The Brasher Doubloon
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- ASPECT RATIO 4:3 (FULL FRAME)
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 12 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: December 6, 2012
- Originally Released: 1947
- Label: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | George Montgomery, Conrad Janis, Fritz Kortner, Roy Roberts & Nancy Guild | |
Directed by | John Brahm | |
Screenwriting by | Leonard Praskins | |
Composition by | David Buttolph |
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COMING AT THE CLIMAX OF A FOUR FILM PHILLIP MARLOWE PHENOMENON OF THE 1940S, THE BRASHER DOUBLOON, ADAPTED FROM RAYMOND CHANDLER'S THE HIGH WINDOW, IS A GEM OF THE MARLOWE OEUVRE. GEORGE MONTGOMERY PLAYS MARLOWE WITH A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK YET AGGRESSIVE STYLE AS HE INVESTIGATES THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE TITULAR COIN FROM WEALTHY FLORENCE BATES. MONTGOMERY ENCOUNTERS ALLURING YET ENSLAVED FEMME NANCY GUILD, MANIPULATIVE SON CONRAD JANIS (MORK AND MINDY) IN AN EARLY ROLE, PHOTOGRAPHER FRITZ KORNER (WITH NAZI SHADINGS) AND WEARY DETECTIVE ROY ROBERTS WHO MUST PENETRATE THE MAZE OF MARLOWE'S EXPLOITS. BRASHER IS A TALE OF DECEPTION, BLACKMAIL AND INTRIGUE THAT REVEALS THE TRUTH IN A FILM RECOLLECTION INVOLVING THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF BATES' HUSBAND. WHILE NOT HAVING THE REPUTATION OF MURDER, MY SWEET, THE ORIGINAL THE BIG SLEEP OR LADY IN THE LAKE EARLIER IN THE DECADE, THIS 1947 PHILLIP MARLOWE P.I. CLASSIC EVOKES THE CHANDLER MYSTIQUE IN TIS TIGHTLY DIRECTED FILM VERSION BY JOHN BRAHM. HIGHLY RECCOMENDED FOR DEVOTEES OF THE FILM NOIR P.I. THRILLER, ESPECIALLY THIS ONE IN HAUNTING BLACK-AND-WHITE.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 16,444
- UPC: 024543857136
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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