Sam Marlow, private investigator

Movie
German title	Sam Marlow, private detective too: The man with Bogart's face
Original title	The Man with Bogart's Face
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1980
length	106 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Robert Day
script	Andrew J. Fenady
production	Andrew J. Fenady Eddie Saeta Melvin Simon
music	George Duning
camera	Richard C. Glouner
cut	Houseley Stevenson Jr.
occupation
Robert Sacchi : Sam Marlow Franco Nero : Hakim Michelle Phillips : Gena Olivia Hussey : Elsa Misty Rowe : Duchess Victor Buono : Commodore Anastas Herbert Lom : Mr. Zebra Sybil Danning : Cynthia Richard Bakalyan : Lt. Bumbera Gregg Palmer : Sgt. Hacksaw Jay Robinson : Wolf / Zinderneuf George Raft : Petey Cane Yvonne De Carlo : Teresa Anastas Mike Mazurki : himself Henry Wilcoxon : Mr. Chevalier Victor Sen Yung : Mr. Wing
synchronization
Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke

Sam Marlow, private detective (Original title: The Man with Bogart's Face) is an American film by Robert Day from 1980. It is based on the novel of the same name by Andrew J. Fenady .

action

A man undergoes a plastic surgeon operation to look like Humphrey Bogart and opens a detective agency in Los Angeles under the name Sam Marlow . His first case leads him on the trail of two valuable gemstones that have been missing since the Second World War .

background

Andrew J. Fenady wrote the novel filmed here in 1977 in just one night. Numerous motifs from films of the film noir are recorded, in particular from The Trace of the Falcon . The role of Commodore Anastas ( Victor Buono ) is based on Kasper Gutman ( Sydney Greenstreet ), that of Mr. Zebra ( Herbert Lom ) on Joel Cairo ( Peter Lorre ). With George Raft , Yvonne De Carlo and Mike Mazurki actors of the black series have guest appearances; George Raft plays his last film role here, as does Victor Sen Yung , who played with Humphrey Bogart in Adventure in Panama .

The name Sam Marlow is composed of the first name of Sam Spade (which Bogart represented in The Trail of the Falcon ) and - in a slightly modified spelling - the surname of Philip Marlowe (which Bogart represented in Dead Sleeping ).

reception

Cinema : "Entertaining homage to film noir."

Awards (1981)

• Golden raspberry in the worst song category for George Duning (music) and Andrew J. Fenady (lyrics) for the title track "The Man with Bogart's Face"
• nominated as best feature film for the Edgar Allan Poe Award

Web links

• Sam Marlow, Private Investigator in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Sam Marlow, private investigator. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on June 30, 2014 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Critique of Sam Marlow, private detective at www.cinema.de, accessed on June 30, 2014