The Scar (1948) [Film Noir] [Drama]
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2013
- Just released from prison, John Muller (Paul Henreid) masterminds a holdup at an illegal casino run by Rocky Stansyck. The robbery goes bad, and the mobsters captured some of Muller's men and force them to identify the rest before killing them. Stansyck has a reputation for tracking down and killing his enemies, no matter how long it takes, so Muller decides to leave town and hide. He takes an office job recommended by his law-abiding brother, Frederick (Eduard Franz), but quickly decides that working for a living is not for him. A chance encounter with dentist Dr. Swangron (John Qualen) reveals that Muller looks exactly like a psychoanalyst who works in the same building, Dr. Bartok, the only difference being a large scar on the left side of the doctor's face. Seizing the opportunity, he begins researching Bartok, even slipping into his office to examine his records. He is discovered by the doctor's secretary, Evelyn Hahn (Joan Bennett). She mistakes him for her employer and kisses him, but quickly realizes he is someone else. He persuades her to go out with him, though she has become embittered and claims to have given up any dreams of finding love.
Muller sets out to impersonate Bartok, aided by the fact he studied psychoanalysis in medical school before dropping out. He takes a photograph of the doctor and uses it as a guide to cut an identical scar on his own face. Unfortunately, the developers of the photograph reversed the negative, so now Muller has the scar on the wrong side. He discovers the mistake only after he has already murdered Bartok and is preparing to dump the body in the river. He has no choice but to go through with the plan anyway. Luckily, no one (except the office cleaning lady, whose suspicions he manages to lull) notices the difference, not even Evelyn or Bartok's patients. Muller discovers "he" has a girlfriend, Virginia Taylor (Leslie Brooks), and that they frequent Maxwell's, a high class casino. It also turns out Bartok has been losing heavily. When a worried Frederick Muller tries to contact his brother, the trail leads to Bartok. The scar convinces Frederick that the man he sees is merely a lookalike. Evelyn, previously unaware of the switch (but now very suspicious), reveals that John Muller said he was going to Paris. Frederick Muller tells "Bartok" that his brother no longer has to hide; Stansyck was convicted for "income tax problems" and is scheduled to be deported.
Afterward, Evelyn realizes that Muller is an imposter and that he must have killed the psychoanalyst. Though he admits to her he did, she does not turn him in to the police; instead she purchases a ticket to sail to Honolulu. Muller finds out and promises he will go with her, but she does not believe he would leave such an opportunity to enrich himself. Muller arranges for other doctors to take over his patients and heads to the dock. There, however, he is intercepted by two men who want to discuss Bartok's $90,000 gambling debt. When Muller tries to break away, they fatally shoot him. Evelyn sails away, unaware that Muller lies dying on the dock.
This movie is also known as "Hollow Triumph".
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Directed by Steve Sekely, produced by Paul Henreid, written by Murray Forbes (novel) and Daniel Fuchs, starring Paul Henreid as John Muller & Dr. Victor Emil Bartok, Joan Bennett as Evelyn Hahn, Eduard Franz as Frederick Muller, Leslie Brooks as Virginia Taylor, John Qualen as Swangron, Mabel Paige as Charwoman, the only person to notice the scar on the wrong side, Herbert Rudley as Marcy, Charles Arnt as Coblenz, George Chandler as Artell, Assistant, Sid Tomack as Aubrey, Manager, Alvin Hammer as Jerry, Ann Staunton as Blonde, Paul E. Burns as Harold, Charles Trowbridge as Deputy, Morgan Farley as Howard Anderson.
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Source: "Hollow Triumph" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 26 February 2012. Web. 02 September 2012. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_T....
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To have the next movie pop up while the credits are rolling is in poor taste.
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Three yrs ago I set a goal to read all of Agatha Christie's work. Score, did it & am on some for the 2nd & third time. My new goal is to watch every movie made in 1948 the year I was born. Thanks for this one.
