the words of the dentist to the Doctor (55:21) which could serve as the theme of the movie: "Well, the man in the street has his own worries and his petty little greeds and preoccupations......Why, they wouldn't notice it if the next fellow were breathing or dying.....All they can think about or talk about are themselves...."
This theme is reinforced by: 1 the short scenes of the patients- mostly wealthy, neurotic people talking about themselves; 2 the fact that the doctor's scar is on the wrong side and almost no one noticed it and 3 the dying doctor (the last shot of the movie) is lying next to hundreds of completely oblivious people, busily attending to their own little worlds.
This movie was made about 70 years ago. Has anything changed since then?
Yes. The U.S. population has doubled by the importation of non-Whites.
Great movie, full of suspense. I noticed the scar was on the wrong side immediately after he cut his face, but I'm in advertising and we ad people notice all the "details" it's part of our job. Thanks for the movie! 👍
That was clear the moment he reproduced the scar according to his image on the mirror, he didnt remember that the mirror switched its side.
Trick question: why when you look at a mirror right turns into left and vs but down doesnt turn into up and vs...?
I could watch Film noir all day!!! 📺📺📽📽. ❤❤❤❤. Paul Henreid is awesome ❤️❤️
Title should've been " the man who cheated himself "
By the way that's another good classic you can lookup
Excellent film! The lead actors' performances are exceptionally well done.
minute 44:15, the gas pump says 25c a gallon but he gets 5 gallons for $1. We need more consumer math like that.
just go to any fast food window; these kids don't know a nickel from a quarter.
@@captainbart 🤣 you are so correct Sir.
Wow! How ironic is all I have to say. Good film noir for sure. I wonder why more people did not recognise the scar location earlier in the film.
Its one of those things...unless intimate you would probably not bother or second guess self..besides he is tres slimy with murder in his eye(one of them)..personally I would let the scar slide.But flag that and run home and see if he's on facebook'....I mean to the library to pour over microfilch!Then I'd play some serious mind games ...and when the time was right, sleep with him and play some more mind games...just fun tricks..no blackmail or larceny...just toyin with him......ha ha ha I dont like Doppelgangers as rule..you will learn this about me...BUT NEVER MENTION THE SCAR..Its your trump card.I might alter something on my face (move my thing to other side)...watch him sweat.....oooh eeeeeeee ahhhh lololo lololo so much fun with this chisler...
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John Alton was a great cinematographer.
Joan Bennett was beautiful and a wonderful actress. And as memory serves she was stunning eye candy that even a 7yr old could not deny. Wow do I love the memories. That's the one thing they can never take away from us. Thank you so much.
Unfortunate, he did not do all the research on the doctor..Great movie and thanks for this upload.
did paul henreid ever win an acting award?s\hould have if he didnt ...he is ...was a wonderful strong unrehearsed natural,,some words come to mind
Very nice b-movie, well realized including very original ideas... However, I think It would have been so much better to learn the truth about the left-right misunderstanding later during the movie - not by the photographers, but when the hero is learning it in the car...
I Love these old classic movies. Much better than what they put out today.
You didn't like American Gigolo?
On Hollow Triumph (Links to an external site.) (also known as The Scar): Please note: this film is in the public domain, so this is the film for everyone to watch! And don't get confused by the title, Hollow Triumph and The Scar are the same film.
To watch now on online for free, go to Archive.org's video of Hollow Triumph (Links to an external site.)
"It's a bitter little world full of sad surprises, and you don't let anyone hurt you."
-- Paul Henreid, Hollow Triumph
"Actor Paul Henreid had his first shot at production with the 1948 film noir Hollow Triumph whose fate mirrored its title. Though the picture is a favorite with fans of the genre, particularly because of John Alton's atmospheric cinematography, it ended up a financial failure through no fault of Henreid's. Like many actors in post-World War II Hollywood, Henreid had been chafing under the restrictions of the studio system. After his second film with Bette Davis,Deception (1946), he had left the studio to freelance. The popular actor found himself courted by MGM, where he had made his first post-Warner's film, Song of Love (1947). Although that turgid biography of the Schumanns (with Katharine Hepburn as Henreid's wife) had been a critical and box-office disappointment, studio executives felt they could profit from his presence on the lot. When Henreid refused the encumbrance of another long-term studio contract, it triggered a rift between the actor and his agent, MCA's Lew Wasserman. Instead, he accepted an offer from Eagle-Lion, the recently formed U.S. arm of English producer J. Arthur Rank, to produce and star in a movie. With financing from railroad magnate Robert Young, he put together a production based on actor-novelist Murray Forbes' Hollow Triumph, the story of a criminal on the run who scars himself to take the place of a prominent psychiatrist, not realizing his new identity may provide more problems than those he had been fleeing in his own life. Henreid had heard of the novel from Hungarian director Steve Sekely, who had been languishing in B movies since his arrival in the U.S. in 1939. In gratitude, he hired Sekely to direct the film." (TCMDb)
Joan Bennett refers to "Dr. Bartok" as a "dead ringer" to Henreid's "John Muller" character. Henreid would direct Bette Davis playing identical twins, years later in "Dead Ringer". Scene where Muller is cleaning windshield is even more suspenseful than similar one in "The Killers" (1946).
