The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Robert Day

Writers:

Andrew J. Fenady (novel)
Andrew J. Fenady (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 July 1980 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

He's cool under pressure and sophisticated between the sheets [Video]

Plot:

A man with a fixation on Humphrey Bogart gets plastic surgery to make him look exactly like Bogart....

Plot Keywords:

Belly Dancer | Beautiful Woman | Belly Dance | Hollywood | Reference To John Wayne

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Robert Sacchi	...	Sam Marlow
Franco Nero	...	Hakim
Michelle Phillips	...	Gena
Olivia Hussey	...	Elsa
Misty Rowe	...	Duchess
Victor Buono	...	Commodore Anastas
Herbert Lom	...	Mr. Zebra
Sybil Danning	...	Cynthia
Richard Bakalyan	...	Lt. Bumbera (as Dick Bakalyan)
Gregg Palmer	...	Sgt. Hacksaw
Jay Robinson	...	Wolf / Zinderneuf
George Raft	...	Petey Cane
Yvonne De Carlo	...	Teresa Anastas
Mike Mazurki	...	Himself
Henry Wilcoxon	...	Mr. Chevalier

Also Known As:

Sam Marlow, Private Eye (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Melvin Simon Productions

Trivia:

The character of Sam Marlow is named after two classic characters of Humphrey Bogart: Sam Spade from The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Philip Marlow from The Big Sleep (1946).

Quotes:

Sam Marlow: Dana Andrews was swell in "Laura," but what if Bogart had played Lt. MacPherson? Yeah, Bogart... smoking a cigarette and looking up at that portrait, thinking Laura was dead, but still in love with her. What a love scene. And neither of them naked!

Movie Connections:

References Laura (1944)

Soundtrack:

The Man with Bogart's Face

Got to me - the first 10 minutes

Almost missed it. While visiting friends in Philadelphia sometime in the early 1980`s, I was channel surfing after everyone else went to bed. It wasn`t just Bogart he was obsessed with; but rather the entire era of those old flicks those of my age know so well. Add to that a plot liken to The Maltese Falcon - where so many different characters were interacting with Sacchi - and you have a piece of art as far as I`m concerned. About ten years later it appeared on TV and I taped it. >