Late atonement

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Movie
German title Late atonement
Original title Dead reckoning
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1947
length 100 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director John Cromwell
script Steve Fisher ,
Allen Rivkin ,
Oliver HP Garrett
production Sidney Biddell
music Marlin Skiles
camera Leo Tover
cut Gene Havlick
occupation
synchronization

Late atonement , also known as A person disappears (Original title: Dead Reckoning ), an American thriller from director John Cromwell from 1946 on a story by Sidney Bidell and Gerald Drayson Adams. The film was released in Germany on January 30, 1951.

action

Paratroopers Murdock and Drake return from World War II and are due to be honored in Washington . On the way there, Drake disappears. Murdock follows his friend's leads and leads to Gulf City. There he learns that Drake was burned to death in a car accident. Murdock finds out that Drake entered the army under an assumed name to avoid murder charges. He is believed to have murdered a rich old man named Chandler because he fell in love with his wife Coral.

In a nightclub, Murdock interrogates the murder witness Louis Ord, who explains that he has a letter from Drake. Murdock also meets Coral and the bar owner Martinelli. There is something in his drink and he passes out. The next morning he wakes up and finds Ord's body in his hotel room. Murdock has the body disappeared before the police arrive. Lieutenant Kincaid got an anonymous tip he's investigating. Murdock then works with Coral. He thinks Martinelli killed Ord to get the letter. He breaks into Martinelli's office, but the safe is open. Murdock smells the scent of jasmine like Coral's perfume and gets knocked down. When he wakes up, Martinelli's subordinate Krause is working on him. Martinelli wants to know what's in the letter. But Murdock escapes.

He visits Coral in her apartment house. She protests her innocence, but admits that she shot her husband in self-defense. She gave Martinelli the murder weapon to keep, but he's been blackmailing her ever since. Murdock wants to leave town with Coral, but first to get the gun back to ease Coral's fear. He goes to Martinelli with a pistol. Martinelli explains that he and Coral are married. He killed Chandler and incriminated Drake, so Coral cannot be charged with bigamy . When Murdock and Martinelli leave the house, Martinelli is shot dead.

Murdock drives away with Coral. While driving, Murdock accuses her of wanting to meet him, not Martinelli. When she points the gun at him, Murdock causes an accident. He survives, but Coral dies from serious injuries. Murdock comforts her in her final moments.

background

Stephen Goosson was responsible for the film construction. The costume design was done by Jean Louis . Morris Stoloff was employed as musical director .

Reviews

“Exciting detective film from the 'film noir' of the 1940s, in which Humphrey Bogart only slightly changes his role model from the Maltese falcon ”, judged the lexicon of international films . For the evangelical film observer, however , late atonement was "[e] in a poor detective film that shows problems at the beginning and then feeds on the murky sources".

synchronization

The German dubbed version was created in 1950 by Willy-Zeyn Film GmbH Berlin under the dubbing direction of Erich Kobler .

role actor Voice actor
Capt. Warren Murdock Humphrey Bogart Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Coral Chandler Lizabeth Scott Ursula Traun
Martinelli Morris Carnovsky Wolfgang Eichberger
Lt. Kincaid Charles Cane Bum Kruger

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Late Atonement. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 25, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 346/1955.
  3. ↑ See synchrondatenbank.de