Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: Feb 8, 1936 Wide
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Burned-out British intellectual Alan Squier (Leslie Howard) wanders into the desert service station/restaurant owned by Jason Maple (Porter Hall). Alan finds himself an object of fascination for Jason's starry-eyed daughter, Gabrielle Bette Davis, who dreams of moving to France and establishing herself. Boze Hertzlinger (Dick Foran), Gabrielle's gas-jockey boyfriend, grows jealous of Alan, but the penniless, dissipated Briton has no intention of settling down; in fact, as soon as he mooches a
Feb 8, 1936 Wide
Jan 25, 2005
All Critics (13) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (0) | DVD (10)
The screen version is still a play, but it's aturning point in the movie career of Humphrey Bogart, who had played the gangster's role on stage and then in a TV version with his wife (in Bette davis role)
A ripping thriller shadowed with overtones of societal decay and Darwinian selection.
Huch of what's on display here evokes a society on the decline.
Bogie's breakout film still impresses.
Gangster Existentialism deluxe.
Award-winning adaptation
a "classic" that really doesn't hold up. pretty bad, actually.
April 18, 2007Super Reviewer
An interesting love story wrapped up in a crime thriller story. A bit long and talky, though, but pretty good.
October 21, 2010Super Reviewer
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