Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Hollow triumph AKA The scar (1948) - little known film noir directed by Steve Sekely, starring Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Leslie Brooks and John Qualen

Rating 6.7/10
Runtime: 83 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Steve Sekely/Paul Hendreid
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040444/

Cast

Paul Henreid ... John Muller
Joan Bennett ... Evelyn Hahn
Eduard Franz ... Frederick Muller
Leslie Brooks ... Virginia Taylor
John Qualen ... Swangron
Mabel Paige ... Charwoman
Herbert Rudley ... Marcy
Charles Arnt ... Coblenz
George Chandler ... Aubrey - Assistant

Description: After being released from prison, John Muller reunites his gang. He plots to heist the casino owned by dangerous and powerful mobster Rocky Stansyck, but the holdup goes wrong. Johnny gets away and hides out in a city where he's not known, until he's followed by a man who tells him he's the doppelganger of his neighbor, psychoanalyst Dr. Bartok; the only difference is the scar on Bartok's face. Muller decides to assume the doctor's identity to save his life. But will it work?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/jy3j4lcx


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.24 GB, 3864 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 790x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 96/49 MB (main/commentary), 161/82 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channel(s), 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Italian, Turkish) posters and screenshots included


Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historian Imogen Sara Smith. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

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