I like Dead Ringer.....she deserved to get away with it
wait a minute...... did anyone read the credits at the end? where is joan bennett? they have her listed as eduard franz. can someone please elaborate, or am i seeing this wrong!
Ironic twist. Love these old movies, and enjoy Joan Bennett's voice & wittiness. Yeah, a bit unbelievable, but it was worth watching.
Lots of people aren't all that good at noticing small details as we tend to look at the macro content and not the individual facets. If it weren't for the scene where the guys in the 'film shop' mentioned a problem in printing the photo would we have noticed the 'mistake'?
Also as far as continuity is concerned, I'm fairly certain that the taxi that dropped Muller at the shipping terminal is an entirely different vehicle to the one that he got into initially at around the 1:18. It's like the director decided to use some archival footage to show the cab increasing speed through the city streets instead of shooting the scene on location. But that is just my guess.
Great ending! And I think it was for the best
Me too!
It was a perfect heist - except for the crew. Muller should have knocked them off from the beginning. Just a TINY bit of tweaking and things would have been great. Muller should have known his crew were all cowards and, although capable, just didn't have them in his mindset. We see it in other movies where they hire a psychopath who ends up giving the show away. A good Heist movie should involved Only dedicated killers with a solid devotion - making the Next heist even easier.
I thought I was watching a cartoon
Good one! But you play, you pay! Sad for the chick but she's better off without him! Thanks for posting! 👍✌
check out an early Jack Webb in the gasoline scene; good use of the cigarette for time lapse; interesting ending; she got off easy!
yit was pumped FOR him. and he checked the oil....theres a pre code version of The Scar, In this scene he also gets a happy ending from a dame...ahh the good ol days...thanks for the laf...having the comments is like watchin with friends,,thanks
I appreciate the description~ I absolutely adore Paul Henreid. He was in Casablanca and others.
Praise JESUS Forevermore.
Ironic plot ... central character...murders a man to steal his identity so that he could hide from enemies...but the person he murdered had enemies also and they murdered him...
What a horribly sad ending!! Aw, I was pulling for him, dirty rat or not!
+Paula Whyte Nice picture, Paula, you're pretty. Take it for what it is, a compliment, nothing more, no strings attached.
+Paula Whyte LOL! Like Billy Preston sang in Will it Go Round in Circles, "Let the bad guy win every once in awhile."
Thanks Gary. And yeah, why the hell not, Rick?
Pre 1960's code said all bad guys had to be their just desserts. They wouldn't pass a movie if the bad guy got away with it.
I just heard that today on the radio. Hadn't heard it for years.
I've gotta say, joan bennett was a little hotty back in the olden days.
🎩I totally enjoyed this movie very much ♥️🎬📽🎬📽🎬
Yeah, it's a pretty good movie, I gave it a like!
12:50
--- You got the money, haven't you?! Sixty grand!
-- Sixty grand! I'd prefer working for Some Slob for thirty bucks a week! What am I going to do with it ....
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28:00
When she tells him what she really thinks of him, and he calls her "a miser"("a miser is always walking around, thinking someone's going to take something from him") ... and he gives her "the women nowadays" speech.
And right backatcha:
-- You're one of those egotistical smart alecks with big ideas! You think you've got the right to ....
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00:44:16 ... that's some pricey gas...actually, I thought it should be a little bit cheaper...but they are in the big city...
Note to self - when getting your negative from the photography shop, ALWAYS let the clerk finish his sentence.
If Muler thought that tStansyck's men were following him, why wouldn't he think that the men would kill the doctor, thinking that he was Muler with a scar disguise?
It is a great twist. I like it. It is light heated drama and kind of karma type movie.
Thank you. Enjoyed this film.
If "Now Voyager" were made today, Paul Henreid and Bette Davis would offer each other a Pez, instead of a smoke.
I love ❤️ classics I watch them all day these movies these days are trash
I loved Joan Bennett in Dark Shadows
Glad ou loved her in that, although that was the least of her portrayals. Not only was she a looker, she was a great actress, I think, in her film noir period.
Yes! Dark Shadows. I was a kid & my mother watched that. I thought she looked familiar.
Good plot. Plenty of suspense
Thanks for posting, i really enjoyed this Movie.
