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William WylerDrehbuch:
Joseph HayesKamera:
Lee GarmesBesetzung:
Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin, Gig Young, Mary Murphy, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Whit Bissell (mehr)Streaming (1)
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Regisseur William Wyler's spannungsgeladener Klassiker zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass die beiden Kino Giganten Humphrey Bogart und Fredric March hier das einzige Mal zusammenarbeiten. Als Resultat bekommt man alles, was man nur erwarten kann Spannung, Schrecken, Grauen. Bogart spielt einen entflohenen Gefangenen, der nichts zu verlieren hat. March ist ein ganz normaler Familienvater, der alles zu verlieren hat seine Familie wird von Bogart als Geisel genommen. An einem Tag wie jeder andere verstricken die beiden Männer sich in einen Kampf aus Willensstärke und List, der sie in ein unvergessliches und angsterfülltes Finale zwingt. (Verleiher-Text)
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I completely agree with Oskar's review: the initially excellent crime line runs out of breath long before the end, and the potentially more interesting social line never really gets a chance to speak. In terms of acting, of course, no reservations.
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Certainly a significantly above-average film for its time, not only in its genre. It benefits from the professional approach of the screenwriter and the studio, as well as from the years of experience of the legendary Humphrey Bogart, for whom participating in the film was one of his last roles. He convincingly portrayed his seasoned criminal, thanks in part to the screenplay that aimed to follow the path of a realistic story as much as it could. Nevertheless, I won't give it a maximum rating. This film simply had greater potential, and while many films have too much of something, here I feel like something is missing. The Desperate Hours could have been much more interesting as a psychological-social drama rather than a regular crime film. Overall impression: 80%.
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