Sunday 28 October 2018

The Conspirators (1944 Jean Negulesco)

Clear attempt by Warners to repeat Casablanca, with Paul Henreid in fine form as Dutch resistance fighter in Lisbon (somewhere near Hollywood), bumping into Hedy Lamarr, who's married to Victor Francen. Local resistance led by Sydney Greenstreet, with Peter Lorre. Joseph Calleia and Eduardo Cianelii are police, Vladimir Sokoloff  and Carol Thurston are local fishermen.

The script's by Vladimir Pozner and Leo Rosten, from the novel by Frederic Prokosch published the previous year, leading to suspenseful ending. And with familiar support from Max Steiner and Arthur Edeson.


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