Way to go ..I only watch old classic tv..I have not watched any colored tv shows or movies since 1989 ...watch the fighting Sullivan's when you get a chance
I read all of the works of Charles Dickens. I loved his sense of humor. There were some other classics that I wanted to read....but I ended up watching the video version instead. LOL LOL LOL AT least now, I have some idea what the stories were all about
In 65 my mom started working at universal studios doing hair nails and make up this was during the summer I worked as an extra in all kinds of different TV shows and some movies that was the best time of my life and I still miss it very much
thats a lot of movies! enjoy
R u my soul mate? 😅😂. I love Agatha Christie and also want to read all of her stories and also born 48❤👍😉
Man these old movies r fantastic!!!! Thank god people in those days made these movies. They r so entertaining!!!!
@Reed Morris Retired stenographer most likely.
This comment 2 years old. And the style, rhythm and the way people moved back then are a category you save to go back to when you want the old movie style again
Joan Bennet is a Legend!
I haven't even watched all the opening credits yet. Immediately you can hear Sol Kaplan's Star Trek signature type music from the get go. He was using way back then. 😁
You picked up on something I would have never thought of until it was said. You are a movie starlight genius and now I hear it. Thank you for broadening my mind.
Love these old black and white movies. Its alot better than the trash out of Hollywood today.
Amen u got that right!
Joan Bennett was beautiful and a wonderful actress. And as memory serves she was stunning eye candy that even a 7yr old could not deny. Wow do I love the memories. That's the one thing they can never take away from us. Thank you so much.
I Love these old classic movies. Much better than what they put out today.
You didn't like American Gigolo?
Another GREAT movie with Paul Henried!
Brilliant & good to see Paul Henried playing a darker character for a change :-)
Once again, *THX* Timeless Classics for this always enjoyable film..... Even when _knowing_ the ending beforehand, this sinuous little tale is still "chock full" of memorable *Gotcha Moment* excitement!!! 😎
Paul Henreid lays-down a really good performance here, while lovely Joan Bennett, arguably at the peak of her on-screen beauty, delivers an inseparably "pivotal" role.... amidst a convincing cast from A-to-Z!!! 👌
just wanted to say thanks for all the great movies you've put here on your channel// really good choices and lots of great classic noir
Always expect the worst, and you'll never be disappointed ... !!
Excellent film! The lead actors' performances are exceptionally well done.
What a great film this is with full of surprises throughout. Thank you for the upload.
I could watch Film noir all day!!! 📺📺📽📽. ❤❤❤❤. Paul Henreid is awesome ❤️❤️
Unfortunate, he did not do all the research on the doctor..Great movie and thanks for this upload.
This movie is also known as “Hollow Triumph”. Joan Bennett ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for uploading this movie.
Great movie, full of suspense. I noticed the scar was on the wrong side immediately after he cut his face, but I'm in advertising and we ad people notice all the "details" it's part of our job. Thanks for the movie! 👍
That was clear the moment he reproduced the scar according to his image on the mirror, he didnt remember that the mirror switched its side.
Trick question: why when you look at a mirror right turns into left and vs but down doesnt turn into up and vs...?
The treatment more than adequately portrayed the dark theme; the atmosphere of the film portrayed that dark theme. Paul Henreid, who might best be called a minimalist actor, does an outstanding job of portraying a patholigcal killer. And in the end, fate determines the moment of judgement and justice for John Muller.
Wow you are a real film critic extraordinario torrey Borrey
Not a Henreid fan, but a pretty good movie. Excellent ending.
Grade B Noir with Grade A actors and an intriguingly dark atmosphere. Of course the plot's holes are a bit preposterous, but it's kind of an expressionist melodramatic flight of fancy with two great actors taking us to the dark side with minimal production values to distract us. Paul Henreid is terrific as a ruthless cunning gangster with some kind of romantic sensibility, and Joan Bennett is divine as the cynical angel of a floozy. And the location of the scar on the wrong side of the anti-hero's face provides a paradoxical twist, along with his fate as the wrong man. The ending reminds me of Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr in that great classic ALGIERS. Love it.
I saw movie as a child many years ago when it was on TV. Loved it then and love it still. Mr. H was always great. So glad there is a channel like yours.
