Too bad that George Montgomery didn't appear in more detective movies. Besides his great Western movies this type of movie seems to suit him just fine.

@Kermit_T_Frog

10 ай бұрын

He is just fine as a Marlowe. Humphrey Bogart is the gold standard. But I think that Robert Mitchum takes the prize.

@bengt-oveandersson2914

10 ай бұрын

@@Kermit_T_Frog Mitchum would have been the perfect choice in the 50s, in the 70s he was a mite too old. Powers Boothe in the 80s TV series was the best so far, in my view.

@Kermit_T_Frog

10 ай бұрын

@@bengt-oveandersson2914 I agree.

@cattymajiv

10 ай бұрын

I'm the odd one here for sure,because I don't like westerns, Bogart, or Mitchum. I'm not a huge fan of this type of show either, but I'll try it. Didn't Robert Montgomery play Marlowe too?

@bengt-oveandersson2914

10 ай бұрын

@@cattymajiv Yes, indeed. He even directed himself in Lady in the Lake 1947, which was kind of unique since he not only does the voice-over, but the entire film is done from his point of view, and the only time you see his face is when he looks in the mirror. I never did like Bogart as Marlowe, it's more like Sam Space playing Marlowe. Marlowe is described as a big man, which Bogart was not. Still, Chandler liked him and said he was the only actor who could be menacing without a gun.

I enjoy seeing movies shot on location vs. studio back lots. I love Nancy Guild, she is a natural beauty 😊

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

I post many movies shot on location. Here's one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/paSJuc6DqrSWosY.html

This is well worth a look. Director John Brahm does a good job here, heavy on the atmosphere and mood.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Roger that. Welcome.

@charlesaxson8974

10 ай бұрын

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@Kermit_T_Frog

10 ай бұрын

I see absolutely nothing wrong with this movie. Well acted. Well put together. I say it's one of the better Philip Marlowe movies.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

@@Kermit_T_Frog Thanks for the visit!

Never came across this little gem before, George m does really well as noir detective, thanks for this💎😊👍

@Kermit_T_Frog

10 ай бұрын

I assume that it was based on a novel. Good solid plot. Attractive leads. Satisfying ending, though it takes a certain suspension of disbelief. Rather convenient memory lapse on the part of the female lead.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

Another masterpiece from the golden era! And weren't they beautiful and great actors! Great directing! Great filmography, great score!!!

@DonaldPBorchersOG

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Welcome.

George Montgomery was the Real Deal. At home in the saddle, or behind the wheel of a 40s coupe in a double breasted & wool felt Fedora. This take on Philip Marlowe was actually easier to track than all other attempts. Only wish they`d put a 1911 pistol in his big hand rather than that puny wheel gun. Excellent cast. Most enjoyable. Thanks for the share !

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Well said. Thanks for the visit!

Loved this movie from the beginning. Mrs Murdock "I am having a Port for medicinal purposes and won't be offering you none. " got a laugh from me. Very well made 😊🎉

@DonaldPBorchersOG

6 ай бұрын

Glad you like it. Welcome.

@vimala_9

6 ай бұрын

I think that my first laugh came from "Does it really make any difference, Mr. Shaw, deep down inside, I mean?"

A very cute, funny, wonderful movie. The chemistry between Marlowe and Merle (Nancy Guild) is just fabulous. Worth watching!

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

@briseboy

9 ай бұрын

The physics and biology was also frabjous! The palaeontology, the Anthropology, the Evolutionary Genomics, Superb! The Astronomy, the the Oceanography, and finally, the Numismatics, are Unprecedented! Do the Math yourself.

@mickey1849

9 ай бұрын

@@briseboy Hmmmm...I think your important message got sent to the wrong channel 🙄

This movie is much better than the reviews. It holds up well. Good characters, excellent dialog.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Chandler was one of the top crime Noir authors of all time. I love his writings together with Dashiell Hammett, James Ellroy, Patricia Highsmith and Mickey Spillane.

