Canadian flyer Laurence Gerard finds that his wife has been murdered by a French collaborator. His quest for justice leads him to Switzerland and Argentina.
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On being demobbed at the end of the war, Canadian flyer Laurence Gerard returns to France to discover who ordered the killing of a group of Resistence fighters including his new bride. He identifies Vichy collaborator Marcel Jarnac, who is reported as dead himself. Not believing this, Gerard follows the trail to Argentina where it is apparent that Nazism is also far from dead. Written by Jeremy Perkins <[email protected]>
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collaborator | canadian | switzerland | france | post traumatic stress disorder |Certificate:
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25 December 1945 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Acorralado See more »Filming Locations:
RKO-Pathé Studios - 9336 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Etienne Rougon: If there was any betrayal, I betrayed her by fathering her in a century of violence. She died well. Celeste made no mistakes.
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Opening credits: The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictional. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. See more »Goofs
In the window of the Bern insurance company, the German word for insurance, "Versicherungen" is misspelled "Vesicherungen". See more »Quotes
Laurence Gerard: She couldn't have made a mistake. I knew her well. Who betrayed her?Etienne Rougon: If there was any betrayal, I betrayed her by fathering her in a century of violence. She died well. Celeste made no mistakes.
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Powell completely reprises his performance and almost his role as Philip Marlowe in "Farewell My Lovely". His very human blundering fallible down-to-earth world-weary performance served him well in the earlier movie set on home ground in the USA. Here it becomes monotonous when it continues unchanged throughout World War, 10,000 miles of travel and 10,000 feet of celluloid. To be fair he was not aided by, as just one other reviewer noted, a largely B movie supporting cast including a femme decidedly not fatale - and a plot with just a series of small squibs rather than any impressive explosions. Apart from Walter Slezak there were no interesting characters - none of the voltage that might have been supplied by Edmond O'Brien, Sydney Greenstreet, Claude Rains - and of course Bogey. It was neither grand fiction as was "The Maltese Falcon" nor a believable semi-documentary as was "The Third Man", illuminating some murky corners. The movie was a rather tiring journey which seemed longer than its 102 minutes. And the end of the villain? They pulled their punches on that one. The movie is rather grey throughout - watch only if outside the weather is even greyer. Or if a Noir fan who wants to complete his or her collection.