The Great Flamarion
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| The Great Flamarion | |
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| Directed by | Anthony Mann |
| Produced by | W. Lee Wilder |
| Written by | Vicki Baum (Story) Anne Wigton (Screenplay & story) Heinz Herald Richard Weil |
| Starring | Erich von Stroheim Mary Beth Hughes Dan Duryea Stephen Barclay Lester Allen Esther Howard |
| Music by | Alexander Laszlo |
| Cinematography | James S. Brown, Jr. |
| Editing by | John F. Link, Sr. |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1945 |
| Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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The Great Flamarion is a 1945 American black and white film noir directed by Anthony Mann. The film, like many film noirs, is shot in flashback. The film was produced by Republic Pictures.
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[edit] Synopsis
The Great Flamarion (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 (Hughes) and her drunken husband Al (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.[1]
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 (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.[1]
[edit] Main 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
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