| The Great Flamarion | |
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) Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Anthony Mann |
| Produced by | W. Lee Wilder |
| Screenplay by | Heinz Herald Richard Weil Anne Wigton |
| Based on | the short-story "Big Shot" by Vicki Baum Anne Wigton |
| Starring | Erich von Stroheim Mary Beth Hughes |
| Music by | Alexander Laszlo |
| Cinematography | James S. Brown Jr. |
| Edited by | John F. Link, Sr. |
Production company | W. Lee Wilder Productions |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Great Flamarion is a 1945 film noir mystery film directed by Anthony Mann starring Erich von Stroheim and Mary Beth Hughes. The film, like many films noir, is shot in flashback narrative. The film was produced by Republic Pictures.[1]
This film is now in the public domain.
Plot
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The film opens following a murder at a cabaret in Mexico City in 1936, and then presents the events leading up to it in flashback. The Great Flamarion (Erich von Stroheim) is an arrogant, friendless, and misogynous marksman who displays his trick gunshot act in the vaudeville circuit. His show features a beautiful assistant, Connie (Mary Beth Hughes) and her drunken husband Al (Dan Duryea), Flamarion's other assistant. Flamarion falls in love with Connie, the movie's femme fatale, and is soon manipulated by her into killing her no good husband during one of their acts.
After Al's supposed accidental death, Connie convinces Flamarion to wait three months before the two can marry and flees back to Minnesota. Meanwhile, Connie has already begun a relationship with another performer, Eddie (Stephen Barclay). After failing to show up at an arranged meeting place three months later, Flamarion goes into a downward spiral of drinking and gambling. Flamarion eventually finds Connie who informs him that she never loved him and used him to get rid of her husband.
Cast
- Erich von Stroheim as The Great Flamarion
- Mary Beth Hughes as Connie Wallace
- Dan Duryea as Al Wallace
- Stephen Barclay as Eddie Wheeler
- Lester Allen as Tony
- Esther Howard as Cleo
- Michael Mark as Nightwatchman
See also
- Public domain film
- List of American films of 1945
- List of films in the public domain in the United States
References
- ^ The Great Flamarion at the American Film Institute Catalog.
External links
- The Great Flamarion at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Great Flamarion at IMDb
- The Great Flamarion at AllMovie
- The Great Flamarion is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- The Great Flamarion at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Great Flamarion complete film on YouTube (public domain)