D.O.A. (1950) [Film Noir] [Drama]

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  • The film begins with what a BBC reviewer called "perhaps one of cinema's most innovative opening sequences." The scene is a long, behind-the-back tracking sequence featuring Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien) walking through the hallway of a police station to report his own murder. Oddly, the police almost seem to have been expecting him and already know who he is. A flashback begins with Bigelow in his hometown of Banning, California where he is an accountant and notary public. He decides to take a one-week vacation in San Francisco, but this does not sit well with Paula Gibson (Pamela Britton), his confidential secretary and girlfriend, as he does not want her to accompany him.
    Bigelow accompanies a group from a sales convention on a night on the town. At a "jive" nightclub called "The Fisherman", unnoticed by Bigelow, a stranger swaps his drink for another. The nightclub scene includes one of the earliest depictions of the Beat subculture. The next morning, Bigelow feels ill. He visits a doctor, where tests reveal he swallowed a "luminous toxin" for which there is no antidote. A second opinion confirms the grim diagnosis, and the other doctor implies that the poisoning must have been deliberate. Bigelow remembers his drink tasted strange. With a few days to live at most, Bigelow sets out to untangle the events behind his impending death, interrupted occasionally by phone calls from Paula. She provides the first clue: a man named Eugene Philips had tried to contact him, but died the previous day, purportedly a suicide. Bigelow travels to Philips' import-export company in Los Angeles, first meeting Miss Foster (Beverly Garland) (whose on-screen credit reads "Beverly Campbell"), the secretary, then Mr Halliday (William Ching), the company's comptroller, who tells him Eugene Philips committed suicide. From there the trail leads to Philips' widow (Lynn Baggett) and brother Stanley (Henry Hart).
    The key to the mystery is a bill of sale for what turns out to be stolen iridium. Bigelow had notarized the document for Eugene Philips six months earlier. He connects Philips' mistress, Marla Rakubian (Laurette Luez), to gangsters led by Majak (Luther Adler). They capture Bigelow. Since Bigelow has learned too much, Majak orders his psychotic henchman Chester (Neville Brand) to kill him. However, Bigelow manages to escape. Bigelow thinks Stanley and Miss Foster are his killers but when he confronts them, he finds Stanley has been poisoned too - after having dinner with Mrs. Philips. He tells them to call an ambulance and what poison has been ingested so that, in Stanley's case at least, prompt treatment may save his life. Stanley tells Bigelow he found evidence that Halliday and Mrs. Philips were having an affair. Bigelow realizes that the theft was merely a diversion. Eugene discovered the affair and Halliday killed him.
    Halliday and Mrs. Philips used the investigation of the iridium as a cover for their crime, making it seem that Eugene Philips had killed himself out of shame. However, when they discovered that there was evidence of his innocence in the notarized bill of sale, Halliday murdered anyone who had knowledge of the bill of sale. Bigelow tracks Halliday down and shoots him to death in an exchange of gunfire. The flashback comes to an end. Bigelow finishes telling his story at the police station and dies, his last word being "Paula." The police detective taking down the report instructs that his file be marked "D.O.A."
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    Directed by Rudolph Maté, produced by Leo C. Popkin, written by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene, starring Edmond O'Brien as Frank Bigelow, Pamela Britton as Paula Gibson, Luther Adler as Majak, Lynn Baggett as Mrs. Philips, William Ching as Halliday, Henry Hart as Stanley Philips, Beverly Garland as Miss Foster, Neville Brand as Chester, Laurette Luez as Marla Rakubian and Virginia Lee as Jeannie.
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    Source: "D.O.A. (1950 film)" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 9 March 2013. Web. 11 March 2013. en.wikipedia.or....
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  • @TimelessClassicMovie
    @TimelessClassicMovie  7 лет назад +32

    If you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe: goo.gl/0qDmXe

    • @sanfrancisco9661
      @sanfrancisco9661 4 года назад

      Watching a guy walk down miles of bureaucratic hallways was a pretty sad opening scene ;). lol

    • @penalopeaguja5162
      @penalopeaguja5162 4 года назад +2

      Sorry, it's not in 1950, but 1949.

  • @gautambanerjee8600
    @gautambanerjee8600 Год назад +4

    One of the Best Noir. Superb Acting EDMOND O'BRIEN.

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 5 лет назад +14

    He runs non stop for 57 seconds...down a flight of stairs...crowded sidewalks...across busy streets filled with cars..O'Brien was a large man...captured the terror of the moment in his face as he left the doctor's office and in that madcap run!

