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Steve Sekelythe Scar (1948)

"Harsh tale of an alienated criminal's attempt to impersonate his psychiatrist-double. Important fatalistic noir, with classy visuals and a very fine script that features a creative doppelganger theme." - noir expert Spencer Selby

Also titled "Hollow Triumph". Cast: Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Leslie Brooks, John Qualen. 82 min.


This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Producer: Steve Sekely
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: film noir, crime drama, joan bennett. the scar. hollow triumph

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: billbarstad - - January 26, 2009
Subject: A fine film
Loaded with irony, 'The Scar' is an entertaining and well-made film noir character study of a narcissist, played by Paul Henreid.

With gangsters looking to murder him, he takes advantage of his uncanny resemblance to a practicing psychologist by replacing him and thus hiding in plain sight. In the days before photo IDs, computerized databases, and the internet, there were easier ways to assume a new identity, but the challenge appealed to this man.

But bad guys always lose, and he does, in the greatest irony at the end of the film.

I downloaded the 419MB MPEG-4 file. Video and audio are OK, though it needs deinterlacing.

Reviewer: quigs - - January 9, 2009
Subject: nice film but it's already on IA
It's listed now twice in IA's catolog