Man with Bogart's Face (1980)

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In The Man With Bogart's Face, an affectionate send-up of the Bogart detective films of the 1940s, Robert Sacchi plays a man who idolizes Humphrey Bogart so much he has his features altered to look exactly like his idol. He then opens up a detective agency under the name Sam Marlowe (an amalgam of… More In The Man With Bogart's Face, an affectionate send-up of the Bogart detective films of the 1940s, Robert Sacchi plays a man who idolizes Humphrey Bogart so much he has his features altered to look exactly like his idol. He then opens up a detective agency under the name Sam Marlowe (an amalgam of the names of Bogart's characters from The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep). Sam hires the Duchess (Misty Rowe) as his secretary ("She looked like Marilyn Monroe and made about as much sense as Gracie Allen") and "Sam Marlowe, Private Eye" is in business. Sam gets a meager response until a shooting puts his picture in the paper and business starts to flourish. Particularly attracted to Marlowe's services are a collection of characters -- Gena (Michelle Phillips), an attractive Gene Tierney type; Commodore Anastas (Victor Buono), a Greek shipping tycoon and Sidney Greenstreet lookalike; and the mysterious Mr. Zebra (Herbert Lom doing a Peter Lorre imitation). They are all trying to find the famous Eyes of Alexander -- a priceless set of stones from a statue of Alexander the Great. Also on hand are old Hollywood pros George Raft, Yvonne DeCarlo and Mike Mazurki. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 46 min.
Directed By: Robert Day
Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

In Theaters: Oct 3, 1980 Wide
On DVD: Apr 12, 2005
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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AJ V

I know it's hard to believe, but this actor actually does look exactly like Humphrey Bogart! That's the main reason to see this movie, of course, but it's also a very funny mystery movie too. Towards the end it gets less funny, but in the end it's entertaining… More
I know it's hard to believe, but this actor actually does look exactly like Humphrey Bogart! That's the main reason to see this movie, of course, but it's also a very funny mystery movie too. Towards the end it gets less funny, but in the end it's entertaining anyway.

Cast

            Robert Sacchi as Sam Marlowe

            Franco Nero as Hakim

            Michelle Phillips as Gena Anastas

            Olivia Hussey as Elsa Borsht

            Herbert Lom as Mr. Zebra

            Victor Buono as Commodore Anastas

            Misty Rowe as Duchess

            Richard Bakalyan as Lieutenant Bumbera

            Sybil Danning as Cynthia

            Gregg Palmer as Sgt. Hacksaw

            Jay Robinson as Wolf Zinderneuf

            George Raft as Petey Cane

            Yvonne De Carlo as Theresa Anastas

            Mike Mazurki as Himself

            Henry Wilcoxon as Mr. Chevalier

            Victor Sen Yung as Mr. Wing

            Joe Theismann as Jock

            Buck Kartalian as Nicky

            Kathleen Bracken as Mona

            Philip Baker Hall as Dr. Inman

            Martin Kosleck as Horst Borsht

            Peter Mamakos as Spoony Singh

            Michael Masters as Ralph

            Ed McCready as Garbage Man

            Larry Pennell as George

            Dick Whittington as Reporter

            Bill Catching as Nero's Uncle

            Everett Creach as Buster

            James Bacon as Reporter

            Wally Rose as Gunman

            Alan Foster as Driver

            Rozelle Gayle as Mastodon

            Robert Osborne
            
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