Die Straße der Erfolgreichen

Originaltitel: Flamingo Road

1949
Approved
1 Std. 34 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,1/10

3756

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Joan Crawford and Zachary Scott in Die Straße der Erfolgreichen (1949)

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35 Fotos

Film Noir Drama Romance

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with a visiting carnival dancer.A corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with a visiting carnival dancer.A corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with a visiting carnival dancer.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,1/10

3756

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Leo Mitchell
(Nicht genannt)

Edward Biby

Reporter
(Nicht genannt)

Larry J. Blake

Martin
(Nicht genannt)

M.A. Bogue

Johnny Simms
(Nicht genannt)

Paul Bradley

Nightclub Patron
(Nicht genannt)

Carol Brewster

Waitress
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
"Flamingo Road" was originally intended as a vehicle for Ann Sheridan, who turned down the role played by Joan Crawford. Sheridan felt the script was poor and it was not faithful to the book it was based upon.

Patzer
When Field first goes into Lane's tent, the radio is playing, and she is heard singing. Cut to a shot of Lane lying on a cot; her voice is heard singing, but her lips don't move.

Zitate
Sheriff Titus Semple: Now me, I never forget anything.
Lane Bellamy: You know sheriff; we had an elephant in our carnival with a memory like that. He went after a keeper that he'd held a grudge against for almost 15 years. Had to be shot. You just wouldn't believe how much trouble it is to dispose of a dead elephant.

Crazy Credits
The opening credits are presented on a book as someone turns the pages.

Verbindungen
Featured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)

Soundtracks
If I Could Be with You
(uncredited)
Music by James P. Johnson
Lyrics by Henry Creamer
Sung by Joan Crawford in the tent and at Lute Mae's Tavern
Also performed by an unidentified singer at the Rendezvous Room
Played often in the score

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8/10

CRAWFORD VS. GREENSTREET

Despite the noted critic Pauline Kael's unreasonably negative review of this film, it's a lot of fun and a good vehicle for Joan Crawford's talents. Kael described it as overwrought, but in truth it's good old-fashioned melodramatic story-telling with a smart, literate script, and refreshingly quick pacing. The only flaw that bothered me was a musical score that is, at times, laughably incongruous. (The music swells bewilderingly and ominously when Crawford benignly offers Reynolds' Political Boss something for his hangover.)

Sure, you can quarrel with the casting of Shakespearean-voiced Sydney Greenstreet playing a Southern Sheriff, but he's so unrepentently vile and villainous that he's convincing in every role he plays. It is a joy to watch two such formidable actors as Crawford and Greenstreet squaring off in big confrontations.

It's not surprising that, some 30 years later, this became the premise for a night-time soap opera starring, I believe, Morgan Fairchild. It has so many jealousies, manipulations, secret ambitions, double-crosses, plots for revenge - it's just great fun if one doesn't take it too seriously. And clearly, Crawford, Greenstreet, and the director, Michael Curtiz, didn't. They recognized the material for what it was - pulpy entertainment served up with wit and style.