The Big Combo (1955) [Film Noir] [Crime]

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  • Опубликовано: 11 мар 2013
  • If you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe: goo.gl/0qDmXe | Police Lt. Leonard Diamond is on a personal crusade to bring down sadistic gangster Mr. Brown. He's also dangerously obsessed with Brown's girlfriend, the suicidal Susan Lowell. His main objective as a detective is to uncover what happened to a woman called "Alicia" from the crime boss's past. Mr. Brown, his second-in-command McClure and thugs Fante and Mingo kidnap and torture the lieutenant, then pour a bottle of alcohol-based hair tonic down his throat before letting him go. Diamond eventually learns through one of Brown's past accomplices that Alicia was actually Brown's wife. The accomplice suspects that Alicia was sent away to Sicily with former mob boss Grazzi, then murdered, tied to the boat's anchor and permanently submerged. Diamond questions a Swede named Dreyer, who was the skipper of that boat (but now operates an antiques store as a front, bankrolled by Brown). Dreyer denies involvement, but this doesn't prevent him from being murdered by McClure within seconds after he leaves the shop. Diamond tries to persuade Susan to leave Brown and admits he might be in love with her. He shows her a photo of Brown, Alicia and Grazzi together on the boat. Susan finally confronts Brown about his wife and is told she is still alive in Sicily, Italy, living with Grazzi.
    Brown next orders a hit on Diamond. However, when his gunmen Fante and Mingo go to Diamond's apartment, they mistakenly shoot and kill the cop's burlesque dancer girlfriend Rita instead. Diamond sees an up-to-date photo of Alicia but realizes it wasn't taken in Sicily (since there's snow on the ground). This leads Diamond to suspect Brown didn't kill Alicia but his boss Grazzi instead. Diamond is able to track Alicia to a sanitarium, where she is staying under another name. He asks for her help. Brown's right-hand man, McClure, wants to take over. He plots with Fante and Mingo to ambush Mr. Brown, but ends up getting killed himself because they are loyal to the boss. At police headquarters, Brown shows up with a writ of habious corpus, effectively preventing Alicia to testify against her husband. Brown also brings a big stash of "money" to Fante and Mingo while they are hiding out from the police, but the box turns out to contain a bomb that apparently kills both. Brown shoots the lieutenant's partner Sam and kidnaps Susan, planning to fly away to safety. Diamond finds a witness that could finally nail the elusive gangster -- Mingo, who survived the blast and confesses that Brown was behind it all. Alicia is able to help Diamond figure out where Brown was likely to take Susan, a private airport where Brown intends to board a getaway plane.
    However, the plane doesn't show up and the film climaxes in a foggy airplane hangar shootout. Susan shines a bright light in Brown's eyes and the lieutenant places him under arrest. The last scene shows the silhouetted figures of Diamond and Susan in the fog, considered to be one of the iconic images of film noir.
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    Directed by Joseph H. Lewis, produced by Sidney Harmon, written by Philip Yordan, starring Cornel Wilde as Police Lt. Leonard Diamond, Richard Conte as Mr. Brown, Brian Donlevy as Joe McClure, Jean Wallace as Susan Lowell, Robert Middleton as Police Capt. Peterson, Lee Van Cleef as Fante, Earl Holliman as Mingo, Helen Walker as Alicia Brown, Jay Adler as Sam Hill, John Hoyt as Nils Dreyer, Ted de Corsia as Bettini, Helene Stanton as Rita, Roy Gordon as Audubon, Whit Bissell as Doctor (scenes deleted) (as Whit Bissel), Steve Michaell as Bennie Smith - Boxer, Baynes Barron as Young Detective, James McCallion as Frank - Technician, Tony Michaels as Photo Technician, Brian O'Hara as Attorney Malloy, Bruce Sharpe Detective, Michael Mark as Fred - Hotel Clerk, Philip Van Zandt as Mr. Jones (scenes deleted) and Donna Drew as Miss Hartleby.
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    Source: "The Big Combo" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 28 February 2013. Web. 12 March 2013. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_....
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  • @TimelessClassicMovie
    @TimelessClassicMovie  7 лет назад +93

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

  • @MaureenTheTemp
    @MaureenTheTemp 2 года назад +29

    What's truly crazy is this would have been considered a "B" film back then, and it blows away any movie coming out of Hollywood today.

  • @TracySmith-xy9tq
    @TracySmith-xy9tq 2 года назад +12

    Nice to see a young Lee van Cleef ❤️

  • @rickbrowning7059
    @rickbrowning7059 2 года назад +74

    I really appreciate an adult film that allows the viewer to use his or her imagination in a scene rather than actually showing it. The director was decades ahead of his time. Always appreciate his treating his audience like adults. Loved this film. Thank you.

