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Plot: A man is dragged back into his old life by a gangster and his moll.
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MCT:September 20, 2008
Robert Mitchum is nothing short of mesmerizing in what is surely one of the finest pieces of film noir ever made.
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MCT:September 20, 2008Jeff Markham wanted to escape his past life. That just wasn't possible. Robert Mitchum is fantastic as the private eye turned gas station owner who gets sucked back into the dark, dirty life he once lived while working for big time mob head Whit Sterling, played by Kirk Douglas. Markham is originally sent out to find and bring back Sterling's love, Kathie. He traces her all the way to Acapulco, yet he falls in love with her himself, a classic film noir plot twist. From there on out we are sent into a brooding plot of backstabbing, frames, and deceit. What really deserves my attention though are the downright perfect noir performances from Mitchum, Douglas, and Jane Greer, the film's femme fatale. Each one precisely captures their character's wanted personality. Mitchum proves to THE noir actor with his role as Markham. Jane Greer is devilish in her role as the girl everyone wants but learns to hate. Kirk Douglas is plain nasty as the big time gambler. Not to be forgotten in all this is the wonderful directing full of great shots that do truly capture the essence of noir and the essence of this film's dark plot. This film is as much about the past as it is the future. The future of many of the characters arises many times throughout this film but a lot of the story is still OUT OF THE PAST.
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MCT:September 2, 2008One of the best film noirs I've seen. Mitchum and Douglas are excellent and Greer makes for a wicked femme fatale. Great locations throughout as well. Superb!
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MCT:July 10, 2008
An excellent film noir with mystery, romantic and classic scenes, gorgeous ladies, shadowy shots and engaging dialogue. If you like film noir, this is a pretty good one :)
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MCT:May 30, 2008A beloved classic in the minds of many, but I was left underwhelmed. To anyone familiar with the 2005 movie "A History of Violence", the plot in this one can definitely be seen as an influence. Jeff Bailey (Mitchum) plays a small town gas station attendant who with his girlfriend Meta, hopes to live a normal life, but his past abruptly catches up to him. We are shown that years back he was an investigator who, while tracking down mobster Whit's mistress, ended up falling in love instead. Things don't go all that peachy however and he tries to escape the lifestyle, but one last job is requested from Whit, and he reluctantly agrees. From there opens a pandora's box of two timing and double crossing. This movie starts out simple enough, but weaves increasingly complicated and it was quite hard to follow exactly. It's not flawed by any means in it's storyline, because everything connects and there are no holes, but this just wasn't exactly my preference to film-noir. Mitchum was good as always, the supporting cast did well, and the dialogue is held in high regard, so these things have made it a classic over the years, but I like my film-noirs more sinister and dark a la Fritz Lang's "M" and even Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil" to an extent.
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MCT:May 21, 2008
una de las peliculas con mejores dialogos q he visto, tan buenos como los de Woody Allen, Tarantino o His Girl Friday. La iluminacion es una obra maestra. Robert Mitchum es dios. Cool como la mierda. Un grande...
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MCT:May 18, 2008
A classic film noir made Robert Mitchum a star, and one of the greatest actors of all time. Great story and great acting, everyone should see it.
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MCT:April 15, 2008
robert mitchum is such a badass in this classic noir with one of the hottest femme fatales. this movie kicks ass.
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MCT:April 14, 2008
quintessential noir, a style that's had a huge influence on everyone from scorsese and tarantino to the coen brothers and david lynch. robert mitchum gives an absolutely perfect lethargic and world-weary performance
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MCT:March 18, 2008
As good a Noir film as there is out there! Mitchum is the essence of cool, and Jane Greer is deadly and hot! :)
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MCT:February 28, 2008
This is one of my favorite movies ever! It was definitely a 'smoking' film. Jane Greer was the two-timin' broad, Robert Mitchum was tall, dark and handsomely brooding, and Kirk Douglas was the man! It was the original for Against All Odds, and forasmuch as I loved that movie, it still pales by comparison.
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MCT:February 19, 2008
Mitchum is the epitome of badass in Out of The Past. A very solid Film Noir. Jane Greers femme fatale receives the hardest slap i think ive ever seen delivered on screen. I bet Kirk Douglas can still feel it on his palm. And Mitchums line to her, "you like a leaf floating from gutter to gutter" classic snappy dialogue!