  • @lastrada52
    @lastrada52 8 лет назад +42

    That Captain at the desk at the very beginning is Roy Engle who later became President Grant in many of The Wild, Wild West TV episodes. The bartender is Frank Cady who later became a regular in the TV show Green Acres & Petticoat Junction. The jazz fan with the blonde woman is Hugh O'Brien (TV's Wyatt Earp, who also was the faro dealer who has a shootout with John Wayne at the end of "The Shootist"). Jazz band was quite hot and if they weren't really playing the tune they sure emulated it incredibly. Jerry Paris was one of the bellhops -- he was the producer & director of Happy Days, and was Dick Van Dyke's neighbor in his comedy show, and prior to that was Robert Stack's sidekick in The Untouchables. Pamela Britton (who plays Paula in this film) was famous for being the next door neighbor in My Favorite Martian. I love these old movies because many familiar faces pop up that show their careers were quite different from what they later became famous for.

    • @Northatlantic2012
      @Northatlantic2012 7 лет назад +5

      Interesting info.

    • @scottgoodman4776
      @scottgoodman4776 6 лет назад +7

      Eddy the bartender is Mr. Drucker in Green Acres.

    • @sarasmith5110
      @sarasmith5110 4 года назад +2

      Also Beverly Campbell (Garland) who played Steve Douglas'new wife on My Three Sons.

    • @TheSaltydog07
      @TheSaltydog07 4 года назад

      Cady is in "Asphalt Jungle." In an early scene, he has to identify Sterling Hayden in a police lineup, but backs down for obvious reasons.

    • @RaptorFromWeegee
      @RaptorFromWeegee 4 месяца назад

      @@scottgoodman4776 I noticed that, a much younger Sam Drucker.

  • @thisisme3238
    @thisisme3238 Год назад +5

    D.O.A. Definitely one of the finest movies ever made!

  • @debrabolton9372
    @debrabolton9372 6 лет назад +11

    This is a great film. Edmond O'Brien is a favorite of mine and is superb in this.

  • @rickbrowning7059
    @rickbrowning7059 2 года назад +4

    Edmond o Brian was the Rodney Dangerfield of terrific actors. He got no respect. He played a character in the famous Western the wild bunch and against a list actors more than held his own. He has always been gorilla glue that holds the film together. Rip Edmond and thank you so much.

  • @jeffeastwood15
    @jeffeastwood15 5 лет назад +8

    This and his role in Another Part of the Forest are my 2 favorites of Mr. O'Brien's. Thanks for posting!

  • @phirecrackers
    @phirecrackers Год назад +4

    watching this for a film noir class, thank you for making the film free and accessible!

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 5 лет назад +8

    Running by O'Brien at 33 minutes is amazing...he goes full out for a half mile on busy city streets...most of the "extras" probably did not realize they were being filmed for a movie called DOA!

  • @aimsays
    @aimsays 4 года назад +7

    One of my all-time favorites! I have the dvd and thank you for uploading this for all to enjoy ❤️

  • @threedragonstalk2123
    @threedragonstalk2123 6 лет назад +18

    THAT is the pinnacle of how you open and close a good movie.

  • @Orroz44
    @Orroz44 3 года назад +5

    There is a kafkaesque quality to this movie. Like Kafka's "The Trial".

  • @markrubin9449
    @markrubin9449 6 лет назад +48

    I'd give D.O.A. 5 stars. Top film noir.

    • @Retroscoop
      @Retroscoop 6 лет назад +1

      Not every B & W crime movie is 'Noir", this one isn't.

    • @johng.3740
      @johng.3740 6 лет назад

      Are you for Real?

    • @MrLyndarenaud
      @MrLyndarenaud 4 года назад +1

      @@Retroscoop .....Why, all of a sudden, are these movies being called ''noir''? Never heard of this ''noir' term till recently! Sounds pretentious, to me!!

    • @andreichivu7653
      @andreichivu7653 3 года назад +1

      One of the best noirs of all times....Edmond O'Brien terrific and very efficient ! Flashbacks are extensively used in noirs...Also stark lighting technique and shadow play...solitude,depression,tense condition,cynicism,exclusion etc....

  • @rockhardrockmetalpop
    @rockhardrockmetalpop 5 лет назад +9

    What a gem of a movie...thank you so much for the upload.

  • @Jayfat60
    @Jayfat60 10 лет назад +14

    A dame with a past and a hero with no future

  • @Jeremy-ql1or
    @Jeremy-ql1or 10 лет назад +19

    104:40 is the single best psycho performance ever done. Usually, I prefer more subtlety but that is just perfect.