@PraiseDog

10 ай бұрын

I agree about Chandler. Ross MacDonald is a close 2nd though, and he wrote more novels. And while not the same genre, I also include Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series. The television series from 20 years ago follows the stories accurately, and captures the characters nearly perfectly. It is on youtube for free, most of the episodes.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

@nickweech3487

9 ай бұрын

I'd offer Simenon and his seventy odd Maigret stories. Several adaptations too of varying success

@briseboy

9 ай бұрын

Do NOT forget Dr. seuss!

@pattymulligan2389

9 ай бұрын

Marlowe was played to perfection by Bogart or Robert Mitchum. But novel's filmed very well.

No body ever mentions the continuity or camera angles in movies , but the director did an excellent job which makes the movie even more enjoyable !

This is actually my favorite Chandler novel, although the novel is called the High Window. It’s one of a very few that were written completely as a novel rather than from combining short stories. The movie is surprisingly good. So often Hollywood would completely rewrite the plot. They make some changes, in ways that are a bit better for a film of that time (where the bad guy can’t in some ways not get punished directly as happens in the novel). All the actors were good, but the girl who plays Merle really got the character just right and is so beautiful. Definitely a must for film noir and hard boiled fiction lovers.

@mickey1849

10 ай бұрын

Nancy Guild

@michaeldebellis4202

10 ай бұрын

@@mickey1849 I've watched many old film noirs and never heard of her. I'm surprised because she really seems like quite a good actress. Thanks for the name.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

@stevecharman8420

10 ай бұрын

Nancy Guild reminds me of Gene Tierney and just as beautiful. I agree, this is a very faithful adaptation of The High Window, which is also one of my favourite Chandler novels, and is all the better for it.

@michaeldebellis4202

10 ай бұрын

@@stevecharman8420 I love the ending of the book, something like "I felt as if I had written a beautiful poem and then lost it forever". But I agree, the movie ending was better for a film.

what a fantastic movie . It is a crying shame Hollywood has completely abandoned movie making skills such as this.

@pj9654

10 ай бұрын

Hollywood of the 1930s and 1940s perfected the narrative storyline, with good stories and great characters, many with serious grown-up content presented in a way that the whole family could watch. In our current day, everyone wants to be "edgy" and throw in unnecessary adult content, and soft porn - even in films for children! Ever notice how wholesome subject matter is twisted into something unwholesome in today's movies?

@jimmymckay73

9 ай бұрын

@@pj9654 it is to the point that I am udderly shocked if I watch a new movie and enjoy it.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Roger that. Welcome.

@rocistone6570

6 ай бұрын

They can't make movies like this anymore. The "studio system" is long dead, as is the system that saw studios turn out 20 small pictures a year and two or three major film productions, all running on separate tracks. One of the things wrong with Hollywood these days is every production by every major studio is geared to creating a billion-dollar blockbuster. If you gave these guys say $75,000 and said "Do a film noir detective picture." they would stare at you like you just killed their dog. They don't know how to make anything anymore for less than $100 Million. And yes, it makes me sick, too.

I love the witty (and campy) dialogue.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

8 ай бұрын

Welcome.

Really very good. I've always been a Raymond Chandler fan, and I thought I knew all of the movies made from his work, but I never heard f this one before. I really liked it. The actors were just right. The black and white photography was superb. I particularly liked the actors in the supporting roles, Blair and Prue and Vannier and Moring star. Also Leslie. George Montgomery isn't quite my image of Philip Marlowe, but he played the role his way and it worked very well.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and for watching!

George montgomery makes a good private detective. Raymond CHANDLER novels are the best of his era.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Well said. Thanks for the visit!

@michaeldebellis4202

10 ай бұрын

I could be wrong, but I think Chandler had good things to say about Montgomery as Marlowe which was rare as he usually didn't like the interpretations that Hollywood made of him (including Bogart's... which as much as I love Chandler have to disagree with him there). This really was quite a find. I thought I had seen all the good films made out of Chandler's novels (some of them they mangle the plot and characters to the extent you can barely recognize them which was what I was expecting here) but this really did a pretty good job (as good as any other and better than most) of sticking with the original plot of the novel. They made some changes, mainly to make the ending less ambiguous. Honestly, when I read the novel the first time I was hoping for an ending more like the film (I don't want to give anything away in case people haven't seen it because the ending actually can be something of a surprise). I came to love the ending of the novel because I think it is more realistic but I think for a film this works really well. I really agree about Chandler. He gets pigeon holed as "hard boiled fiction" but IMO he and Hammett were just light years beyond the others and their work is just good literature that happens to be about crime. They make points about society, corruption, and what it's like to try and be a man of principles in a modern world focused on money.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

@@michaeldebellis4202 Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

@albertgrant1017

9 ай бұрын

Well stated !

