suspense (1946)
Meanwhile, someone from the new manager's past shows up with information that could wreck his plans.
Certificate: Passed Suspense Title: Presumed...but is he?
frankfob2@yahoo.com. Newspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper. Two guys, sharing an apartment, meet twin girls (both Bonita Granville). The film felt like a truck stuck on the ice, noisily moving back and forth to get some traction. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. Morris King described the film as "a psychological treatment of Crime and Punishment. Frank has him stay the night. At a cost of 1.1 million dollars, it was considered the most expensive film put out by Monogram Pictures. While she works on getting proof, the prosecution is doing all it can to force a conviction. Suspense (1946) 1946 was a big year for film noir. The next day, Frank takes a hunting gun and intends to kill Joe, but the gun report starts an avalanche, and Frank is presumed dead. The ice-skating-themed film stars Barry Sullivan and former Olympic skater Belita. The-yet-to-be named film-noir style was the rage in Hollywood. Pan-Pacific Auditorium - 7600 W. Beverly Boulevard, Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA, What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast, Rhumba Band An American World War I soldier, whose disfigured face is reconstructed by Austrian plastic surgeons, returns home after twenty years, but no one recognizes him, his widow is married to another man, and his son is a grown young man. Her lines are gorgeous and she enters her spins faster.There are some interesting shots in this film, particularly the technique of the overhead light swinging back and forth, taking Sullivan and Belita in and out of the light as they are talking.Highly entertaining with a good performances by the always solid Sullivan and the imposing Dekker.
Suspense is a 1946 film noir directed by Frank Tuttle. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Strangely, Belita, with her background in Russian ballet, comes off as more modern and frankly a more exciting skater than Henie. Neither of their contributions is in the million-dollar class. Belita didn't stay an amateur long and eventually entered films as poverty row's answer to Sonia. The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife.
For, apart from some ice-skating numbers (which presumably coat all that coin), it has nothing to recommend it—let alone the thing of which the title speaks ... Frank Tuttle was the director from a script by Philip Yordan. Frank Leonard (Albert Dekker), the proprietor of an ice-skating revue, promotes a strong-arming peanut-vendor named Joe Morgan (Barry Sullivan) at the show to a management position based on suggestions he makes to improve the act of the show's star, Roberta Elva (Belita), who also happens to be the owner's wife. Add the first question. View production, box office, & company info.
In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Monogram threw some money at this one and produced a nifty noir starring Belita, Barry Sullivan, Bonita Granville, Albert Dekker, and Eugene Palette called "Suspense," a 1946 film directed by Frank Tuttle.Figure skater Belita plays Roberta, whose skating show is produced by her husband Frank (Dekker).
The nice one is murdered and her boyfriend is accused of the crime. Philippa Shelley races against time to clear her husband Nicholas Talbot of a murder he did not commit. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. [5], When the film was first released, critic Bosley Crowther reviewed the film caustically, writing, "The Monogram people are so puffed up by the fact that their new film, Suspense, which came yesterday to the Victoria, is their first 'million-dollar release' that we wonder why some boastful genius didn't give it the title 'Expense.'
Meanwhile, someone from the new manager's past shows up with information that could wreck his plans. Suspense is a 1946 film noir directed by Frank Tuttle.
The wrong man-wrong victim plot strikes again. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate, and begins to suspect that his new manager has designs not only on his wife but on his business. This FAQ is empty.
"[4], The film performed well at the box office. In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides. It is ruined by its leaden pace, lack of suspense, unpleasant characters, and unconvincing script. This was Eugene Palette's final film, as he retired after this.
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Angelina Jolie Will Wield Kay Scarpetta's Scalpel. Frank catches on and, while he and Roberta are relaxing at their lodge, Joe drops in with papers to sign.
In 1820s New England beautiful but poor and manipulative Jenny Hager marries rich old man Isaiah Poster but also seduces his son and his company foreman. Joe keeps Roberta's shows going after a fashion, all the while rejecting an old girlfriend (Granville) who has the hots for him. A signalman on a quay sees a fight between two men.
If you like film noir and figure skating, this is the film for you. The plot thickens later when it appears that the man may have killed the owner. It was also the last film appearance of actor Eugene Pallette. Crime. The ice-skating-themed film stars Barry Sullivan and former Olympic skater Belita. At a cost of 1.1 million dollars, it was considered the most expensive film put out by Monogram Pictures.[2][3].
One's sweet, the other a major piece of bad news. A retired mob accountant is drawn back in when his brothers, who have recently made a hit for the organization, decide to go to the authorities.
However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate, and begins to suspect that his new manager has designs not only on his wife but on his business. At least, such a tag would betoken the little there is in this film and it wouldn't provoke expectation of something that isn't there.
A top syndicate crime boss and his corrupt politicians, make multi-million deals and order murders , until the vicious pattern finally catches up to him.
1946's "Suspense" was another step toward respectability for Poverty Row's Monogram Pictures, soon upgrading its higher budgeted films with the new Allied Artists emblem. Build up your Halloween Watchlist with our list of the most popular horror titles on Netflix in October.
It's a fitting ending - he does a great job as Frank's and then Joe's assistant.
One of the men is deliberately pushed into the water and the signalman cannot save him, but decides to keep his suitcase which later finds is full of banknotes with a value of £5000.
The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife.
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