  • @verticallogic5909
    @verticallogic5909 6 лет назад +8

    i have always considered this one of my very favorite films......near perfection......

    • @jeffeastwood15
      @jeffeastwood15 5 лет назад +1

      And 1 of O'Brien's best performances.

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 5 лет назад +7

    All the women from this era are so wholesome...a pleasure to watch!

  • @corbinbros.2520
    @corbinbros.2520 6 лет назад +4

    Violent, tense, and full of mystery!
    I loved it!

  • @alexciocca4451
    @alexciocca4451 5 лет назад +9

    What a band really can pound it out

  • @bobbiwolfgang
    @bobbiwolfgang 4 года назад +8

    One of my all-time favorites!

  • @enriquesanchez2001
    @enriquesanchez2001 5 лет назад +24

    Probably one of the greatest thrillers in history.

  • @antidotenyhc6562
    @antidotenyhc6562 9 лет назад +8

    That "I'm gonna give it to you nice and slow, Bigelow" routine has been parodied many times, even on The Flintstones.

    • @RaptorFromWeegee
      @RaptorFromWeegee 4 месяца назад

      But Fred got really humiliated by that stick up guy. Wilma complained to Betty about him not getting any more erocktions.

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 5 лет назад +3

    O'Brien played a cop who murdered a bagman early in the film....his portrayal of a cop sick of literally everyone and every thing is a classic acting job!

  • @StevenTorrey
    @StevenTorrey 8 лет назад +18

    Filmed in San Francisco about 1950 before urban renewal struck the city. Many places are readily recognizable. The St. Francis Hotel; the Ferry Building. the Bay Bridge viewed from the Embarcadero. I noted one error. When he exits the St. Francis, he gets on the trolley and ends up uptown. Except when he gets on the Trolley going in that particular direction, the Trolley is actually headed toward Market Street. An interesting movie....

    • @craigbrowning9448
      @craigbrowning9448 8 лет назад +3

      Like in The Graduate when Dustin Hoffman drives Westbound on the Bay Bridge to get to Berkeley.

    • @rudolfludwig6711
      @rudolfludwig6711 8 лет назад

      Steven Torrey b

    • @splash5150izy
      @splash5150izy 5 лет назад

      ^^^@Steven Torrey .. Also the Bradbury Building in Down Town LA Refurbished, and used in the Movie Blade Runner quite a few year's later .. .

    • @OEllsworth
      @OEllsworth 3 года назад

      @@craigbrowning9448 I was born in Berkeley and spent the first 29 of my 81 years there. But when I went from San Francisco (aka "The City") to Berkeley I always drove Eastbound across the Bay Bridge. Just a hopefully polite correction!

    • @OEllsworth
      @OEllsworth 3 года назад

      I was 10 in 1950, and I remember that my parents and I always stopped at the St. Francis Hotel to get change for a few dollars, because the hotel always washed and polished all the coins they received before giving them out again in change. You don't get service like that in a hotel any more! (No, I don't believe they ironed and laminated their bills, so don't ask!)

  • @johng.3740
    @johng.3740 9 лет назад +19

    One of my favorite film noir movies. That goon named Chester just couldn't stop jamming guns in people's ribs or punching Bigelow in the stomach."Look at you, he can't take it, soft in the belly".
    Or when Chester was driving the car and he had this absolutely psychotic look in his eyes when he was telling Bigelow how he was going to shoot him. "That's how I want you to go Bigelow, nice and slow".

    • @Brian_tim
      @Brian_tim 3 года назад +2

      @Brian Salomon Neville Brand also starred with Lee Van Cleef in Kansas City Confidential

    • @RaptorFromWeegee
      @RaptorFromWeegee 4 месяца назад

      He reminded me of Richard Widmark in 'Kiss of Death'. Fact, he was one maniacal laugh away from Tommy Udo.

  • @elfeo1js
    @elfeo1js 7 лет назад +39

    this guy uncovered more stuff in 2 days than the cops wouldve in 3months

    • @paulbeard4218
      @paulbeard4218 6 лет назад +6

      Bigelow had a huge incentive----his death in so many hours.

    • @mercedyzmarieguion292
      @mercedyzmarieguion292 6 лет назад +1

      Oh my goodness!!!
      You said it, lol
      Emphasis on "more. "

    • @MrLyndarenaud
      @MrLyndarenaud 4 года назад +4

      @Robert Gardea ....years ago, doctors did their blood themselves, tests in their offices .
      These days everything is delegated so that everyone can have a piece of the pie!