Lot's of crazies in this one. And Marlowe is real good with his hat-and-rack trick. Thanks D.P.B.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

You're welcome.

Thank you for showing this great Film Noir film. Back in film school we had to make our own Film Noir short film. I always loved these type of detective films. I wrote my own film and the shot it on my Nikon R10 Super 8mm film camera. Shot it on a Kodak film and used an external sound recorder. I still love the Talkies.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome. I post Film-Noir movies here: kzread.info/head/PLk3CReZFhoBdmvlwKX6IUWKvdVZAqcPxz

@alexansari2138

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. @@DonaldPBorchersOG

@garryferrington811

4 ай бұрын

Did you shoot Ektachrome or Kodachrome?

Not a bad flick! He may not be Humphrey Bogart, but George Montgomery does a fine job as Marlowe.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

@buck9668

10 ай бұрын

He's actually trying his best to be Clark Gable.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

@@buck9668 Right?! Thanks for the visit!

Brasher Doubloon minted 1787 one was sold new york, jan 28th 2021 for 9.36 million this made it the worlds most expensive coin.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

7 ай бұрын

Roger that. Thanks for watching.

A pleasure to see George Montgomery in a non Western. In that opening scene I expected the young woman to try to sit in Marlowe's lap while he was standing up as seen in a scene from ''The Big Sleep'' where Humphrey Bogart played Philip Marlowe Fine movie with an all-round great cast of Hollywood B players.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

@briseboy

9 ай бұрын

Banjo? Balalaika? Baritone Sax? Bassetball?

What a stunning mansion!! I hope it's still standing.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Welcome.

In those days a short film (71 minutes) was so well written that it could be concise and complete thanks to the screenwriter. Roy Roberts (Lt. Breeze) was a well known character actors who worked into the '70s. Almost didn't recognize him without his moustache and he was certainly thinner in those days.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

Mahalo, "Donald P. Borchers." This was fun. To mimic others' Comments how wonderful to see George Montgomery, long-time spouse [long-time by Hollywood standards, 17 years & two kids] of Dinah Shore, in a non-western, starring role AND pulling off playing the iconic Philip Marlowe -- the epitome of a hard-boiled L.A. / Hollywood private eye with a clearly drawn 'eye for the ladies.' The fetching Nancy Guild ('Merle') rates his undivided attention.

@Cholla51

10 ай бұрын

Huh? :)

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

@briseboy

9 ай бұрын

Mahalo is Polynesian, for thank you. Try not to be so Jumpy, Cholla.

Im a noir and hammet/chandler fanatic. Im ashamed Im not familiar with this one. Thanks to whomever posted it.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

7 ай бұрын

Welcome. I post Film-Noir movies here: studio.kzread.infoPLk3CReZFhoBdmvlwKX6IUWKvdVZAqcPxz/edit

Thankyou for posting😊❤

A classic film noir! I loved it!

@DonaldPBorchersOG

8 ай бұрын

Welcome.

I read the High Window. This adaptation is very good. George Montgomery makes a great Philip Marlow.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

7 ай бұрын

Glad you like it. Welcome.

Montgomery with the moustache is a perfect Marlowe ... another favourite in the class of Dick Powell, or Humphrey Bogart, or Robert Mitchum ... all brought their own style to Chandler's character.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

8 ай бұрын

Roger that. Thanks for watching!

Good film, I enjoyed the chemistry. I RoccoMend this film. Thanks for posting it.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

8 ай бұрын

Ha! Let me roll out the Rocco Carpet for you. Welcome.

@lindarocco9974

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the welcome.

J love George Montgomery!❤️

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

Great movie. Great acting. You could really feel the venom flowing out of that kiler.when finally caught. Thank you for sharing God bless

@DonaldPBorchersOG

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Welcome.

