Chasing Millions
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Chasing Millions |
| Original title | Body and Soul |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1947 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Rossen |
| script | Abraham Polonsky |
| production | Bob Roberts |
| music | Hugo Friedhofer |
| camera | James Wong Howe |
| cut | Robert Parrish |
| occupation | |
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Chasing million (original title: Body and Soul ) is in black and white twisted American film noir of Robert Rossen from 1947. won the film in 1948 an Oscar in the category Best Editing and was nominated in the categories of Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor (John Garfield).
action
Immediately before his next title fight, the reigning boxing world champion Charlie Davis lets his past go by in his locker room:
The son of a candy retailer, Charlie grew up in a modest family in New York. When his parents' business is destroyed in a bomb attack on a nearby speakeasy , Charlie's father is killed and his mother Anna faces ruin. In order to save himself and his mother from the shame of poverty, the successful amateur boxer decides to pursue a career as a professional boxer. His friend and manager Shorty Polaski brings him together with promoter Quinn, who recognizes Charlie's talent and signs him. Charlie's mother and his girlfriend, graphic designer Peg Born, are skeptical of the prospects.
Charlie does well and wins fight after fight. This brings the unscrupulous promoter Roberts on the scene, who smells big business and takes over Charlie's management. He persuades world champion Ben Chaplin, who is suffering from a blood clot in his brain, to fight Charlie, in which he promises him that Charlie will not strike properly if Ben gets on the boards in time. But since he does not inform Charlie about the deal, the latter beats Ben almost to death. Shorty, who learned the truth after the fight, confronts Charlie at the victory party. He learns that Roberts has exploited him and leaves the party disappointed and angry. He is beaten up on the street by Roberts' bodyguard. Confused, he staggered in front of a passing car and was driven to death.
Peg, who can no longer bear Charlie's development, separates from him. Soon he has a more glamorous girl by his side in Alice. The success rises to his head until Roberts finally decides to let Charlie compete against a younger opponent who is supposed to take over the title in another fictitious fight. Charlie reluctantly agrees to this deal. Ben Chaplin, who is now Charlie's trainer, is so upset about it that he suffers a fatal stroke the day before the fight.
After Charlie wakes up from his daydream, he goes into the ring to fight for the title. Contrary to the agreements suggests Charlie his opponent in the last round of the fight knockout. And leaves with the returned to him Peg the arena.
background
The Hunt for Millions started in US cinemas on August 22, 1947. It was premiered in Germany on December 8, 1961.
criticism
“Rough and straightforwardly told debut film in which the corrupt, unscrupulous boxing business functions as a reflection of the social balance of power. Aptly in the social criticism, dense in the milieu drawing, played excellently. Stylistic connections to the crime films of the 'Black Series' are obvious. "
Web links
- Hunt for millions in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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. 38-39.
- ↑ a b Hunt for Millions in the Lexicon of International Films .