  • @imouse3246
    @imouse3246 4 года назад +2

    "You know ... you really frighten me." 🤣

  • @counterstriving
    @counterstriving 9 лет назад +22

    Definitely a "B" movie, but one of the great ones.

  • @leeannenewman4975
    @leeannenewman4975 7 лет назад +5

    I saw this many years ago & i happened upon it today,this movie is just as great as it was when i first saw it all those years ago withal those different & possible suspects popping out everywhere He turned! Movies were so much better back then except for the fact that there weren`t people of colour in leading roles.They truly had Him running in circles & I loved how Mr. Bigelow left that car when the "psychopath" was going to do him in (for sure & in the "belly" hehe) & the bus with the police right there,simply loved that,this "is" a good watch & gratitude for sharing "D.O.A. -Timeless Classic Movies!"

  • @antidotenyhc6562
    @antidotenyhc6562 9 лет назад +3

    The best psycho performance ever in a movie is in 'Maniac' 1934...where Don Maxwell gives his patient a shot of super adrenaline. Check it out. DOA is one of the greatest of the film noirs, however. Check out Bigelow when he's running through the streets, the passers by..that was all filmed without them knowing. Also, Chester was one of the best tough guts ever in a movie, no doubt.

  • @elfeo1js
    @elfeo1js 7 лет назад +14

    Weird is Chesters obession with Bigelows belly

    • @kyguy1207
      @kyguy1207 7 лет назад +1

      lol

    • @mercedyzmarieguion292
      @mercedyzmarieguion292 6 лет назад +1

      Note the music that is played EVERYTIME Chester hits Bigelow in the belly... I feel queasy just watching.

    • @Brian_tim
      @Brian_tim 3 года назад

      Chester was great lol

    • @RaptorFromWeegee
      @RaptorFromWeegee 4 месяца назад

      Guessing there was some kind of homoerotic thing going on in Chester's mind. Maybe his sadism was a subconscious salve for his inner homoistic feelings.

  • @EasyZee69
    @EasyZee69 10 лет назад +12

    Oh man! That Chester character is something else. I want to punch my screen when he is a scene.

    • @paulbeard4218
      @paulbeard4218 6 лет назад +5

      Nevel Brand plays this psycho brilliantly-----interesting in real life he was the third most decorated soldier of WW2 .

    • @mercedyzmarieguion292
      @mercedyzmarieguion292 6 лет назад +2

      Paul Beard
      Brand was AWESOME in this movie!!!
      Thank you for your service, Mr Brand.
      Third most decorated soldier WW2...impressive!!!

    • @robertwesley4416
      @robertwesley4416 5 лет назад +1

      go ahead zee pee . Punch your own wretched mug.

  • @cosmosolis
    @cosmosolis 10 лет назад +12

    Great flick! Most Hollywood films are D.O.A.

    • @sammohunk
      @sammohunk 9 лет назад +1

      Chaleco Salvavides Please rate this classic noir on IMDb here: www.imdb.com/title/tt0042369/combined

  • @darrenmuse
    @darrenmuse 3 года назад +1

    I'M DYING!!! Better put on a suit and tie.

    • @Brian_tim
      @Brian_tim 3 года назад

      What better time? Then they can just bury you in the sane one.

  • @Squidderrs
    @Squidderrs 5 лет назад +5

    I’m obsessed with this movie!

  • @kimberlypatton1810
    @kimberlypatton1810 5 лет назад +4

    Yay! One of my personal top ten movies of all time! Who could ever forget those monumental words..,? ... Doctor: "But you don't seem to understand,Bigelow...you've been murdered!"...What a treasure! Thanks and one request,could you possible feature "The Petrified Forest" ( the original film starring an oh-so- young Bette Davis and Bogie)? Another timeless masterpiece! So glad I found your channel!

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 5 лет назад +1

    1950...men lives at the edge...women held on for dear life!

  • @rolandofgilead43
    @rolandofgilead43 7 лет назад +3

    i finally got around to watching this just now. i loved it, yes the whistle was annoying as hell. it felt like a movie made in the 30's and its' not a crack either. a damn good movie that i watched cause of Beverly Garland she's miss foster in this and is credited under the name campbell and it was a damn good movie. thanks for uploading this for us to see and discover

    • @jeffeastwood15
      @jeffeastwood15 5 лет назад +1

      I didn't even realize it was Beverly until I read the Wikipedia synopsis.