It doesn’t matter that the plot has holes in it. It’s all about character and style.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

I thought Merle was going to push Marlowe out the window at the end, since opening it seemed like some sort of plot device. That would have made Merle as mad as the mother said she was, which would have been an interesting final twist to the film.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

An interesting thought. Thanks for the visit!

@woodwage7988

5 ай бұрын

Thought l was the only one with such a thought but as you, it came to mind instantly...

a very nice film noir i have a soft spot for unappreciated actresses like Nancy Guild and Ella Raines my favorite Guild movie is 'Somewhere in the night' my favorite Raines movie is 'Phantom Lady'

@DonaldPBorchersOG

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for clocking in with that, and for watching!

Thanks so much😍

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Welcome.

I can certainly see Bogie and Bacall in the lead roles.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Right?! Thanks for the visit!

Love these films

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Welcome.

Marlowe's not really in this movie (if one means the character from the books), but it's a surprisingly good movie with decent dialogue, outstanding production design and top-flight cinematography. The mustache put me off this movie many times in the past but this time I stayed long enough for the moving shadows of leaves in the wind on his jacket and I'm hooked.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Great novel, great adaptation.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

8 ай бұрын

Welcome.

Pretty good. Good plot twist!!!

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

I thought I saw this, nope, first time. How that film ended up in that package is really difficult.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

"Part of your story sticks in my craw, Marlowe, and I don't like your trying to make the manager think you ain't been in here," the detective began the interview. Marlowe said, "Why should I get involved in a murder that's none of my business?" "Murder is everybody's business. This one is maybe yours more than anybody else's."

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Roger that.

I really liked the dialogue. Also I thought Marlowe was tough, charming, and resourceful.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

@zukini8763

10 ай бұрын

@@DonaldPBorchersOG Thanks!

What happened to Nancy Guild, WoW ! Sort of a Lauren Bacall knockoff.

@mickey1849

10 ай бұрын

Better than Lauren Bacall's stick figure.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

@mickey1849

10 ай бұрын

@@DonaldPBorchersOG 👋

@robert7395

2 ай бұрын

Ella Raines

É por isso que gosto de filmes antigos , além de ter grandes artistas , sabiam fazer grandes filmes de boas histórias , era uma outra época . Obrigado .

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

Love these old black and white movies they just don't make them like that anymore and George Montgomery wow❤

@DonaldPBorchersOG

2 ай бұрын

I hear you. Glad you like it. Welcome.

This is a very good one GM is good, but my favourite is Dick Powell. He was a very versatile actor, song and dance, comedy and film noir.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Hoo boy, this brings back memories, good necessarily good ones. Had an aunt along the lines of the old lady, always made me wonder how she ever got pregnant.

@darrellepickering8433

10 ай бұрын

Not necessarily good ones.

@darrellepickering8433

10 ай бұрын

Meant not necessarily good ones.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

Very entertaining and fun movie to watch.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Jeez, Ring Lardner Jr. on the screenplay! A lot of people overlook the humor in Chandler's novels, but he wouldn't...

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Roger that. Thanks for watching.

@bovnycccoperalover3579

7 ай бұрын

He was one of the "Hollywood Ten", screenwriters blacklisted during the awful " red scare". There's an ironic twist in the story, when one of the jailed Hollywood Ten found himself in prison with J. Parnell Jones, the ex-chairman of the HUAC house Committee on UnAmerican Activities (fortunately, dissolved in 1975), who persecution so many people and destroyed many of them. Jones was in prison for embezzlement, A real crime.

I think George fits Marlowe very well. Glad to see him in a film noir and NOT a western or GI movie.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

He made a lot of Westerns, that's for sure. Welcome.

OMG! The BEST! Bar none. Not only just a bit sexist, but a romantic gentleman! 1947!

@thetonetosser

10 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. But, it was made in a different era. Society has to accept it rather than trying to ignore it and rewrite history.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

Good sort of tongue in cheek script and well acted. Pity whoever copied from the celluloid left the AGC on. We heard a lot of noise in the quiet parts.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

Brilliant. Phil Marlow still the greatest.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

8 ай бұрын

Welcome.

