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Posted 4 months ago
For those of you who have recently quit smoking or are considering giving up smoking, this film will either make you smoke more, or, get you coughing like I did throughout the movie. Aside from the acting, Robert Young, Peter Lorre, and gang, I don't believe there was one scene in which a cigarette was not burning....even on top of a mountain where air is thin, oxygen precious....shows you how times change. BTW Peter Lorre's character sports an ear ring. Now, my kingdom for a fresh cigarette.....kidding.
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Posted 5 months ago
"and was it really credible that the englishman's dog, the man mistaken for the german spy, and who is wrongly murdered because of it, should have telepathic perception of the danger its owner was in, and should have howled in perfect synchronicity with his fall off of the mountain, pushed by the general, lorre?"
It's not credible, it's cinematic. If you had a problem with that, I doubt you've watched or enjoyed many Hitchcock films.
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Posted 5 months ago
great dialogue. i just wish i could have heard and understood more of it. the delivery was super fast and the volume wasn't high enough, even with an amplifier! the general's (lorre's) death at the end was ridiculously contrived. he places a loaded gun in front of the german spy, robert young, whose throat he's about to cut, who very obligingly grabs it and shoots lorre, who evidently dies, as young, no doubt, also expires soon after under the rubble of the bombed train. and was it really credible that the englishman's dog, the man mistaken for the german spy, and who is wrongly murdered because of it, should have telepathic perception of the danger its owner was in, and should have howled in perfect synchronicity with his fall off of the mountain, pushed by the general, lorre? clever, witty filmmaking, or obvious contrivance? nevertheless, gielgud & lorre were superb together, and the rest of the acting was top notch.
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Posted 6 months ago
This is a required movie for true classic movie lovers. While it's an early English Hitchcock film, it still has all the brilliant yet infamous Hitchcock elements: wit, suspense, love & romance, etc.
An example of the cute humor is my favorite line in the whole film. Without spoiling the movie, just think of Lorre's character as a foreigner just learning English. Earlier he had been somewhere, where there was a loud noise. He wiggles his finger in his ear and says, "I'm still blind in this ear!" Very cute, indeed. The acting was just amazing for that day, although it's very clear that Gielgud was treading on new ground. At the time the movie was made, he was a very highly respected stage actor and this was his first movie. He seems quiet and subdued, but it still works wonderfully well. Hitchcock was very good, even from the start. He loved spy films, which sadly he stopped doing once moving to the US. This one is just another great example of what Hitchcock was capable of. |
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Posted 7 months ago
I'm confused by April's "I loved it, great old movie" and then she gives it one star?
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Posted 8 months ago
Classic Hitchcock spy movie with an awesome cast. It was great to see
Gielgud and Lorre together and I too love the quick witted dialogue. Well worth my time!
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Posted 8 months ago
John Gielgud and Peter Lorre together; How can you go wrong? Both so young... I loved the dialogue. Thumbs up always for this one
How about more super black and whites - maybe Ingmar Bergman's Hour of the Wolf - keep them coming Hulu
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Posted 8 months ago
Not Belmondo! Was he even born when they filmed this movie?
The main actors are Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud and Robert Young!
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