The Big Bluff

1955
Approved
1 Std. 11 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Film Noir Crime Drama Mystery Romance Thriller

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuWhen a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.

Regie
- W. Lee Wilder
Drehbuch
- Fred Freiberger
- Mindret Lord
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,8/10

640

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- W. Lee Wilder
Drehbuch
- Fred Freiberger
- Mindret Lord
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Wissenswertes
In a case of life mirroring art, Martha Vickers (Valerie) passed away at age 46 before the other main members of the cast. Unlike the heart disease her character had in the film, she suffered from esophageal cancer. Of the remainder of the main cast, Rosemarie Stack (Fritzie) lived the longest, to age 86, passing away in January 2019.

Patzer
When dancer Fritzie Darvel's suspicious husband Don is driving his car while tailing Ricardo, a camera shot is reversed in the edit incorrectly showing Don seated behind the steering wheel located on the right side.

Zitate
Fritzi Darvel: Oh, so that's it! I had an idea you were playing up to that dame!
[She slaps him hard]
Fritzi Darvel: You two-timing, no good... And on top of it, you don't even try to hide it! Carrying on an affair with another woman right under my nose! Why, you're not going to do it, and what's more, I think you're a phony! And I was ready to leave my husband! For what? For a big bluff like you!
[She succumbs to his persistant, passionate kiss]
Ricardo 'Rick' De Villa: You know you're very beautiful when you get mad! But listen, no other woman means a thing to me, and if you don't know it now, you never will. Just think, an opportunity like this knocks only once, and I know when to open the door.

Verbindungen
Remake of The Glass Alibi (1946)

Benutzerrezensionen29

Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

Best-laid plans

Written by Fred Freiberger (a decade before he made history producing the original "Star Trek" TV series) and produced/directed by B-movie talent W. Lee Wilder, "The Big Bluff" is an unusual drama that especially impressed me with its structure.

The first third (or act in a 3-act play traditional movie format) is placid, with the main characters firmly established, very well-acted by Martha Vickers as the "Ali McGraw" damsel dying of heart disease, but never showing outward signs of decline -in fact that adds to the plot development, her companion Eve Miller - a go-getter always looking out for Martha's interests, and as a fiery dancer/femme fatale Rosemary Bowe (the future Rosemarie Stack re: The Untouchables star) as the Other Woman. John Bromfield is smooth as a real anti-hero, a gigolo type who is alwasy studly and just as avaricious and deadly.

It's pure escapism as they live the high life, the many hints and clues to darkness ahead never interfering with the glamour and easy-going atmosphere.

The second act becomes dramatic as Bromfield's plotting to get rid of Vickers after marrying her for her fortune, and then Wilder steps on the gas for Act III, finally adopting the scary, dark tension and visuals of film noir leading to splendid plot twists coming fast and furious at finale time.

It's quite a sleeper, and has me re-evaluating Wilder's work: it's the tenth movie of his I've seen after enjoying his sci-fi, but never taking him seriously at all, certainly not in the league of brother Billy -I shouldn't have been so hasty.