    • @Brian_tim
      @Brian_tim 3 года назад +1

      @@jeffeastwood15 I didn't realize it either. She looks very different here than in later years.

  • @garybenda8280
    @garybenda8280 4 года назад +2

    One of my favorite movies since I was a kid. Really campy, but fun.

  • @craigbrowning9448
    @craigbrowning9448 10 лет назад +8

    Inside the restored Bradbury Building. Downtown Los Angeles California.

  • @clarkgordon5724
    @clarkgordon5724 5 лет назад +2

    get out before I throw you out, you know you really frighten me, classic

  • @ccie12933
    @ccie12933 7 лет назад +4

    Love the open, but I was waiting for him to walk into a phone booth and disappear.

    • @robertwesley4416
      @robertwesley4416 5 лет назад +1

      Real SMART aleck eh ? The chief wants to see you immediately and under the cone of Silence

  • @WilliamOConnor
    @WilliamOConnor 5 лет назад +2

    Wonderful! Well done.

  • @KathrynPieta
    @KathrynPieta 5 лет назад +2

    I love the kiss in the bar, while sitting at table. Tender!

  • @ninajefferson9743
    @ninajefferson9743 5 лет назад +3

    Wow! Great movie!

  • @louistaylor9796
    @louistaylor9796 8 лет назад +6

    @52:00 Phillip Pine as "Angelo", the apprentice ! Pine was in a Twilight Zone episode..a fine character actor....

    • @roberttelarket4934
      @roberttelarket4934 3 года назад

      Do you know who that very short guy who accompanies Chester he's uncredited?

  • @reach4thestars67
    @reach4thestars67 7 лет назад +6

    Very good movie. Thank you for uploading.

  • @johnnymatheis1018
    @johnnymatheis1018 6 лет назад +1

    in the deleted scenes the bartender in Banning is found to be an accomplice, but he learns the cops are onto him so he changes his name and moves to a small southern town named Hooterville. Awesome film here

    • @OEllsworth
      @OEllsworth 3 года назад

      Those scenes must have been deleted before the movie was released, because Wikipedia says the film is 84 minutes long, as it is here.

  • @franciscorommel584
    @franciscorommel584 3 года назад +2

    THIS MOVIE IS JUST INCREDIBLE...IT IS TRULY A FILM-NOIR MASTER PIECE...THEY SAY LOS ANGELES IS THE CITY OF INSPIRATION FOR FILM-NOIR ...BUT DO NOT FORGET THE MYSTERIOUS FOG OF SAN FRANCISCO...THIS MOVIE CATCHES THE SPIRIT OF LATE 40'S EARLY 50'S SAN FRANCISCO THE JAZZ JUST ROCKS AND IT DID THEN...THE FILMORE DISTRICT HOSTED ALL THE GIANTS OF JAZZ!!! JUST LIKE THE MALTESE FALCON DOES WHICH IS ALSO SET IN SAN FRANCISCO!!!! SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES ARE THE CITIES OF INSIRATION FOR FILM-NOIR!!

  • @fenwaypark1725
    @fenwaypark1725 5 лет назад +5

    Neville Brand classic line, soft in the belly, don’t like it in the belly do ya. His face as he’s driving looks like the joker with no makeup.

  • @AgustinaGrimaldi
    @AgustinaGrimaldi 10 лет назад +10

    Soon, I'll be home soon...in a box.

  • @lilblackduc7312
    @lilblackduc7312 Год назад

    This is actually a very good movie! Thank you...🇺🇸 😎👍☕

  • @davwess7957
    @davwess7957 7 лет назад +14

    I can say a lot like: luv the film sound like a classic old record,/ the jazz band they do not play like th@ no more. the luv th@ Paula had for her man.
    I don't care wh@ they say this was a Oscar.
    picture, sound, script, a few caricatures, any way's one HELL of a thriller, most of all suspense.

  • @jimmyduncan7650
    @jimmyduncan7650 7 лет назад +5

    I had a toxic luminous bowel movement once​. I pulled through but the toilet died

  • @Theswerethebestthebest
    @Theswerethebestthebest 7 лет назад +5

    Really good movie but at least he stayed alive reveal the real killers

  • @mikeacton2203
    @mikeacton2203 5 лет назад +4

    of course, the numerous remakes were pale by comparison, mostly because they deviated from the film noir concept.

  • @mapacheraccoon4476
    @mapacheraccoon4476 6 лет назад +2

    What a great movie...

  • @craigbrowning9448
    @craigbrowning9448 10 лет назад +12

    Lobby of Bradbury building also seen in Blade Runner Inside the restored Bradbury Building. Downtown Los Angeles California.

