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Humphrey Bogart,
Humphrey Bogart,
Lizabeth Scott,
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John Cromwell,
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: Not Rated
: Columbia TriStar
: Film Noir, Vintage Noir
: 105 min.
: English
: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese
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In Dead Reckoning, Rip Murdock (Humphrey Bogart) recites the film's plotline to a priest in the confessional. Murdock and Johnny Drake (William Prince) are Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, en route to Washington by train. Drake hops off and disappears, leading Murdock on a hectic manhunt. Upon meeting Drake's former girlfriend %Coral Chandler (Lizabeth Scott), Murdock is thrown into a maelstrom of intrigue involving a crooked gambler (Morris Carnovsky) and a complex blackmailing scheme. The upshot of this is that Murdock finds himself the prime suspect in a murder. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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by eifert
September 14, 2004 - 6:15 PM PDT
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2 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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| Dead Reckoning is a by-the-numbers noir featuring the king of noir Bogart. His love interest is the queen of b-movie noirs Liz Scott (playing a part that clearly was modeled after Lauren Bacall.) You have every element of a noir - a veteran returns home - a dark night club owned by a shady character - a femme fatale - a cheesy musical number - but for some reason the movies seemed a little flat. Bogie is always a great screen presence and he is here too. The stunning use of light and shadow is a treat for black-and-white fans. |
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