Colorized Classic Movie: Whistle Stop – When beautiful Mary returns home to her “whistle stop” home town, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.
Whistle Stop (1946)
Director: Léonide Moguy
Writers: Maritta M. Wolff, Philip Yordan
Stars: George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglen
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 1946 (United Kingdom)
Filming Location: San Fernando, California, USA
Synopsis:
Beautiful Mary returns from Chicago to her small hometown after many years, wearing a mink coat and carrying an expensive cigarette case. Her arrival causes long standing enmities to surface between two of her old boyfriends, loafing gambler Kenny Veech and debonair Lew Lentz, owner of a local nightclub. Their deep-seated animosity repeatedly results in antagonism and fights as they compete for Mary’s affections. Kenny’s friend Gitlo, a bartender in Lentz’ club, enlists Kenny in an aborted plan to rob Lentz of $15,000 in profits from sponsoring a local carnival. Lentz retaliates by framing both men for murder.
Reviews:
“It’s interesting to see Ava Gardner before she rose to fame and almost too much of dazzling beauty, while she is still young and fresh, but you can see that she is rising. The main interest of this film, however, is Victor McLaglen as the bartender, who knows too much, is too much involved, has too many concerns and does too much in vain efforts to get things straight, and ultimately almost succeeds – but has to pay for it. George Raft is as antipathetic as ever, and you might have some objection against the end. It’s a noir but with a happy end, but that end drags the film down. Tom Conway makes a good impression but has to pay for it. Ava Gardner, though, impeccable in her brilliant beauty, doesn’t have to pay for anything.”
– written by “clanciai” on IMDb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) Whistle Stop
Belgium Flamingo Bar(Flemish)
Belgium Flamingo Bar(French)
Brazil Por Causa de uma Mulher
Canada Whistle Stop(English)
Denmark Rivaler
Finland Rohkeita otteita
France Flamingo bar
France Tragique rendez-vous
Greece Άγγελοι και δαίμονες
Italy Sangue all’alba
Mexico El truhán
Portugal O Que Matou Por amor
Romania Oprire la cerere
Soviet Union Полустанок(Russian)
Spain Señal de parada
Sweden Rivaler
Turkey aşkın zaferi(Turkish)
United Kingdom Whistle Stop
United States Whistle Stop
Yugoslavia Voz za srecu(Serbian, literal title)
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