    • @Cracktaculus
      @Cracktaculus Год назад +5

      Top 2 of five fav late noir films
      Big Combo
      Kiss Me Deadly
      The Scarf
      House on 92nd Street
      Shield For Murder

  • @leecoffman2594
    @leecoffman2594 8 лет назад +585

    I saw this movie when it came out in 1955, but I was with my girlfriend and we smooched all the way through ! So this is actually the first time I ever really saw it. Great movie !

    • @leecoffman2594
      @leecoffman2594 8 лет назад +93

      WELL, I AM BLESSED WITH LONG LIFE, I AM 83 YEARS YOUNG AND IN GREAT HEALTH !

    • @Harvey3rdman
      @Harvey3rdman 8 лет назад +53

      "smooched". Oh man. I was born too late.

    • @ogofthewaste9012
      @ogofthewaste9012 7 лет назад +19

      Lee Coffman i was in the jungles in 1960

    • @billsmith6884
      @billsmith6884 7 лет назад +18

      Were you Tarzan?

    • @KennethColeman426
      @KennethColeman426 7 лет назад +2

      *Ha hahahahahaha. Now that was Funny dude.*
      *He could have been a tree(;)*

  • @gandfgandf5826
    @gandfgandf5826 5 месяцев назад +7

    The magic of b & w. Light and shadow.

  • @jonshuba3137
    @jonshuba3137 Год назад +26

    A classic fim noir in every sense of the term. Tough dialogue, memorable characterizations, narrative drive, and the brilliant camerawork of John Alton. The cast is pitch-perfect and filled with real pros. Also reminds us of what a great an actor we had in Richard Conte.

  • @paistebob3163
    @paistebob3163 Год назад +25

    During the pandemic I discovered these golden nuggets of the golden age of film noir and I completely agree with many of the people commenting that this one really has it all. All the actors were great in this, a really interesting storyline that keeps you on the edge of your seat with many twists and turns and the cinematography is simply incredible and reminds me of some of the Orson Welles movies the way it was directed. I think this is my new favorite Noir film! Thanks for bringing this to us you have a new subscriber. Peace, Bob

  • @royrayburn1503
    @royrayburn1503 8 месяцев назад +9

    Richard Conte was a brilliant actor, one of my favorites. He was ice cold in this.

    • @gregoryhenderson2640
      @gregoryhenderson2640 2 месяца назад

      Barzini in the Godfather.

    • @maryjanesheffield1233
      @maryjanesheffield1233 2 месяца назад

      Conte is my favorite noir character of all time. In the movie House of strangers, he is riveting! I have watched that movie 20~maybe 30 times and that’s not hyperbole!

    • @maryjanesheffield1233
      @maryjanesheffield1233 2 месяца назад

      I love it when Conte says “First is first and second is nobody.”

  • @Rosey01222
    @Rosey01222 2 года назад +16

    A movie where people actually talk to each other, communicate. Not like movies today. Where it's all action much of it the mindless kind and not much else. Here we have real character development and a well crafted storyline. An ensemble cast that work well.together to bring an audience a captivating human interest story.

  • @DavidRice111
    @DavidRice111 5 лет назад +43

    This is what film noir was always meant to be.

    • @charles-cl6xj
      @charles-cl6xj Год назад +1

      Fanny and Mingo,their relationship should have been explored a little more. Subtle.🤪😴

    • @DavidRice111
      @DavidRice111 10 месяцев назад

      @@charles-cl6xj Only in the sick views of the world of today.

    • @mphrdldn
      @mphrdldn 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@charles-cl6xjNo way in 1955.

  • @michaelward9880
    @michaelward9880 3 года назад +12

    Richard Conte could play a totally sympathetic good guy to totally despicable bad guy. One of the best noir actors. Brian Donlevy, Lee Van Cleef, Cornell Wilde, Earl Holiman are great. Excellent film on a low budget. Definitely a keeper. Thanks.

  • @wiseonwords
    @wiseonwords 4 года назад +15

    It's good to see the excellent Lee Van Cleef. What a great villain he was!

  • @IK-so2bm
    @IK-so2bm 2 года назад +9

    It's great to see an old movie that you've seen years ago but now you delight in recognizing the wonderful actors that you didn't know back then.

  • @mariojorgecaeiro
    @mariojorgecaeiro 3 года назад +14

    «Nobody knows how another person feels […] I treated her like a pair of gloves»-. Excellent noir.

  • @randyacuna3248
    @randyacuna3248 4 года назад +19

    One of the last real film noirs shot by the best film noir cameraman, john alton.

  • @greekveteran2715
    @greekveteran2715 2 года назад +6

    Brian Donlevy, Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Lee Van Cleef ... A time, when the second actors and the 3d actors of a movie, where ten time better actors, than nowdays Protagonists... From the fist minutes of this movie, noticing all those great actors, I already knew it would be a masterpiece, a timeless classic!!!