    • @splash5150izy
      @splash5150izy 5 лет назад

      ^^^@Craig Browning .. Ya don't say, wow ok :D] .v ..

  • @bartudell5929
    @bartudell5929 5 лет назад +1

    Richard A.: "So Sheldon calls us to muster stations, shouting 'I mean now!'."
    Gibby C.: "Muster stations must have meant wherever we were, already, as we waited to drop the sails."
    Richard A.: "By now the guests were starting to panic."
    Todd N.: "Told we had to drop the sails while underway, Sheldon gives the command & we let ' em go."
    Richard A.: "It was the sound & the fury, whipping & rattling sails, & of course, probably wondering what they had gotten themselves into, the screams of some of the guests."
    Gibby C.: "The sails spilled over the decks & into the harbor, while the main came down over the cockpit, burying Sheldon who had to fight his way out from underneath it."
    Todd N.: "Abandoning the helm on his way to the bow shouting: 'Who's got the jib! Who's got the jib!"
    Richard A.: "The jib didn't come completely down, & was steering us as it billowed out of control toward disaster with a resulting lee helm, it's sheets whipping across the decks like a snake."
    Gibby C.: "The deck quaked beneath Sheldon as he ran to the forepeak. I've never seen a 250 pound man defend into a hole like a jack rabbit as fast as Sheldon did. And then he hops up like a jack rabbit just as fast from the forepeak with the anchor in his arm & it's chain coiled around his shoulder."
    Richard A.: "All eyes were on Sheldon, now."
    Gibby C.: "He gets down on his knees & cleats the anchor chain to the windlass, figure- eighting it, figure- eighting, figuer- eighting, figure- eighting, figure- eighting, then, off the wrong side of the boat...".
    Richard A.: "Meaning the chain was going to drag beneath the keel...".
    Gibby C.: "He throws the anchor: kurplunk, the anchor. Then KERPLUNK, Sheldon, the anchor chain tangled around his shoulder."
    Todd N.: "The boat suddenly spun around, her transom barely missing another boat in the boathouse."
    Richard A.: "That was Sheldon, reaching the bottom, becoming One with the anchor."
    Todd N.: "He disappeared over there, off the starboard bow. He then reappeared over there, about 30 feet behind the port quarters, with a sheepish look on his face."
    Richard A.: "Keel- hauled by the anchor chain."
    Gibby C.: "So we were stuck there...".
    Richard A.: "Here, wading in water over the floorboards, wondering how to get back to the slip without an engine."
    Gibby C.: "at anchor in the harbor, the sails still unfurled with the main fluttering in the wind, letting off the occasional WHOMP! Just flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, WHOMP! Flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, WHOMP! Flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, flutter, WHOMP!

  • @johnfunck6181
    @johnfunck6181 9 лет назад +2

    I have a feeling that S. Lumet, in The Pawnbroker, paid tribute to Maté's tracking shot of O' Brien running like mad in the streets of Frisco.

    • @daleholmgren6078
      @daleholmgren6078 6 лет назад

      Very physical role for the 35 yr old O'Brien. Lots of running and jumping.

  • @elmagodelmaryahoo
    @elmagodelmaryahoo 5 лет назад +1

    Long Time / No See…. as one of my many FAV “Who Dunnits” in general, and definitely a solid dose of REAL American Film Noir in particular!! Fabulous Edmond O'Brien in his always-welcome roles of nervous stress laced thru a pinch of “ennui”. THX for the upload Timeless Classic!! But Geeeeeze, forever clinging ol Paula is one frickin Train Wreck 'chick' (EH), who’d last about 5 Minutes in MY presence!! Marriage? = NOT :-)

  • @uralbob1
    @uralbob1 11 месяцев назад

    Damn good movie! Thanks TCM!

  • @jimr3417
    @jimr3417 6 месяцев назад

    Now this is film noir !great flick

  • @ianboard3555
    @ianboard3555 3 года назад +1

    Great movie. Don't waste time with the re-make.

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 5 лет назад +3

    Shootout in the LA drugstore at 1:08 is authentic!

  • @dianevitale1214
    @dianevitale1214 6 лет назад +2

    fast paced. Interesting.

  • @rogerscottcathey
    @rogerscottcathey 5 лет назад +3

    Somehow it seems like everyone's on acid.

  • @vaporsaver
    @vaporsaver 11 лет назад +5

    you didn't have to keep reading the description, man...i mean, kudos for actually reading. people don't do it enough anymore.

