A satan woman
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A satan woman |
| Original title | His Kind of Woman |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
John Farrow Richard Fleischer (anonymous) |
| script |
Frank Fenton Jack Leonard |
| production | Robert Sparks |
| music | Leigh Harline |
| camera | Harry J. Wild |
| cut |
Frederic Knudtson Eda Warren |
| occupation | |
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A Kind of Woman (Original title: His Kind of Woman ) is an in black and white twisted film noir by John Farrow from the year 1951st
action
Nick Ferraro, a former New York gang boss who was expelled from the country, plans to return to the United States after years of involuntary exile. To this end, he makes a tempting offer to the hapless Californian professional player Dan Milner: For $ 50,000, Milner is supposed to go abroad for a year. Despite receiving no further information, Milner accepts and is instructed to travel to the remote luxury resort Morro's Lodge on Mexico's Baja California peninsula and await further instructions. The real purpose of his trip is kept secret from Milner: He is supposed to be murdered in Mexico to enable Ferraro to enter the USA under his own identity.
On the way to Morro's Lodge, Milner meets the attractive wealthy heiress Lenore, who is also on her way to the resort. Upon arriving, Milner realizes that some of the resort guests have something to hide. First, to his disappointment, he learns that Lenore is the lover of the famous Hollywood actor Mark Cardigan, who is spending a hunting vacation at Morro's Lodge. In the evening, Milner overhears a conversation in which two other guests, the mysterious author Martin Krafft and a certain Thompson, are talking about a plan in which Milner also plays a role. When he approaches the two of them, Thompson gives him $ 10,000 and informs him that someone is on their way to the resort to meet him.
Milner spends the next few days waiting and getting closer to Lenore, as Cardigan shows little interest in her. When Cardigan's wife and manager show up at the resort, Lenore confesses that she's really poor and that she's after Milner out of calculation. Later, at the hotel bar, Milner meets Bill Lusk, an undercover agent for the US immigration service who tells him about Ferraro and his real intentions. Milner also learns that Krafft is actually a cosmetic surgeon who is supposed to operate on Ferraro so that he looks like Milner. Shortly afterwards, Lusk is murdered by Thompson while searching his room.
While taking an evening stroll on the beach together, Milner and Lenore stumble over Lusk's corpse. In his room, Milner is then overwhelmed by Thompson and two other men who want to take him to Ferrari's yacht, which has meanwhile arrived in the bay. Lenore watches Milner being taken away and calls Cardigan to help. On the beach he meets Milner, who has meanwhile managed to escape. While Cardigan involves the chasing gangsters in an exchange of fire from good cover, Milner sneaks on board the yacht to settle accounts with Ferraro. But he is discovered and overwhelmed by Ferrari's people.
After Cardigan shot two gangsters and captured Thompson, he put together a rescue team made up of resort guests and Mexican police officers and boarded the yacht with them. During the resulting chaos, Milner is able to free himself and shoot Ferraro. Back at the resort, Cardigan gives a triumphant press interview while Milner and Lenore show their love for one another.
background
The film opened in US cinemas on August 23, 1951. In Germany it was released on June 7, 1952.
After filming was over, Howard Hughes , owner of the film production company RKO Pictures , was dissatisfied with the result and hired director Richard Fleischer to remake the end of the film. Ultimately, Hughes decided to have the film completely redesigned. New scenes were added, the role of Vincent Price greatly expanded and the actor Robert J. Wilke , who originally played the role of Nick Ferraro, was replaced by Raymond Burr. Due to Hughes' interference, the plot of the finished film is rather confused and occasionally gets lost in trivialities.
The later sex symbol Mamie van Doren made her debut in a small role in this film.
criticism
"Fast-paced, but clichéd gangster film with sarcastic undertones."
"What starts out as a very promising film noir turns into an unsatisfactory mixture of brutal gangster story and comedy in the middle."
“ A Satan's Wife is an irrepressible, witty film that has been unjustly neglected by critics and historians. The terrific script contains some great sarcastic dialogues full of allusions. "
Web links
- A Satansweib in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A satan woman in the synchronous database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alain Silver, Elizabeth Ward (Ed.): Film Noir. An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, Third Edition. Overlook / Duckworth, New York / Woodstock / London 1992, ISBN 978-0-87951-479-2 , pp. 127-130.
- ↑ a b A Satan Woman in the Lexicon of International Films .
- ↑ http://coffeebeancinema.blogspot.de/2011/07/his-kind-of-woman-1951.html
- ↑ A Satansweib in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Michael L. Stephens: Film Noir: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference to Movies, Terms and Persons . McFarland & Co, Jefferson (NC) 1995, pp. 180-181. (" His Kind of Woman is a wild and brilliant film, unjustly neglected by critics and historians. The screenplay is superb, with some great sarcastic dialog full of innuendo.")