  • @billyfoster3223
    @billyfoster3223 Год назад +6

    Lee Van Cleef and Earl Holliman in this one! Great actors, all of them!😁👍

  • @josenighthawk
    @josenighthawk 3 года назад +4

    Noirs are truly Intimate ... Passionate Poison... A great Noir ... Love the drunken jazz score!

  • @carnivalwrestler
    @carnivalwrestler 5 лет назад +9

    The dialog in this was so gritty and real, and Jean Wallace was drop dead gorgeous.

  • @vinsblack2
    @vinsblack2 3 года назад +5

    thanks TCM channel
    due to you i was found a youth lee van cleef
    who hero of the classic western movie from here 👍

  • @tomdooley4226
    @tomdooley4226 Год назад +3

    I love the amateur and wannabe movie critics' analysis of these films. Many are quite good and, in fact, probably could be professional.

  • @paltielbenyamin1273
    @paltielbenyamin1273 Год назад +3

    It has been an incredible privilege to watch this movie, and an incredible privilege to learn more about Cornel Wilde. Wikipedia his name and learn more about who he was!

  • @_Peremalfait
    @_Peremalfait 5 лет назад +37

    One of the few noir films that actually has a jazz score. 1:00:52 the look on Sam's face. Great acting. Use of lighting, lots of shadows and mist, very stylized in the noir tradition and visually appealing. A well wrought crime noir.

  • @ronmcgill9366
    @ronmcgill9366 5 лет назад +23

    Terrific film noir. Terrific cast. Stunning cinematography!

  • @sammagnolia7612
    @sammagnolia7612 5 лет назад +17

    what a great quote..."we are fighting a swamp with a spoon"....doesn't this describe one's struggle with life...applies to so many things...

    • @vidhushekhar17
      @vidhushekhar17 4 года назад +3

      I don't even have a spoon-
      trying to make do with a broken fork.😞

    • @autumnt.allgood8895
      @autumnt.allgood8895 4 года назад +2

      LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C.

  • @TIOMKIN1
    @TIOMKIN1 7 лет назад +100

    Excellent film noir movie. Good jazz score by David Raksin.

    • @BoulderOakFilms
      @BoulderOakFilms 7 лет назад +2

      Except his name is Raskin, not Raksin.

    • @TIOMKIN1
      @TIOMKIN1 7 лет назад +5

      Jason Kessler- I beg your pardon. I met David Raksin and he did not like people addressing him as Raskin. Check the film credit if you can read and spell. It right in front of your eyes. Put your glasses on.

    • @BoulderOakFilms
      @BoulderOakFilms 7 лет назад +7

      I was misinformed and stand corrected, your peevish snottiness not withstanding.
      Many thanks.

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 7 лет назад +7

      Remember when film scores were memorable ? Now it's this repetitive, "minimalist" crap.

    • @luther_beckett
      @luther_beckett 5 лет назад +6

      The first few notes were what hooked me. I was browsing noir films and started it and knew I had a winner.

  • @jimthompson7402
    @jimthompson7402 10 лет назад +74

    I remember seeing this film when it came out many years ago and had forgotten how good it was. Captures the gritty,duplicitous and sleazy atmosphere of big city crime with Richard Conte giving an interesting interpretation of a criminal psychopath. In my view the true art of "good" film making has been lost. This an example of a film from that era that has it all,excellent musical score,story,sharp dialogue,direction,cinematography, good pacing,and a wonderfull cast. There were during those years many such interesting films.

    • @whitewingdove7560
      @whitewingdove7560 2 года назад

      Wish they would have made so many more like this
      The library is way too small

    • @dangardiner2011
      @dangardiner2011 Год назад

      Just moved to a podunk town in Wis.: Beaver Dam...everybody makes a big deal that Fred MacMurray grew up here...I say, " and Brian Donlevy!" "Who?"

  • @freemarketjoe9869
    @freemarketjoe9869 4 года назад +17

    Priceless movie on crime in the mid fifties. Thank God they made films like this so we can witness what it was like in that incredible era! This one was especially well done. In my opinion these movies capture a more realist view of America at that time than any other form of historical evidence. Plus they are loads of fun to watch! Thank you TMC!

  • @floppabingussled
    @floppabingussled 7 лет назад +53

    Among the best noir thrillers of the 1950's including Fritz Lang's The Big Heat from 1953, Nicholas Ray's In A Lonely Place from 1950 and Orson Welle's Touch of Evil from 1958. The great John Alton did the superb photography for several noir films directed by the talented Anthony Mann such as Raw Deal and T-Men.

