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Encyclopedia > Dead Reckoning (1947 movie)

Dead Reckoning is a 1947 Columbia motion picture starring Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott. See also: 1946 in film 1947 1948 in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films North America The Best Years of Our Lives Duel in the Sun tie The Jolson Story, Forever Amber Unconquered Academy Awards Best Picture: Gentlemans Agreement - 20th Century-Fox Best... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Humphrey Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. ... Lizabeth Scott Lizabeth Scott (born Emma Matzo September 29, 1922 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. ...


This film noir drama/mystery was filmed in black-and-white. Film noir is a stylistic approach to genre films forged in depression-era detective and gangster movies and hard-boiled detective stories which were a staple of pulp fiction. ... Black-and-white (or variations including Black and White) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ...


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The role of Coral Chandler was originally intended for Rita Hayworth, but she had already been cast by her husband, Orson Welles, for The Lady from Shanghai released the same year. Humphrey Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. ... Lizabeth Scott Lizabeth Scott (born Emma Matzo September 29, 1922 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. ... Marvin Julian Miller (born April 14, 1917 in The Bronx, New York City) is the former executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) from 1966 - 1982. ... Ford as Det. ... Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (real name Margarita Carmen Cansino) (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987) was a famous American film star of Latin descent during the 1940s who was sometimes called The Love Goddess or The Great American Love Goddess. ... Orson Welles, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) is generally considered one of Hollywoods greatest directors, as well as a fine actor, broadcaster and screenwriter. ... The Lady from Shanghai is also the working title of a planned 2005 film by director Wong Kar Wai and starring Nicole Kidman. ...

Returning home from World War II, ex-paratroopers Captain Murdock and Sergeant Johnny Drake are due for the Congressional Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Cross. While on his way to Washington, Sgt. Drake jumps train and disappears. His friend, Murdock, can’t understand why. Murdock follows the clues and tracks his friend to Gulf City. He learns his friend is dead–burned to death in a car accident. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... An American Paratrooper using a T-10C series parachute Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and formed into an airborne force. ... For the computer game, see Medal of Honor (computer game). ... The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is a military decoration of the United States Army which is awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. ...


While in town, Murdock finds out that Drake joined the Army under an assumed name in order to avoid a murder charge. He was accused of killing a rich old man named Chandler, whose wife, Coral, he was in love with.


During the investigation of his friends mysterious past, a dead body is planted in Murdock’s hotel room. The police are now after him. He teams up with the man’s widow, Coral, to help straighten out the many twists and turns in the story.


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Dead Reckoning was made over 46 years ago and good negatives must be hard to come across, but that doesn't mean that the print they utilized for the transfer had to show every bit of its age.
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Dead Reckoning is too indebted to the stylish, suspenseful films that came before it, and since its release, many more films have done a better, more artistic job of reinterpreting the overall noir concept into something a little more suave and sinister.
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