I never heard of George Montgomery before, but he looks very like Errol Flynn.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

Bogart will always be my favorite but Montgomery does a good job as Marlowe--TY

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

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A lunatic, a lunatic! 😂 That was great. Good flick and whitty. Tku for Post.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great flick!!!

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

Also done as radio show

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Interesting. Thanks for watching!

I Love Raymond Chandler 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Welcome.

Great movie and Great Actors!

@DonaldPBorchersOG

2 ай бұрын

Glad you like it. Welcome.

"...but the 'Miss' makes up for it.". Oh, my, such a flirt, lmao...

@DonaldPBorchersOG

3 ай бұрын

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Convincing as the infamous Phillip Marlow although bogie my fav

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

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Veeeerryy GOOD!🎭🎬⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

George Montgomery was so good looking

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

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Reminds me of “The Big Sleep” plot wise if you know what I mean.

@jlwilliams

10 ай бұрын

They were from the same period in Chandler's development as a novelist. If you read all the novels you can watch both him and Marlowe evolve over time.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Welcome.

Released February 7th,1947

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

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Funny, I hated this adaptation of "The High Window" the first time I saw it. But I rather enjoyed it this second time around. Being a Chandler story, it's easy to have forgotten all the complications, the "ins and outs" as Lebowski would say. I assume the film's ending is quite different from the ending in the book. I'll try to find a copy.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

7 ай бұрын

Welcome. Thanks for watching.

Excellent, from our past. What ever happened to Morality? Ron PTL USA.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

Ай бұрын

FYI - www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/society/moral-decline-why-do-we-still-think-things-were-better-before/#:~:text=If%20virtue%20has%20fallen%2C%20these,same%20elsewhere%20in%20the%20world.

Leslie grew up to be Mindy’s dad in Mork and Mindy.

@saxonman111

10 ай бұрын

Also looks like Leonardo Dicaprio's dad!

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

i dont understand how he found the doubloon

@jimmymckay73

10 ай бұрын

Anson

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

This guy, George Montgomery, nagged at me through this whole movie like I've seen him before, heard that voice and then at 1:07:49 he utters "be reasonable Lieutenant" and it hit me...Sgt Duquesne Battle Of The Bulge. "SORRRY LIEUTENANT" hes says as he mocks James MacArthur ('Danno' - Hawaii Five-O) who plays a sniveling 90 day wonder Lieutenant.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

Great movie. Montgomery great. Woman reminds me of Bacall. Her and Bogie great

This is the brashest doubloon in the world; so, in point of fact, there is no brasher doubloon.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

7 ай бұрын

Interesting point. Thanks for the visit!

That did warm after a while, having read the books and just come off the back of the Robert Mitchum films. Robert Mitchum did a brilliant job although perhaps a little to old to justify some of the relationships. Maybe if the female interests were played by slighty older women that would of helped. He was 20 years older than the Marlowe character he played. Although as an older Philip Marlowe he really did nail the character. The "Brasher Doubloon" is one of the lesser cryptic stories by the great Raymond Chandler who always manages to hold back on revealing the great detectives craft. A much more accomplished writer than Agatha Christie and the Hercule Poirot character where the reader has information openly withheld that is crucial to the plot that I found a little tiresome after you have committed so much to the read. Some critics of Chandler say that he can wander and ramble somewhat but for me this gives credibility to the thought process and testing out all possibilities. Which leads me to the Sherlock Holmes quote of "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"

@DonaldPBorchersOG

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Welcome.

Wonder what his average was on the hat rack?

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

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George Montgomery...💥💥💥

@DonaldPBorchersOG

2 ай бұрын

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❤❤❤

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

Great movie. Too bad they don't make them like this anymore

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

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Wow I felt something move at 11 minutes and 50 seconds

@DonaldPBorchersOG

3 ай бұрын

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مشاركة جميلة 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@luciocosta30

10 ай бұрын

DISCULPE MAS NÃO FALO SEU IDIOMA EMBORA EU ACHO ENCANTADOR (LUCIANA)

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

He was more suited for westerns having worked With horses in his former Occupation!