    • @stretchlimo7275
      @stretchlimo7275 4 года назад +3

      William McDonald The Big Heat was excellent 👍🏼

    • @addtoxiz1741
      @addtoxiz1741 4 года назад +2

      Did anyone notice the guy who's torturing is also named mr.brown in this movie and he's torturing a cop. Just like tarrantino's reservoir dogs. Where mr.brown tortures a cop. Shows how Quentin tarrantino's gets influenced from

    • @TheManzfield7
      @TheManzfield7 4 года назад +1

      See my girl Marsha Hunt in Raw Deal, What a Babe! Great Dialogue: Ann Martin: "I'd stop you if I had a gun." Joe Sullivan: "You Don't Need a Gun." Marsha look good at 100. M.

    • @andreichivu7653
      @andreichivu7653 3 года назад +2

      Kiss me deadly,The Lost Weekend,Pick-up on South Street,Kiss of Death,The Desperate Hours,Double Indemnity,Night and the City,etc....

    • @thebordernow
      @thebordernow 2 года назад +1

      Just about nothing touches that amazing many-minutes long, continuous tracking shot that opens "Touch of Evil"! It is incredible how much thought, creativity, and planning went into it to get it on film!

  • @adamdonigiewicz5961
    @adamdonigiewicz5961 7 лет назад +19

    a film noir classic in the top 100 list of film noir films excellent noir cinematography and jazz sound

  • @rainerbuck36
    @rainerbuck36 5 лет назад +35

    This soundtrack is incredible!!! It's one of the most intense and deep music I've heard in my whole life so far! And I've listened to a lot of stuff...But this! IT's just incredible, everybody should hear this soundtrack! David Raksin, for me you're a hero!!!

    • @sherrihinton8567
      @sherrihinton8567 3 года назад +2

      Bravo

    • @death2pc
      @death2pc 3 года назад +2

      It hit me, too!!!! GREAT CALL. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @shredred1212
      @shredred1212 2 года назад +3

      Yes indeed! Even as a musician, I must admit, it is a masterpeice, plain and simple!

    • @edoedo8686
      @edoedo8686 2 года назад

      Yea, I love it, too...

    • @nameskhar1510
      @nameskhar1510 2 года назад +1

      @@shredred1212
      Yep. Me too ...

  • @gregoryprusak8378
    @gregoryprusak8378 4 года назад +10

    What a classic line! "First is first...and second is nobody".Amazing how the character actors steal the scenes right away from Wilde. Conte is brash, glib and confident here. The execution scene of Donlevy with no sound just gun flashes... classic film noir visual artistry. Wow. Greatly underrated film, like it more than Lewis' "Gun Crazy".

  • @kinhason46
    @kinhason46 6 лет назад +5

    Helene Stanton, my next door neighbor in Philadelphia, mother of Hollywood's Dr. Drew Pinsky. She taught my older sister piano in the mid-1040s before moving to Hollywood in 1946. Stanton was her stage name .. Good flick!!!

  • @richardburriesci7723
    @richardburriesci7723 5 лет назад +14

    Whenever I see Lee Van Cleef I'm always expecting Clint Eastwood showing up staring him down and say "GO AHEAD MAKE MY DAY!"

    • @autumnt.allgood8895
      @autumnt.allgood8895 4 года назад

      LOL.
      LEE HAS A DIGIT MISSING ON ONE OF FINGERS.

    • @pattimaeda6097
      @pattimaeda6097 4 года назад

      Richard Burriesci yeah like Lee Van Cleef was in Dirty Harry🙄🙄🙄

    • @willen2416
      @willen2416 3 года назад +1

      One of Lee Van Cleef’s early roles was as one of the gunmen in the shootout with Gary Cooper in “High Noon.” I think there was a closeup of him in the very first scene of this classic film with Tex Ritter’s “Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling” theme song playing in the opening credits.

    • @TracySmith-xy9tq
      @TracySmith-xy9tq 2 года назад

      @@autumnt.allgood8895 Lee didn't lose the tip of that finger until 1958 and this movie was made in 1955.

  • @StevenTorrey
    @StevenTorrey 8 лет назад +44

    Crisp dialogue, great drama, great story line.

    • @StevenTorrey
      @StevenTorrey 8 лет назад +1

      +Steven Torrey The list of cast is completely wrong! Whoever put it together, wasn't thinking, it does not even describe the characters in the film!

  • @jaymorgenthal9479
    @jaymorgenthal9479 9 лет назад +36

    Great but brutal. Richard Conte really did a number on Cornel Wilde when he tried to get him to talk. The Noir aspects are classic with the dark shadows and great dialog.

    • @jelanirembert9757
      @jelanirembert9757 3 года назад

      Just like the scene from reservoir dogs and ironically his name is mr brown just like Quentin Tarantino

  • @dararohan1209
    @dararohan1209 5 лет назад +9

    Love the old world charm that this picture brings. Amazing what they were able to do with the technology available at the time. Classic filmmaking.

