Dead Reckoning
by John Cromwell
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Actor: Charles Cane, Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, William PrinceDirector: John Cromwell
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Leo Tover
Producer: Sidney Biddell
Writer: Sidney Biddell
Writer: Allen Rivkin
Writer: Gerald Drayson Adams
Writer: Oliver H.P. Garrett
Writer: Steve Fisher
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Published)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-14
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Movie Reviews of Dead Reckoning
Movie Review: Good Start & Finish But Uninvolving Overall
Summary: 3 Stars
The bulk of this film, the middle of it, was just too slow for me, hence the so-so and somewhat-generous 3-stars rating. The beginning and endings were very good, especially several scenes in the final half hour. There were several twists concerning Lizabeth Scott's character that kept you guessing.
There were other things going for this film, such as Humphrey Bogart's narration. He had a lot of good lines in here, either narrating or talking to others. He and Scott were the stars but some of the supporting players also were great, such as Morris Carnovsky as the tough-guy aide, "Martinelli. " Also, they may not be big names but Charles Cane, William Prince, Marin Miller, Wallace Ford and James Bell all added nice performance here.
Yet, with all this going for it, I didn't find the film as involving as it should have been. It too flat in the middle of the film. Perhaps another look someone will change my mind.
Summary of Dead Reckoning
Americas favorite tough guy is at his super-sluth best as an ex-g.I. Turned private eye. A 40s film noir classic Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/27/2008 Starring: Humphrey Bogart Lizabeth Scott Run time: 104 minutes Rating: NrThe shadow of World War II falls over this stateside film noir thriller about a GI paratrooper (Humphrey Bogart) who trails his AWOL war buddy to a treacherous city populated by gamblers, goons, pug cops, and the smoky, suspicious Lizabeth Scott, a seductive femme who may be fatale. Bogie's tight lipped, war hardened intensity dominates the B roster of supporting actors (Morris Carnovsky as a finicky nightclub owner with a gambling sideline, Marvin Miller as his brutal baby-faced thug) and the plot echoes with elements of earlier Bogie classics The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon recast on a low budget. Scott is, for all her fog-voiced sultriness, no Lauren Bacall, but her mannered performance is appropriately ambiguous and the film's cynical edge, ruthless desperation, and tarnished view of small-time hoodlums with big dreams casts a darker shadow unique to Hollywood's postwar funk. --Sean Axmaker
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