@DonaldPBorchersOG

Ай бұрын

He grew up in northern Montana, near Great Falls, on a large ranch, where he learned to ride horses and work cattle.

Wish someone would identify his car.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Bueller...? Bueller...? Bueller...? Bueller...?

@jlwilliams

10 ай бұрын

In the books from this era he had a Chrysler, but I don't know enough about '30s cars to know whether that's what's shown in the film or not.

@buck9668

10 ай бұрын

@@jlwilliams Thank you. To me, cars looked too much alike till about 1950, after which they greatly differentiated. Now, they look alike again.

sherlock George

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

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Great movie. 5 stars in my book. Not true Noir though. If I understand the genre, it's suffering, death, with no one learning anything.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit! I post noir films here: kzread.info/head/PLk3CReZFhoBdmvlwKX6IUWKvdVZAqcPxz

Having listened recently to all the Philip Marlowe radio shows I can say that his office is way too large and far too nice.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

2 ай бұрын

Good point. Thanks for the visit!

Nancy Guild has the same kind of look as Jane Greer

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

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dziękuję

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Welcome.

defenestration!

@robwilde855

10 ай бұрын

Yes. Rather nice to see, since it's been rather out of fashion since 1618.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Ha! My 'go to' insult back in 1980. "Through penalty of defenestration...," I would warn. Fond memories. Thanks for the visit!

makes about as much sense as "The Big Sleep"....

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

@jlwilliams

10 ай бұрын

Chandler wasn't trying to be Agatha Christie with intricately crafted plots... he was always about tone and atmosphere... but I'll concede that the counterfeit-doubloon story line of this one (book title "The High Window" as others have noted) was even more convoluted than most. (And if you think this is too twisty, stay away from "The Little Sister"!) I don't care, though... I had a lot of important stuff to get done this evening, and now none of it is going to get done because I am going to watch this instead! And THANK YOU for preserving the original aspect ratio instead of squishing it out to 16:9 like a lot of the KZread old movie channels do...

@DonaldPBorchersOG

9 ай бұрын

@@jlwilliams Welcome. I post Mystery movies here: kzread.info/head/PLk3CReZFhoBdRSRG0JJ-J2NX6v7HDX3CX

Really men /detective grabbed woman like that back then? Rather bold, for a employed service man, they could just pick & chose back then?

@DonaldPBorchersOG

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

The good old days when a man could wear his trousers hitched-up around his chest.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

7 ай бұрын

Ha! Thanks for watching.

Santa Ana Wind

@DonaldPBorchersOG

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

He moves fast. But if you got his looks no women mind and they are flatterd and react all the same...

480 res BAH!

@DonaldPBorchersOG

3 ай бұрын

Sorry, and thanks for the visit!

Still back in the Day when they used Props. Sentimental Journey back to B&W and no profanity! Also preceded the Civil Rights era. The only Blacks shown were buffoons and step 'n' fetchits. Anyway...........

@DonaldPBorchersOG

8 ай бұрын

Good points. Thanks for watching.

HATS in L.A,?

@patrickmaline4258

10 ай бұрын

the midday sun is brutal.

@robwilde855

10 ай бұрын

In those days people considered themselves to be not fully dressed without a hat.

@mickey1849

10 ай бұрын

1947 L.A.? Yeah. Of course.

@mickey1849

10 ай бұрын

⁠Depends on where you are. If you're in the valleys then yeah, it can be hot. The movie takes place during a big Santa Ana wind, so certainly is sometime during the fall.

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Yup. I am never without one in Los Angeles.

Cheap imitation of the Maltese Falcon.. Coin vs Falcon The foreign bad guy is Peter Lorre at 38 minutes in. Even half of the scene copies Lorre and Bogarts interaction

@DonaldPBorchersOG

8 ай бұрын

Thank for sharing your thoughts.

I'm 12 mins in, and most of what I've been seeing would be sexual harassment, except, luckily for him, Merle likes it. I suppose it would be okay if she didn't encourage him and he then stopped.

@robwilde855

10 ай бұрын

Oh dear...

@mickey1849

10 ай бұрын

It's a movie, dummy. Get out of 2023 🙄

@DonaldPBorchersOG

10 ай бұрын

Roger that.