  • @sage4nowty129
    @sage4nowty129 6 лет назад +46

    I agree with the comments about the musical score for this movie; the music is fantastic! Also, the movie is first-rate! Cornel Wilde playing detective Diamond, was a great actor, always bringing intensity to any part that he played!!

    • @dougcase7545
      @dougcase7545 4 года назад +2

      He was a pretty good director also. He directed and starred in "The Naked Prey" 10 years after this film.

    • @emansnas
      @emansnas 4 года назад +1

      @@dougcase7545 Damn I'd forgotten about that... have to check RUclips for it

    • @StefanReich
      @StefanReich 3 года назад

      LOL I find the music really annoying, at least in the opening scenes

    • @Gremllion
      @Gremllion 2 года назад

      I really liked the Timeless Movies I've seen in the last two weeks but this one sucked. Yeah the Actor playing Diamond was good. With a list of stars like this had I thought it would be good but the acting was pretty bad... not believable,...Sucked

    • @jacquelinejanz5792
      @jacquelinejanz5792 Год назад

      Love the name

  • @Charlesputnam-bn9zy
    @Charlesputnam-bn9zy 5 лет назад +15

    Any movie with Brian Donlevy is worth watching.
    One of the greatest classic actors. I saw him for the 1st time as Pr. Quatermass in the 1957 ''Enemy From Space'' and was struck by his sternness as the unlikable but no-nonsense scientist.

    • @per-olofwiktorsson2650
      @per-olofwiktorsson2650 11 месяцев назад +1

      I don't really understand why, but Nigel Kneale, who wrote the original teleplay for "Quatermass Experiment ", wasn't too pleased with Donlevy's performance in it. Kneale is sort of a Household Deity of mine.
      I read it in an interview (Starlog Magazine, done by Bill Warren) that Nigel Kneale, the dean of British sci-fi (an American equivalent would be, hm I don't know Richard Matheson maybe?), found Donlevy to be past his prime (?). The BBC had already filmed Quatermass for TV as a serial (with Reginald Tate as the professor), and Hammer Studios went on to remake Kneale's story as a feature film with Brian Donlevy as Quatermass, but had to cut down the story significantly to get it down to movie length (that's probably one reason why Kneale was displeased right there), being released in the US as "The Creeping Unknown". That was actually Hammer's breakthrough, during the new regime at Hammer (the Carrera family together with Anthony Hinds), I think they started out under the name "Exclusive" in the '30's. From then they went on to make Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Horror of Dracula (1958), both with the great Terence Fisher as director, and both starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee of course. The rest is as they say history.
      Cushing, who already was a star on TV in the UK, had starred in or would go on to work with other Nigel Kneale written projects in the UK; "The Abominable Snowman" as well as an Kneale's adaptation of the George Orwell novel "1984", the latter with Donald Pleasence.
      Kneale said in the same interview that he appreciated Brian Donlevy's performances though for Preston Sturges.

    • @Charlesputnam-bn9zy
      @Charlesputnam-bn9zy 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@per-olofwiktorsson2650
      I recommend you Nigel Kneale's 2 short stories :
      1_ "Minuke" British deadpan humour at its best.
      2_ "Jeremy In The Wind" Scary scarecrow.

  • @harrissmith5986
    @harrissmith5986 4 года назад +6

    A movie loaded with talent and a interpreting a good script. As I recall, most of these actors had successful careers.

  • @BobJones-dq9mx
    @BobJones-dq9mx 3 года назад +3

    Well made movie.Script and visual effect good.Acting was convincing. Lee Van Cleef was perfectly casted.

  • @personwholikesmovies4222
    @personwholikesmovies4222 6 лет назад +13

    I love how it goes silent when the guys ear plugs ( sorry I don't know what they're called ) just before he dies and everything goes silent. I didn't expect that stuff from a 50s noir

    • @demetriusdion286
      @demetriusdion286 5 лет назад

      M.O.S (or MOS) meaning Mit Out Sound.

    • @demetriusdion286
      @demetriusdion286 5 лет назад

      The Shot is called a P.O.V. SHOT (or Point of View) A Camera Angle which shows what some in the film is seeing. It's also called a Subjective Camera Angle. And if the Character is moving, it's called a Subjective Pan Shot or Subjective Tracking Shot.

    • @debrarodriguez3193
      @debrarodriguez3193 4 года назад +4

      Hearing aid. Lol.

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy Год назад

      "You won't hear the shots."

  • @tonytaurus3676
    @tonytaurus3676 3 года назад +2

    The opening soundtrack has been stuck in my head for two weeks straight now.