  • @subhabratadas8419
    @subhabratadas8419 3 года назад +1

    I love the cat calls whenever a woman walks by at the hotel lobby.

  • @bartudell5929
    @bartudell5929 5 лет назад +1

    Richard A.: "In a way Sheldon redeemed himself that night. A lesser captain would have crashed the boat."

  • @divingduck1970
    @divingduck1970 11 лет назад +1

    Good one. Thanks!

  • @mercedyzmarieguion292
    @mercedyzmarieguion292 6 лет назад +1

    The opening music is DRAMATIC but it really "pumps up" at 1:25 where it is replete with outrageously high violins and rolling drums.
    Music makes Bigelow's death walk seem more fatalistic.
    The way O'Brien "pounds the pavement " is waaaay dramatic, in fact, the entire movie is dramatic with a capital 'D'.
    Don't get me wrong, I love this movie but I have always thought it is.... dramatic, lol.
    I read a book about film noir that stated O'Brien was the only actor whose hair could "act" in that his hair "moved" especially in scenes where his character had to exert himself.
    The musicians at "The Fisherman " club were playing so fast I could barely keep up with the music what with the absurdly fast drumming and bass playing. Those guys were "playing" !!!
    When I first watched this as a little girl the tube of illuminated poison scared the mess out of me and my sister!
    Doctor "...you've been murdered. " Fantastic line.
    O'Brien did some serious running when he "left the doctor's office" and we get some more of that dramatic music where after he catches his breath (after all that running) he "walks" to the club where he had been the night before. Hard to tell which is more powerful the opening scene or this scene.
    And Neville Brand is outstanding as the psychotic henchman who loves to "give it to you in the belly "
    "...and baby makes three."
    Brand was pretty good when young, his "Duke" helped make
    "Stalog 17" (sp) the classic it is because he gave Holden's character the blues. The scene where Holden's character is attacked by the other prisoners you know Duke hit Holden the hardest.
    Great movie!!!

  • @sarasmith5110
    @sarasmith5110 4 года назад +2

    Pamela Britton and Beverly Campbell (Garland) were two of the rare women who got better looking as they got older. Like Doris Day.

    • @Brian_tim
      @Brian_tim 3 года назад

      I didn't even realize that was Beverly Garland. Had to search it to make sure. She looks much different here than in later years.

  • @kaefreemanduchess719
    @kaefreemanduchess719 5 лет назад +1

    🎬I personally have this movie i love old classical movies this it gets ☆☆☆☆☆ 5 star from me🎥♥️💙♥️🎬

  • @MrEPB
    @MrEPB 7 месяцев назад

    Marvelous Motion Picture!

  • @alexciocca4451
    @alexciocca4451 5 лет назад +2

    Jive crazy don’t see many of those these days

  • @domnadomnaki103
    @domnadomnaki103 Год назад

    My favourite film noir.......❤❤❤

  • @markbrown375
    @markbrown375 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great movie from the past. BUTT maybe he should have been keeping his eye on the glASS of liquor.

  • @salbers
    @salbers 9 лет назад +10

    "I'd like to report a murder." Bigelow exclaims, when actually there were TWO: his own and Halliday's. After all, he gunned down Halliday in cold blood.
    I'd love to see this play out in court - both being convicted of murder in absentia because they are both dead.

    • @threedragonstalk2123
      @threedragonstalk2123 6 лет назад +1

      He's really kind of reporting three murders: Phillips' as well. So really when you think about it, the score's Halliday - 2, Bigelow - 1

    • @paulbeard4218
      @paulbeard4218 6 лет назад +3

      Halliday was after him----Bigelow was defending himself, clearly .

    • @stephenarling1667
      @stephenarling1667 4 года назад

      Halliday was justly executed.

    • @OEllsworth
      @OEllsworth 3 года назад

      More accurately "posthumously," but "in absentia" will do!

  • @paulstark6818
    @paulstark6818 26 дней назад

    A very moveing action packed story well acted thank y9u ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Furball2k
    @Furball2k 11 лет назад +3

    I just muted this video and watched it's intro with to the theme of Get Smart

  • @Barbbfly
    @Barbbfly 3 года назад +2

    What a story !! TYTY from Canada

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 5 лет назад +1

    Paula...a big help!

  • @noahahlstrom3834
    @noahahlstrom3834 2 года назад

    When O'Brien's character is catting around at the St. Francis, and that Piccolo Pete starts up -- at first I thought it was irritating; the more I view this movie, the more I think it's pretty damn funny

  • @melanieengel7581
    @melanieengel7581 8 месяцев назад

    On the edge of your seat thriller! Thank you for Sharing I will be passing this one on...