OH... so we just walk into a private casino full of cash and guns - turn off the lights (??) and get away with a lot of cash. Gee - Now that sounds solid. The movie over all is a good movie for 1948. America was getting use to movies without Comedy Relief (because of the War). The US had barely got over Al Capone by the WW2 startup. Now America was ready to see some blood and guts at the cinema. It's just that Hollywood forgot to hire decent Crime writers for their flicks. Robbing a private casino by turning off the Lights ??? Luckily it's the get-away and afterwards that kept the audience's attention - not the Heist itself.
THIS MOVIE IS TO DARK COULD SOMEONE TURN THE LIGHTS ON.
...and smoking while having gas pumped...lol all day parking .75$....that is tight!!
Great twist at the end!
Jack webb playing a heavy LOl in the gas station scene hes the passenger side Hood
I'm wondering if the cigarette burning and leaving a mark on the edge of the table while Henreid is scarring his cheek was meant to be some sort of symbolism. Why of course it is, it had to be.
Henreid obviously was a dedicated actor, having left Europe for Hollywood and giving up his aristocratic life. His full name is so long one could lose their breath just reciting it.
Yes,his full name was Paul Georg Julius Hernreid Ritter von Wassel-Waldingau.
A good Film Noir Movie. Thanks.
Love these old classics but they are CONTINIOUSLY smoking- I think to be an Actor or Actress you needed to smoke
+jim dandy --Here's smoke in your face, kid.
+MrUhwoody Thank you very much, rather amusing comment
+jim dandy & did everybody wear a suit & tie. I always laugh at that.
My dad use to wear a shirt and tie to mow the grass.
Actually in those days people worldwide were into smoking because they were not aware yet of the health hazard. And cigars were cheap.
Magnificent👏🏼👏🏼 bravo bravo Gosh this was a treat to watch I absolutely enjoyed it ! never try to be someone else, just be yourself!
The grass is never greener on the other side thank you so so much for sharing Timeless
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Joan needed at least one Oscar nomination for this period of her work
Beautiful woman
Agree 💯
Bullseye is Jack Webb from the Dragnet series.
Yeah and jack Web is Bullseye in Toy Story. What a prolific actor- Just the facts mame
Yeah, right. He ruined every show he got involved with. 77 Sunset Strip, Dragnet. He was so anal after he tanked the final Dragnet series he didn't get much work.
So where's the rest of the gang - the ones that got away? What has their lives been like? If a person had access to $60,000 in 1948 - that would be equivalent to almost $640,000 in 2014. I think I could disappear And insure my safety/privacy with that much cash. In 1948 I would have moved to Western China or India/Nepal regions. But to stay bouncing around in front of the guys you just rattled - then it doesn't take long for the shit to hit the fan.
They were all dead.
Did u watch the movie? No one got away. Remember the 1st car got shot up & they were caught & snitched on the other 2. The boss let them walk away, then sent one of his goons to shoot em. The other dude got smoked in Mexico at a good hotel. Last guy was the Dr look alike & even he got it in the end.
These money conversions and translations are correct? This comment was 6 years old. useful to know what $60,000 US Dollars in 1948 to todays current curremcy.
Love Paul Henreid-so handsome and talented
Excellent story line.. R/S
He smoked 2 cartons of cigarettes in this movie. Never stopped smoking, prolly more cigarettes then lines he had lol. And how can a person kiss after taking a pull off a cigarette without blowing out the smoke 💨. Talk about holding your breath lol.
"You're just a wild bundle - ready to go."😄
1948. A nightmarish world!
A great year for America.
This was sooooooo good interesting movie but it was sad at the end especially for his girlfriend he got into another man shoes and people was looking for him to for gambling debts
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Hollow Triumph, and The Man Who Killed Himself were other names this film is known as.
All of these old movies are great.... it's the garbage of today that needs to be taken off... imagine all the really great Black and White movies have been valuted thanks to Obama
I love this story.Joan Bennet and Kent Taylor.Wonderful!Thanks for the upload.
Did you notice how much gas he got for a single dollar? But today…………lol
What was TCM thinking with the terribly unsteady (wobbly) image, surely this is not what they went to air with?
mmmmmm….Joan Bennett…….yummmmmm
this was good! thank you 😊
Legal o filme, é sinistro assassinou o psicanalista é assumiu a identidade, saúde uma encrenca e entrou em outra😂
14:41 Mr. Thompson looks just like Pee Wee Herman!
23:41
LOOK AT THE HUGE GRAPHIC CAMERA HE HAS TO LUG AROUND !
Speed Graphic and its competitors were standard press tool in that era. Then came the postwar Zeiss Contax rangefinder 35mm cameras and eventually the myriad 35mm SLRs of Japanese manufacture.
"Weegee" made great pictures in that era with cameras like that.