  • @Gos1234567
    @Gos1234567 5 лет назад +4

    This film is severly underrated and underappreciated.One of the best examples of noir,has all the noir elements and some cunnilingus and homoerotic references thrown in to mix things up a bit.Way better than some so called noir classics like Sunset Boulevard and Mildred Pierce (really just melodramas).The cinematography and score are the icing on the cake

    • @michaelbaker3920
      @michaelbaker3920 2 года назад +2

      who cares about labels? and why are melodramas (touch of evil, sirk, sunset blvd, terms of endearment) not worthy of yr fine-tuned mind esp considering that this is prolly barely top 20 noir. jeez, if this is better than sunset blvd a hot dog is better than a steak diane; tony orlandio and dawn are better than the beach boys. nope.

  • @stephengrahn9361
    @stephengrahn9361 4 года назад +24

    That was good, i enjoyed it while quarantining. Sure hope everyone doing the same makes it through safely

    • @khalgarrison
      @khalgarrison 3 года назад +1

      7 months later....still a believer?

    • @stephengrahn9361
      @stephengrahn9361 3 года назад

      @@khalgarrison i am in western Washington 🇺🇸, so yes. We have lost over 240000 people while our selfish reprobate mind of a lame duck president is ensuring more people die by crippling the gov as much as he can on his humiliating way out.

    • @jacquelinejanz5792
      @jacquelinejanz5792 Год назад

      @@khalgarrison
      Need to know??

  • @tpe54
    @tpe54 6 лет назад +4

    I like how they do variations of the theme thru-out the movie. This movie to me shows the advent of modern film...no corny mannerisms..original and innovative....

  • @TomLohre49
    @TomLohre49 9 лет назад +13

    Wow, so great to see this. A lot of meat on the dialog. This one I'll be watching over and over.

  • @spartandodge6034
    @spartandodge6034 3 года назад +1

    A real treasure of a film. Cast , direction , photography, light, music, all perfect for me. Thank You.

  • @jean6872
    @jean6872 4 года назад +22

    It rates as one of the best film noir for good reasons. The cinematography is perfect and the lighting is just right with every scene done to perfection. The cast played their parts well so that not one can be singled out for praise. It was a team effort. As for the score, it was appropriate although cumulatively by the end it seemed to be just too noisy; too much of a good thing at higher than necessary. It is well written too with several memorable lines delivered right. "Nobody knows how another person feels." 1:00:48 So true.

  • @charlesbower8387
    @charlesbower8387 5 лет назад +4

    Amazing cinematography by John Alton. Great dialog.

  • @karaokevideoshowdemrlopez5578
    @karaokevideoshowdemrlopez5578 4 года назад +3

    RUclips + movies like this one = TV IS DEAD!! from Puerto Rico, Thanks T C M.

  • @tjay2698
    @tjay2698 6 лет назад +20

    Awesome score and credits. A great-looking film.

  • @-oiiio-3993
    @-oiiio-3993 4 года назад +12

    34:29 - "Got any liquor?'
    "How 'bout some paint thinner?"
    "Naww, that'll kill him, anything else?"
    "Hair tonic, forty percent alcohol."
    "Fine."

    • @michaelward9880
      @michaelward9880 3 года назад +4

      Gangsters without liquor? No way! Noir gangsters always had liquor, cigarettes and playing cards 24 -7.

    • @-oiiio-3993
      @-oiiio-3993 2 года назад +1

      @@michaelward9880 And _dames._

  • @bobbysands6923
    @bobbysands6923 6 лет назад +7

    A great film, with more twists and better character development than most noirs of its kind. I loved it. Thanks for the post.

  • @chase36chase
    @chase36chase 11 лет назад +25

    i love lee van cleef. that face. that face..

    • @TheManzfield7
      @TheManzfield7 4 года назад

      Like that "Anguine Visage" huh? M.

    • @TracySmith-xy9tq
      @TracySmith-xy9tq 2 года назад

      I love Lee van Cleef ❤️ He makes me weak in the knees. He left us way too soon. 😢

    • @jacquelinejanz5792
      @jacquelinejanz5792 Год назад

      @@TheManzfield7
      Please look in the mirror

  • @rickmiller1429
    @rickmiller1429 4 года назад +14

    Take a good look at the scenes with Rita, played by Helen Stanton, she is the mother of Dr. Drew Pinsky.

  • @gnparker
    @gnparker 6 лет назад +9

    Great Film Noir Classic. Thanks.

  • @floydroadheroes
    @floydroadheroes 2 года назад +3

    excellent film!I appreciate this very much! Thank you! Some great names in there. The double act of Lee Van Cleef and Earl Holliman was priceless!