  • @EYE_GOTCHA
    @EYE_GOTCHA 4 года назад

    I always liked this movie. “Paula” is Pamela Britton, who played the landlady on “My Favorite Martian”. The bartender also played Sam Drucker on “Green Acres”.

  • @user-gu1jk4qn6b
    @user-gu1jk4qn6b Месяц назад

    I saw this, as a child, many years ago, in the early 60s, maybe about the time that Kennedy was elected. My parents weren't home, and I must have been driving my big brothers and sister's crazy. They all seemed so big, I couldn't fathom a time that they would all be gone. The party scene, reminds me of the parties our parents used to give. One time, a lawyer my father worked with, was pushed off our front porch, by his wife. It broke his collar bone. We were supposed to be sleeping, but what with the music, the laughing, talking, there was no way for a 4 year old to sleep. They all worked for FNMA, or Fanny May, as they called it. It was actually a federal agency, called Federal National Mortgage Association. I knew one thing, I never wanted my future husband to act the way these men behaved. My husband was always home, for supper. We gave quiet parties, with other families, the children in their pajamas. If there was drinking, I made sure clean sheets were on the beds, and the sofa bed was ready. All the children loved it.

  • @Northatlantic2012
    @Northatlantic2012 7 лет назад +24

    A good, well-acted fast-paced movie. But I could have done without those silly sound effects every time Bigelow saw an attractive woman. And is it me, or were those doctors who told Bigelow that he was dying some pretty cold cookies?

    • @jeffeastwood15
      @jeffeastwood15 5 лет назад +4

      The slide whistle sounds were *very* bizarre.

    • @candybarney5469
      @candybarney5469 5 лет назад +4

      I'm just watching this now, and I hate that sound effect! I wish they hadn't done that!

    • @kimberlypatton1810
      @kimberlypatton1810 5 лет назад +4

      It all adds up to lay a flavor of the 40's to the film..The juxtaposition of his thinking he has a "safe" little average life in contrast to the unbelievable chaos and insanity and fate and he is unwillingly and innocently thrust into.It serves to bring about a groundwork in his character where he changes from somewhat of a "wolf" into a man who realizes in Paula what is truly valuable since his minutes are numbered.

    • @robertwesley4416
      @robertwesley4416 5 лет назад

      Yeah cold as am Eskimo Pie

    • @OEllsworth
      @OEllsworth 3 года назад

      Maybe this dates me, but those are called "wolf whistles," but usually not done with a slide whistle, but the normal way. And of course in 1950 sexism was accepted. How far we have come.

  • @Brian_tim
    @Brian_tim 3 года назад

    Chester had some really nice shoes. If those are blue suede then that's one more reason for him to hate Bigelow.

    • @rickbrowning7059
      @rickbrowning7059 3 года назад

      You can knock me down spit in my face sully my name all over the place . do anything that you want to do but uh uh baby lay off of my shoes and dont you step on my blue suede shoes. Well u can do anything except step on my blue suede shoes. No wonder Chester was pissed off at bigelow.

  • @jasonfrew2394
    @jasonfrew2394 Год назад

    Oh Frank! Oh Paula! I love you Frank! I love YOU Paula! Oh darling darling, I love you so very very...very very much!! So original. What genius came up that? 🙄 Now can I have my two minutes back?? 🤨

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 5 лет назад +1

    Bigelow...you've been murdered!

  • @dennisvelezechevarria6575
    @dennisvelezechevarria6575 4 года назад +1

    THIS IS THE FIRST D.O.A. MOVIE.THERE ARE TWO MORE. ONE WITH TOM TRYONE AND ANOTHER WITH DENNIS QUAID.

  • @davewilliams3315
    @davewilliams3315 5 месяцев назад

    The actor playing the heavy Chester was the pre-incarnation of Gary Busey!

  • @henrywilliams2820
    @henrywilliams2820 9 лет назад +2

    I have seen to remember watching this film. I don't know when thought.

  • @nhenriksen777
    @nhenriksen777 Год назад

    I love this film.💕

  • @patmack60
    @patmack60 3 года назад +1

    I love this movie.

  • @ghjytffjkk
    @ghjytffjkk 3 года назад

    the old guy with the bottle @1:07:52 is my hero.... smoked that ass... lmao

  • @surfstrat59
    @surfstrat59 4 года назад +1

    Neville Brand was great...🎬