Ruthless (1948)
Genre: Filmnoir / Drama
Duration: 104 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Edgar G. Ulmer
Stars: Louis Hayward, Sydney Greenstreet and Zachary Scott
IMDb score:
6,8 (1.602)
Releasedate: 16 April 1948
Ruthless plot
"Money and Power"
Charismatic Horace Woodruff Vendig is a financial prodigy, dealing with corpses and alienated from his family, friends and business associates. When he gets the chance to free himself from his past, he seizes it to start a new life with the woman he loves.
Actors and actresses
Horace Woodruff 'Woody' Vendig
Vic Lambdin
Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg
Buck Mansfield
Christa Mansfield
Susan Duane
Mr. Burnside
Mrs. Burnside
Pete Vendig
Kate Vendig
Reviews & comments
ToNe
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- 2865 messages
- 2336 votes
Edgar G. Ulmer's Citizen Kane, although it shows more similarities with Baby Face, due to the fact that the main character 'Woody' always strategically ' connects'.
A woman quickly becomes a sex issue for censorship, but with a man ... it's just a matter of cunning. American double standards.
With Zachary Scott (with his dandy role in Mildred Pierce in mind) you quickly get the feeling that understated roles are not in his reach. Fortunately, the film also features a self-assured Sidney Greenstreet and a small supporting role from Raymond Burr as the failed father of the future tyrant.
But Woody, like Charles Foster Kane, is a tragic victim of his lack of love. He seeks it in wealth, the ultimate success, without even realizing that happiness does not lie there. No one (Kane was raised by Wall Street, after all) ever taught him that.
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Movsin
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- 8286 messages
- 8442 votes
When the greed for money takes precedence over everything else, even romance doesn't get a real chance.
This is more or less the theme of this rather mediocre film that does not particularly appeal when the financial tribulations come to the fore, the work is sometimes confused with flashbacks and when the same actress is given two almost equal roles...
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Bobbejaantje
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- 2301 messages
- 2092 votes
Fine film noir with Zachary Scott and Sidney Greenstreet as highlights in the cast. With Scott in the lead role, you usually know where you stand. He is the quintessential homme fatale equivalent to the genre's more common femme fatale. As the title implies, he plays a ruthless person who, in this case, leaves behind a trail of destruction and broken women's hearts. Not surprising you might think, but the script still puts you on the wrong track at first. He is not the bad guy from the start, but still hovers for a while between the good intentions. Edgar G. Ulmer and his team provide a striking play of light and shadow on a visual level that accentuates the moral state well. This time a noir without a voice over but with long drawn-out flashbacks. It gives an atmosphere of nostalgia, fatalism and in the end Freud also comes into play when Scott starts to go crazy. The only downside are the somewhat long scenes in which Scott's business affairs are explained rather broadly. In any case, this film belongs to the forties' noirs in which talking comes before the action. Prima B-noir.
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