That was extremely entertaining to say the least
Joan needed at least one Oscar nomination for this period of her work
Beautiful woman
Agree 💯
Ironic twist. Love these old movies, and enjoy Joan Bennett's voice & wittiness. Yeah, a bit unbelievable, but it was worth watching.
did paul henreid ever win an acting award?s\hould have if he didnt ...he is ...was a wonderful strong unrehearsed natural,,some words come to mind
I love this story.Joan Bennet and Kent Taylor.Wonderful!Thanks for the upload.
Thank you. Enjoyed this film.
Thank you for upload.
Thanks for posting, i really enjoyed this Movie.
Thank you for sharing! 😄
John Alton was a great cinematographer.
Great film. Thank you so much for uploading.
this was good! thank you 😊
Great twist at the end!
It's a bitter little world full of sad surprises and you don't go around letting people hurt you.
Joan Bennett refers to "Dr. Bartok" as a "dead ringer" to Henreid's "John Muller" character. Henreid would direct Bette Davis playing identical twins, years later in "Dead Ringer". Scene where Muller is cleaning windshield is even more suspenseful than similar one in "The Killers" (1946).
I like Dead Ringer.....she deserved to get away with it
A good Film Noir Movie. Thanks.
Title should've been " the man who cheated himself "
By the way that's another good classic you can lookup
Wow! How ironic is all I have to say. Good film noir for sure. I wonder why more people did not recognise the scar location earlier in the film.
Its one of those things...unless intimate you would probably not bother or second guess self..besides he is tres slimy with murder in his eye(one of them)..personally I would let the scar slide.But flag that and run home and see if he's on facebook'....I mean to the library to pour over microfilch!Then I'd play some serious mind games ...and when the time was right, sleep with him and play some more mind games...just fun tricks..no blackmail or larceny...just toyin with him......ha ha ha I dont like Doppelgangers as rule..you will learn this about me...BUT NEVER MENTION THE SCAR..Its your trump card.I might alter something on my face (move my thing to other side)...watch him sweat.....oooh eeeeeeee ahhhh lololo lololo so much fun with this chisler...
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I can't believe a scenario that the guy didn't Look at his victim's face Many times before a photo causes him to cut his face. Its not like he didn't have MANY occasions to study his face and know where the scar was and how it looked.
I appreciate the description~ I absolutely adore Paul Henreid. He was in Casablanca and others.
Praise JESUS Forevermore.
Love Paul Henreid-so handsome and talented
Thanks, great flick.
The funniest part is at 43:05 when someone orders 'a dollar's worth' of gas and Johnny proceeds to pump it in for the next five minutes!
Gallagher Rutledge ry Well in those days it would take awhile to pump a dollar’s worth of gas. Besides how cheap the gas was, the pumps were very slow.
Yes I noticed that. Almost 5 gal for a dollar! Plus he gets his oil checked.
In 48 I had a couple trucks and regularly paid 18 cents a gallon for fuel. You might recall he was offered a job at $35 a week ($7 a day for 8 hours of work, or about $.85 an hour) so a bucks worth of gas was equivalent to about and hour and a quarters work. Compared to todays minimum wage, we pay less proportionally than he did by a long shot.. Imagine if we had to pay an hour and a quarters worth of work for a gallon of gas... even at $10.00 an hour that would be $12.50 a gallon.. So, even though the good ole days seemed cheap and good, they were expensive in a lot of ways compared to what you got paid or earned.
The pump price says 25.9 cents per gallon.
Those were the days. 15 cents a gallon.
Good plot. Plenty of suspense
Reading all the comments, no one has mentioned the impact of the words of the dentist to the Doctor (55:21) which could serve as the theme of the movie: "Well, the man in the street has his own worries and his petty little greeds and preoccupations......Why, they wouldn't notice it if the next fellow were breathing or dying.....All they can think about or talk about are themselves...."
This theme is reinforced by: 1 the short scenes of the patients- mostly wealthy, neurotic people talking about themselves; 2 the fact that the doctor's scar is on the wrong side and almost no one noticed it and 3 the dying doctor (the last shot of the movie) is lying next to hundreds of completely oblivious people, busily attending to their own little worlds.
This movie was made about 70 years ago. Has anything changed since then?
Yes. The U.S. population has doubled by the importation of non-Whites.
