An exciting film noir entry, steaming up the screen with sultry, sexy Russell and a somnambulistic Mitchum who manage to clinch often, despite their sneering disregard for each other.
Macao (1952)
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Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 5
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 81 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Set in (where else?) Macao, China, film dramatizes the intertwined lives of three transplanted Americans: a droll, sexy chanteuse, a former soldier who's on-the-lam, and an undercover cop assigned to bring a local crime boss to... Set in (where else?) Macao, China, film dramatizes the intertwined lives of three transplanted Americans: a droll, sexy chanteuse, a former soldier who's on-the-lam, and an undercover cop assigned to bring a local crime boss to justice. [More]
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Gloria Grahame
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Gloria Grahame, Thomas Gomez, Brad Dexter, Edward Ashley, Philip Ahn
Director: Josef Von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray
Director: Josef Von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray
Producer: Alex Gottlieb
Screenwriter: Bernard C. Schoenfeld, Stanley Rubin
Composer: Anthony Collins
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Reviews for Macao
Sternberg's personality survives; what's missing is the soul that might have turned the artifice and self-parody into poetry.
What is so enjoyable, apart from Harry Wild's shimmering camerawork, is the tongue-in-cheek tone of the script and performances, best evidenced in the sparkling banter and innuendo between Mitchum and Russell.
All the other ingredients, including Miss Russell's famed physique, are pretty much the same as have been tumbled into previous cheesecakes with Jane and Bob.
If you are looking for an underrated film noir gem--that somehow got swept under the rug--this is it!
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