  • @TheManzfield7
    @TheManzfield7 4 года назад +4

    Favorite line: Screaming into a hearing aid box: HE USED TO OWN IT!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I own it, M

    • @jelanirembert9757
      @jelanirembert9757 3 года назад

      I believe thats what inspired mr blondes torture scend in resevoir dogs when he cut the cops ear off

  • @stangets
    @stangets 3 года назад

    American sitting in the Philippines on lockdown enjoying these older films. Love them.

  • @tonithenightowl1836
    @tonithenightowl1836 Год назад +2

    A young Lee Van Cleef before The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Always loved him albeit he usually played a villain. He had the face and demeanor for it. Cool and deadly. lol

  • @jamesvickers9476
    @jamesvickers9476 6 лет назад +14

    dam wit these stories there's always a plot within a plot within another plot....

  • @tss77
    @tss77 5 лет назад +8

    No one could have played Mr. Brown better than my favorite Richard Conte.

    • @darthsatanus
      @darthsatanus 5 лет назад +1

      "UNTIL THIS TIME I didn't know who it was, but it was Barzini all the time..."

  • @michaelpatrick7888
    @michaelpatrick7888 2 года назад +1

    conte is a great actor!!i love him in all his roles,,he was a class actor,,

  • @johnbuchinsky3193
    @johnbuchinsky3193 8 лет назад +7

    The Cinematograhper was brilliant at times

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 7 лет назад

      Yeah, I see what you mean but the bad shots couldn't be helped. Many of the sets were very small and cheap hence the heavy use of shadows and some static camerawork.

    • @demetriusdion286
      @demetriusdion286 5 лет назад

      @Ed Miller , He wrote a book on Cinematography as well.

  • @morbisch
    @morbisch 5 лет назад +4

    What an excellent movie this is.Great acting.Crime ruled in these movies.Really enjoyed this movie.Thanks for the upload.

  •  5 лет назад +6

    THE BEST noir theme in the history of the universe...period.

  • @windstorm1000
    @windstorm1000 9 лет назад +30

    looks like it was filmed entirely in New York--tough line up of good actors!

    • @jessicarabbit290
      @jessicarabbit290 6 лет назад +1

      No, it was filmed entirely on a soundstage.

    • @jaminova_1969
      @jaminova_1969 4 года назад

      Madison Square Garden.

    • @puck30
      @puck30 3 года назад +1

      Outside scenes look like Chicago, that sure looks like the outside of Chicago Stadium in the beginning.

  • @aquillafleetwood8180
    @aquillafleetwood8180 5 лет назад +5

    My grandfather was born in 1870...my mother was born in 1924...I was born in 1952!
    Wish my grandfather had not been born so long ago! I would like to have been a young man during this era!
    Today's world is a mess!!!

  • @cynthiahawkins2389
    @cynthiahawkins2389 4 года назад +3

    (10:07) Wonderful Richard Conte. Trivia bit: he was seriously considered for the role of Don Corleone, in THE GODFATHER. Anyway, he was great as Don Barzini. His villains are almost always articulate, thoughtful, and well dressed! Catch him in HOUSE OF STRANGERS as Max Monetti. In it, he plays the type of character he does superbly well - a good guy, basically compromised...Excellent!!

    • @hotmarriedgays
      @hotmarriedgays 4 года назад

      Cynthia Hawkins just watched “House of Strangers” yesterday...fantastic! He elevates every movie he appears in. Love that guy!

  • @robertsmoot7640
    @robertsmoot7640 6 лет назад +1

    This is Classic Film Noir with a great Actor Richard Conte.

  • @johnhoyle6390
    @johnhoyle6390 3 года назад +1

    possible the best noir song written, unforgettable classic opening.

  • @lemilemi5385
    @lemilemi5385 4 года назад +1

    Richard Conte and Viv Richards are 2 of the coolest blokes last century

  • @Cracktaculus
    @Cracktaculus 4 года назад +2

    This flick is on my top 10 Noir list. Has all the elements and all the best actors of the time-All of the leading actors were in the Untouchables, TV/Features

  • @denisceballos9745
    @denisceballos9745 5 месяцев назад

    Cool movie. Richard Conte as the suave crime boss was tremendous. The blonde was really something, Jean Wallace, with that sultry look, nice closeups. This movie had me engrossed from start to finish. Thanks.

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 4 года назад +2

    Ah... Jean Wallace...what a ravishing noir dish! As you can see in the credits, all her outfits are Don Loper originals - he was a very hot in the mid fifties. Jean married her cop in real life and became Mrs. Cornel Wilde (before that Mrs. Franchot Tone).

  • @sharpear1031
    @sharpear1031 4 года назад +1

    Well written; well directed. Mr. Wilde supported each of the supporting actors and gave them their scenes; very impressive.