Great ending! And I think it was for the best
Me too!
Thanks for sharing the gem.
Magnificent👏🏼👏🏼 bravo bravo Gosh this was a treat to watch I absolutely enjoyed it ! never try to be someone else, just be yourself!
The grass is never greener on the other side thank you so so much for sharing Timeless
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fabulous music if a bit over the top. loved it
Good one!
On Hollow Triumph (Links to an external site.) (also known as The Scar): Please note: this film is in the public domain, so this is the film for everyone to watch! And don't get confused by the title, Hollow Triumph and The Scar are the same film.
To watch now on online for free, go to Archive.org's video of Hollow Triumph (Links to an external site.)
"It's a bitter little world full of sad surprises, and you don't let anyone hurt you."
-- Paul Henreid, Hollow Triumph
"Actor Paul Henreid had his first shot at production with the 1948 film noir Hollow Triumph whose fate mirrored its title. Though the picture is a favorite with fans of the genre, particularly because of John Alton's atmospheric cinematography, it ended up a financial failure through no fault of Henreid's. Like many actors in post-World War II Hollywood, Henreid had been chafing under the restrictions of the studio system. After his second film with Bette Davis,Deception (1946), he had left the studio to freelance. The popular actor found himself courted by MGM, where he had made his first post-Warner's film, Song of Love (1947). Although that turgid biography of the Schumanns (with Katharine Hepburn as Henreid's wife) had been a critical and box-office disappointment, studio executives felt they could profit from his presence on the lot. When Henreid refused the encumbrance of another long-term studio contract, it triggered a rift between the actor and his agent, MCA's Lew Wasserman. Instead, he accepted an offer from Eagle-Lion, the recently formed U.S. arm of English producer J. Arthur Rank, to produce and star in a movie. With financing from railroad magnate Robert Young, he put together a production based on actor-novelist Murray Forbes' Hollow Triumph, the story of a criminal on the run who scars himself to take the place of a prominent psychiatrist, not realizing his new identity may provide more problems than those he had been fleeing in his own life. Henreid had heard of the novel from Hungarian director Steve Sekely, who had been languishing in B movies since his arrival in the U.S. in 1939. In gratitude, he hired Sekely to direct the film." (TCMDb)
Very interesting dialogue and acting
Very nice b-movie, well realized including very original ideas... However, I think It would have been so much better to learn the truth about the left-right misunderstanding later during the movie - not by the photographers, but when the hero is learning it in the car...
Excellent story line.. R/S
I downloaded this Thank you
"You're just a wild bundle - ready to go."😄
how many commercial interruptions does one movie need, before i say, forget it, can't keep with the story of the movie, it drives me crazy! it really does!
Thank you for all the movies you share!! Truly enjoy!!❤
I loved Joan Bennett in Dark Shadows
Glad ou loved her in that, although that was the least of her portrayals. Not only was she a looker, she was a great actress, I think, in her film noir period.
Yes! Dark Shadows. I was a kid & my mother watched that. I thought she looked familiar.
the third movie w Joan Bennett in 2 days. awesome.
Stellar!
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Enjoyed viewing the cars/phones/interior lights/women's dresses & hats of that era-!!!🤗. Remember Henried from " Casa Blanca " 🤔.
That was really good I enjoyed it.thank you for posting
Thanks
German doctor's office is impeccable!
Totally implausible story for so many reasons, but still a fun movie to watch.
Lots of people aren't all that good at noticing small details as we tend to look at the macro content and not the individual facets. If it weren't for the scene where the guys in the 'film shop' mentioned a problem in printing the photo would we have noticed the 'mistake'?
Also as far as continuity is concerned, I'm fairly certain that the taxi that dropped Muller at the shipping terminal is an entirely different vehicle to the one that he got into initially at around the 1:18. It's like the director decided to use some archival footage to show the cab increasing speed through the city streets instead of shooting the scene on location. But that is just my guess.
🎩I totally enjoyed this movie very much ♥️🎬📽🎬📽🎬
Great!!!!
