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Director:
Writers:
Daniel Fuchs (screenplay)
Murray Forbes (novel)
Release Date:
16 December 1949 (Finland) more
Tagline:
HIS SCAR marked them BOTH!!
Plot:
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller takes a new identity, with ironic results. full summary | full synopsis
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I Wake Up Dreaming: Roxie's Return to Noir
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Victor Laszlo is a crook more (29 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Paul Henreid | ... | John Muller / Dr. Bartok |
 | Joan Bennett | ... | Evelyn Hahn |
| Eduard Franz | ... | Frederick Muller |
| Leslie Brooks | ... | Virginia Taylor |
| John Qualen | ... | Swangron |
| Mabel Paige | ... | Charwoman |
| Herbert Rudley | ... | Marcy |
| Charles Arnt | ... | Coblenz |
| George Chandler | ... | Aubrey - Assistant |
| Sid Tomack | ... | Artell - Manager |
 | Alvin Hammer | ... | Jerry |
| Ann Staunton | ... | Blonde |
| Paul E. Burns | ... | Clerk (as Paul Burns) |
| Charles Trowbridge | ... | Deputy |
| Morgan Farley | ... | Howard Anderson |
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Also Known As:
The Man Who Murdered Himself (USA) (reissue title)
The Scar (UK)
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83 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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USA:Not Rated | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Angel's Flight Railway, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA more
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John Muller: It's a bitter little world full of sad surprises, and you don't let anyone hurt you. more
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Paul Henreid is in every single scene of this movie, and it's hard not to think of him in his most famous role, and to impose that image onto this picture. Henreid's thick accent is a distraction that really robs this movie of some of its charm.
But, the plot twists make up for everything. One takes place in a photo shop, and its significance is immediately apparent. The other is the ending which caught me totally by surprise. I can't say anymore for fear of spoiling it for those who haven't seen it, but I will pause to note how no other commentator here has bothered to note the *irony* of how Laszlo .. er Muller .. er Bartok met his end.
Joan Bennett is terrific here, as a cynical, vulnerable, rather sarcastic secretary who shows herself to be an astute judge of character, though not as hard-hearted as she'd have us believe. Leslie Brooks .. the exquisitely eye-lined Leslie Brooks .. is wasted here.
This is a tedious, hum-drum movie except in the moments when Henreid and Bennett are together on screen, but that wonderful ending is one of the best you'll ever see. 7 out of 10.