  • @SunsetStarship
    @SunsetStarship 5 лет назад +2

    Fanti and Mingo? Now...where have I heard those names before?
    Oh yeah! Serenity!! They are the two who give the crew the first job in the film! ;)

  • @scottdellrobinson
    @scottdellrobinson 9 лет назад +3

    I love the smooth talk

  • @reach4thestars67
    @reach4thestars67 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you for uploading this movie.

  • @n.emilioaviles
    @n.emilioaviles 5 лет назад +4

    What a cast! Bravo!!

  • @JohnSmith-kz8yo
    @JohnSmith-kz8yo 4 года назад +1

    The Big Combo? That's what I always order!..lol

  • @gabbyhyman1246
    @gabbyhyman1246 4 года назад +2

    This is stunning! Thank you so much for making it available! Killer dialogue and music. What a dame!

  • @kennethleoganda9805
    @kennethleoganda9805 4 года назад +6

    dave raksin should have used this in one of his lectures, still, an impressive film after all these years.

  • @leonardgreeley5869
    @leonardgreeley5869 10 лет назад +31

    One of the best crime dramas ive seen in a long time. gritty, sexy, and just plain right.

  • @Jeke316
    @Jeke316 5 лет назад +4

    What an awesome flick! Thanks for posting it.

  • @NancyDrewe
    @NancyDrewe 5 лет назад +5

    The opening music really sets the stage for this one. Really good one, thanks. :)

  • @mphrdldn
    @mphrdldn 8 месяцев назад

    The last scene is to die for! The lurid theme tune is great.

  • @davidhimmelsbach557
    @davidhimmelsbach557 6 месяцев назад

    An ending up there with Casablanca or City Lights. Just so perfect.

  • @sferrell1000
    @sferrell1000 9 лет назад +32

    In a year, Van Cleef will be fighting a giant turnip from space.

    • @Rayoscope
      @Rayoscope 7 лет назад +3

      ...and that giant turnip was a "close personal friend" of his.

    • @raymondsaquet2922
      @raymondsaquet2922 5 лет назад +7

      Hey! Lee Van Cleef is the guy on the roller coaster that SHOT THE BEAST FRON 20,000 FATHOMS.

    • @puck30
      @puck30 3 года назад

      Lee Van Cleef battled a lot of stuff during his career. But gotta love that Turnip.

    • @puck30
      @puck30 3 года назад

      @@raymondsaquet2922 Love that Movie!

    • @scottferrell4631
      @scottferrell4631 3 года назад

      @@puck30 Turnip was named Belua

  • @AFaceintheCrowd01
    @AFaceintheCrowd01 2 года назад +1

    This is the gold standard -- everything from music to jagged script used for title credit.

  • @nishantsigdel1841
    @nishantsigdel1841 6 лет назад +1

    Like everybody has said, THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE... Enjoy....

  • @JeffreyGlover65
    @JeffreyGlover65 4 месяца назад

    Lee Van Cleef...Earl Holliman. I love these old movies, and I was born in '65

  • @JSB1882
    @JSB1882 9 лет назад +17

    OMG! I just fell in love with Jean Wallace. She was so beautiful! I knew that she was married to Cornel Wilde, but I really had no idea who she was until now.

    • @billythekid3234
      @billythekid3234 3 года назад

      She really tried to kill herself in real life,,, how sad,,,,,,She was married to Cornel Wilde for 30 years.

    • @jacquelinejanz8466
      @jacquelinejanz8466 3 года назад

      I absolutely love that spotlight scene
      Trying to hide from it.
      Just like evil and those who try to hide their evil spirits. The light shining on it is their worst fear. It’s comical watching them trying to hide what they do. Shine that light, Baby! 🙋‍♀️

    • @jacquelinejanz5792
      @jacquelinejanz5792 Год назад

      She is something rare

  • @Altuniversenaevis
    @Altuniversenaevis 4 года назад +3

    "I was trying to remember how I fell in love with you" she's just full of despair and you can tell

  • @anthonya.1359
    @anthonya.1359 Год назад +1

    The opening music is great! I love it!

  • @jackchafin8475
    @jackchafin8475 3 года назад +2

    Wow! How classic! Thank-you. What a cast. All the guys and gals who lived so long ago... I was one when this came out. Times were dark in this film. Mine was just blooming into my wonderfully adventure-filled life. I wish all of you today might have a life like mine has been -- so far -- and never get caught-up in the horrors of deception and strife that seems to pervade the present day. Perhaps things have always been dark for some. Let that not be yours...
    Peace, out.

  • @eddancer1381
    @eddancer1381 8 лет назад +9

    My opinion is this is a good crime movie.
    Thanks for the upload Timeless Classic Movies
    Ed

  • @wbbils7052
    @wbbils7052 4 года назад +3

    The "Big Combo": Richard Conte and three henchmen. What a pantload.