Entertaining!
mustve smoked 3 packs in movie! thanksfor uploading
"What more could any reasonable man ask?" 🙂
LOOK AT THE HUGE GRAPHIC CAMERA HE HAS TO LUG AROUND !
Speed Graphic and its competitors were standard press tool in that era. Then came the postwar Zeiss Contax rangefinder 35mm cameras and eventually the myriad 35mm SLRs of Japanese manufacture.
"Weegee" made great pictures in that era with cameras like that.
check out an early Jack Webb in the gasoline scene; good use of the cigarette for time lapse; interesting ending; she got off easy!
Boy can this guy smoke, I have never seen anyone smoke as much as him.
Right, you are...
Yeah, it's a pretty good movie, I gave it a like!
No need to watch it.
You can read the Book in the info.
Good one! Lotsa bad guys.......
GREAT FLICK.....
Nice movie. Love to watch bete noire movies late night.
love the movie,vhate the ending!
yit was pumped FOR him. and he checked the oil....theres a pre code version of The Scar, In this scene he also gets a happy ending from a dame...ahh the good ol days...thanks for the laf...having the comments is like watchin with friends,,thanks
Good one! But you play, you pay! Sad for the chick but she's better off without him! Thanks for posting! 👍✌
Good noir
Do you recommend any Film Noir movies?
@@johnnybizaro1 scene of the crime 1949 & the prowler 1951
I'm about half way through this film. I find it a bit preposterous that he finds someone that looks exactly like him, but with a scar, and that nobody seems amazed that they look exactly alike. I also find it unbelievable that he grows a mustache and has puts scratch on his face and the mobsters don't instantly recognize him. When I go weeks without shaving and have almost a full beard and mustache everybody still recognizes me instantly. The premise of this movie is as ridiculous as SuperMan putting on a pair of glasses and everyone thinks he is Clark Kent. Despite that, I still find the movie enjoyable. Thanks for the upload.
Well, it is very possible to find a look-alike, this has been done many times in movies before CGI where they would search for similar looking people to simulate siblings. In the script of this movie, based on a book, the protagonist goes to the other side of the country to evade Stansyck and it is by pure coincidence that people start telling him that he looks like Dr Bartok (is it "déjà vu"?). That is when Muller start playing Dr Bartok's "sosie" (look-alike). Many stand-up comedians are pretty good at imitating the mannerisms and the persona of some political celebrities. Think about Robert Sacchi's impersonation of Humphrey Bogart both in appearance, voice and character.
Of course people recognize you, they know you, and a mustache is not much of a disguise. This movie is a classic of the film noir genre. Ciao, L
Zee Risek Hey, man.
It's a film .. a movie ... entertainment.
Not a documentary.
Tony
***** I have a 20 year career in television... so yeah, I know it's entertainment. It's still silly. Cheers.
Zee Risek Where?
I have been in it since the early 1970's.
***** Here in Canada. I work in television animation with credits in all aspects of film; animator, character designer, director, storyboard artist, and writer. Nice to meet you Tony. Cheers.
good movie >
What an ironic movie, very enjoyable.
Johnny, the most common name in classic cinema.
The ballroom dancer bit 😂
That was quite the drama. 🤷🏻♂️😅
I love Joan Bennett.
If Muler thought that tStansyck's men were following him, why wouldn't he think that the men would kill the doctor, thinking that he was Muler with a scar disguise?
It is a great twist. I like it. It is light heated drama and kind of karma type movie.
Lol this is simply a simple noir story and the turns of fate in a deviant person. But I immediately caught that the bad guy had listened to the recording of the Doctor's voice but never went to have his British Accent! Hello! 👍😍 there's a wide variety of Noir Stories some much clever than this but TV it's about the entertainment value, the actors, and the Endings! 🎞 ❤
I'm wondering if the cigarette burning and leaving a mark on the edge of the table while Henreid is scarring his cheek was meant to be some sort of symbolism. Why of course it is, it had to be.
Henreid obviously was a dedicated actor, having left Europe for Hollywood and giving up his aristocratic life. His full name is so long one could lose their breath just reciting it.
Yes,his full name was Paul Georg Julius Hernreid Ritter von Wassel-Waldingau.
1948. A nightmarish world!
A great year for America.