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MCT:February 1, 2008
"out of the past" is one mighty example of the old proverb "women are not to be trusted"...jane greer is the incarnation of classic noir femme fatale who backstabs men for profits and survival, a giant rotten swelling beneath her strikingly angelic beauty.
jeff bailey(mitchum) is a private eye hired by mobster whit (kirk douglas) to retrack back his mistress kathey(greer) who shoots him four times then elope with $4000. as the moment bailey sees her, he's enchanted to her, so both of them together cheat whit to shelter upon the north for thier love-nest. unfortunately their traces are spotted that leades to one murder which also unravels the sordid darkside of kathey. then bailey recluses in some countryside to reform and seek a kind gentle woman as love companion until one day whit sends his sidekick for bailey....
spontaneously all the men in "out of the past" are chain-smokers who transcend fume circles into enigmatic white clouds that might be an indication of their masochistic empheral doom. everywhere mitchum goes, he ignites a cigarette even at the crucial moment of robbing important documentary. maybe their choice of the woman is the best eloquent case of such chronical suicidal tendency which reflects on non-stop smokings.
both bailey and whit (mitchum and douglas) are shrewd men with sharply fierce sight to see things thru, but they still select to embrace the defying perils, such as bailey knows whit wanna frame him, but he still goes for it; whit understands kathey is no good but he still want her back at any cost. they're tough guys with imperious confidence preferring to be surrounded with apparent danger, enjoying messing up with beautiful dame who is utterly no good just like boys like to play with firecracker even it might blow them off into pieces. jane greer would be the best pretty poison for these two extraordinarily cocky men.
in one dialogue, greer tries to persuade mitchum into her faux innocence, mitchum simply replies "oh baby, i don't care!"...men in "out of the past" are prodigals stuck in their transient life philosophy under the adrenlined sensations for the dazzling sparks, always some case, some feud, some unexpected doublecross to settle, eventually mitchum's character explodes by the forthcoming curse of his tragic flaws. -
MCT:January 22, 2008
Quintessntial film noir. Jacques Touneaur continues to be one of the most under-appreciated directors in film history.
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MCT:January 2, 2008
Solid film noir- femme fatales and fedora-wearing tough guys. Dialogue is sharp and rapid - just the way that I like it. The plot will keep you on your toes.
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MCT:November 5, 2007
This film cuts like a razor. Witty, brilliant writing, and dialog with a barb in every line: "Are we gonna talk business, or play house?"
Robert Mitchum proves that smoking is cool as cool jazz blowing through a stuffy jazz club.
This my pretties, certainly is "perfect" noir. -
MCT:August 1, 2007
Quintessential film noir. A low budget gem that still inspires. Great black and white photography too. Robert Mitchum is ultra-cool.
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MCT:July 31, 2007
Mitchum is a legend and this is one of his best. One of the pinnacles of the film noir cycle. Bleak.
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MCT:May 21, 2007Robert Mitchum plays this character well and you really have a lot of story in this flick. All of the characters are well played out and classic through the whole thing. This flick also has a bit of a very young Kirk Douglas.
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MCT:April 26, 2007
"I don't want to die either, baby, but if I'm gonna die, I'm gonna be last!" I love that line! Kirk Douglas was a sharp criminal in this one.
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MCT:March 27, 2007
"baby, i don't care". concrete proof that robert mitchum was the coolest cat who ever lived. ever. awesome film too. plus, it's the only film that i can think of where most of the film is told in a flashback of a flashback!
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MCT:March 18, 2007
May well be the ultimate film noir. The lush black and white, the expert use of shadow, the too cool narration and Jane Greer as one of the best femme fatales ever. But even if the film had none of that it would still rule completely cause of a young but still fully formed Robert Mitchum.
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MCT:March 11, 2007
Even though it was relatively easy to follow, I didn't really understand what was going on. But it was still ok - I don't watch many old B&W movies. Everyone smoked! About 10 cigarettes were lit up every scene. In fact, in real life, Robert Mitchum died of lung cancer and emphysema.
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