The Man with Bogart's Face

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In The Man With Bogart's Face, an affectionate send-up of the Bogart detective films of the 1940s, Robert Sacchi plays a man who idolizes Humphrey Bogart so much he has his features altered to look exactly like his idol. He then opens up a detective agency under the name Sam Marlowe (an amalgam of the names of Bogart's characters from The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep). Sam hires the Duchess (Misty Rowe) as his secretary ("She looked like Marilyn Monroe and made about as much sense as Gracie Allen") and "Sam Marlowe, Private Eye" is in business. Sam gets a meager response until a shooting puts his picture in the paper and business starts to flourish. Particularly attracted to Marlowe's services are a collection of characters -- Gena (Michelle Phillips), an attractive Gene Tierney type; Commodore Anastas (Victor Buono), a Greek shipping tycoon and Sidney Greenstreet lookalike; and the mysterious Mr. Zebra (Herbert Lom doing a Peter Lorre imitation). They are all trying to find the famous Eyes of Alexander -- a priceless set of stones from a statue of Alexander the Great. Also on hand are old Hollywood pros George Raft, Yvonne DeCarlo and Mike Mazurki.

Rating:

PG (adult situations/language, violence)
Genre:

Comedy, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Robert Day
Written By:

Andrew J. Fenady
In Theaters:

Oct 3, 1980 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Apr 12, 2005
Runtime:

106 minutes
Studio:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Cast

Robert Sacchi
as Sam Marlowe

Franco Nero
as Hakim

Michelle Phillips
as Gena Anastas

Olivia Hussey
as Elsa Borsht

Misty Rowe
as Duchess

Victor Buono
as Commodore Anastas

Herbert Lom
as Mr. Zebra

Sybil Danning
as Cynthia

Richard Bakalyan
as Lt. Bumbera

Gregg Palmer
as Sgt. Hacksaw

Jay Robinson
as Wolf Zinderneuf

George Raft
as Petey Cane

Yvonne De Carlo
as Theresa Anastas

Mike Mazurki
as Himself

Victor Sen Yung
as Mr. Wing

Henry Wilcoxon
as Chevalier

A'Leshia Brevard
as Mother

Peter Mamakos
as Spoony Singh

Joe Theismann
as Jock

Michael Masters
as Ralph

Buck Kartalian
as Nicky

Martin Kosleck
as Horst Borsht

Philip Baker Hall
as Dr. Inman

Mike Masters
as Ralph

Kathleen Bracken
as Mona

Larry Pennell
as George

Ed McCready
as Garbage Man

Rozelle Gayle
as Mastodon

Everett Creach
as Buster

Bill Catching
as Nero's Uncle

Alan Foster
as Driver

Wally Rose
as Gunman

Ralph Carpenter
as Gunman

Jerry Somers
as Catalina Driver

James Bacon
as Reporter

Marilyn Beck
as Reporter

Frank Barron
as Reporter

Dick Whittington
as Reporter

Robert Osborne
as Reporter

Will Tusher
as Reporter

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Sep 06, 2010

I know it's hard to believe, but this actor actually does look exactly like Humphrey Bogart! That's the main reason to see this movie, of course, but it's also a very funny mystery movie too. Towards the end it gets less funny, but in the end it's entertaining anyway.

Aj V Super Reviewer