The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)

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
Victor Sen Yung	...	Mr. Wing
Joe Theismann	...	Jock
A'leisha Brevard	...	Mother (as A'leshia Brevard)
Buck Kartalian	...	Nicky
Peter Mamakos	...	Spoony Singh
Martin Kosleck	...	Horst Borsht
Philip Baker Hall	...	Dr. Inman
Michael Masters	...	Ralph (as Mike Masters)
Larry Pennell	...	George
Kathleen Bracken	...	Mona
Ed McCready	...	Garbage Man
Alan Foster	...	Driver
Rozelle Gayle	...	Mastodon
Bill Catching	...	Nero's Uncle
Everett Creach	...	Buster
Wally Rose	...	Gunman
Ralph D. Carpenter	...	Gunman (as Ralph Carpenter)
Jerry Somers	...	Catalina Driver
James Bacon	...	Reporter
Frank Baron	...	Reporter
Marilyn Beck	...	Reporter
Robert Osborne	...	Reporter
Will Tusher	...	Reporter
Dick Whittington	...	Reporter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Armando Compean	...	Singer (voice)

Directed by
Robert Day

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andrew J. Fenady		novel
Andrew J. Fenady		screenplay

Produced by
Andrew J. Fenady	....	producer
Eddie Saeta	....	associate producer
Melvin Simon	....	executive producer

Original Music by
George Duning

Cinematography by
Richard C. Glouner

Film Editing by
Houseley Stevenson Jr.

Production Design by
Robert Kinoshita

Set Decoration by
Jerry Adams

Costume Design by
Vou Lee Giokaris		(as Voulee Giokaris)
Oscar Rodriguez
Jack Spangler

Makeup Department
Joe DiBella	....	makeup artist (as Joseph Di Bella)
Jim Gillespie	....	makeup department head
Jo McCarthy	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Eddie Saeta	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Catching	....	second unit director
Rafael Elortegui	....	second assistant director
David McGiffert	....	first assistant director

Art Department
John Bonino	....	construction foreman
Horst Grandt	....	property master
Duane R. Marion	....	leadman (as Duane Marion)
Richard McKenzie	....	set designer

Sound Department
Gordon L. Day	....	rerecording mixer
James J. Klinger	....	supervising sound editor
Bill Marky	....	production sound mixer (as William Marky)
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Ira Anderson Jr.	....	special effects (as Ira Anderson)

Stunts
Bill Catching	....	stunt coordinator
Marneen Fields	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Ken Adams	....	key grip
Tony Askins	....	camera operator
Don E. FauntLeRoy	....	assistant camera (as Don FauntLeRoy)
Ted Holt	....	gaffer (as Theodore Holt)
Jeff Miller	....	assistant camera
Jim Rose	....	best boy electric
Lee Sparkin	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Marvin Paige	....	casting

Editorial Department
Harold Wilner	....	assistant editor

Music Department
John Beal	....	composer: additional score
John Beal	....	music supervisor
John Beal	....	orchestrator
John Mick	....	music editor

Transportation Department
George Alden	....	transportation coordinator
Ed Wirth	....	transportation captain (as Eddie Wirth)

Other crew
Mischa Hausserman	....	director: aerial sequences
James Koehler	....	representative: Simon Productions
Maxwell Meltzer	....	production accountant
Lloyd Nelson	....	script supervisor
Eddie Ryder	....	dialogue coach (as Eddie Reider)
Eric Schwab	....	production associate (as Eric B. Schwab)
C. Ransom Walrod	....	marine coordinator

Production Companies

• Melvin Simon Productions
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1980) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1986) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Fox Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)

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:

Victor Sen Yung's final movie.

Quotes:

Commodore Anastas: I have a passion for collecting.
Sam Marlow: Yeah? I have a passion for passion.

Movie Connections:

References The Mark of Zorro (1940)

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. >