Dead Reckoning: Amazon.ca: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane, William Prince, Marvin Miller, Wallace Ford, James Bell, George Chandler, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, John Bohn, Paul Bradley, Leo Tover, John Cromwell, Sidney Biddell, Allen Rivkin, Gerald Drayson Adams, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Steve Fisher: DVD

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The shadow of World War II falls over this stateside film noir thriller about a GI paratrooper (Humphrey Bogart) who trails his AWOL war buddy to a treacherous city populated by gamblers, goons, pug cops, and the smoky, suspicious Lizabeth Scott, a seductive femme who may be fatale. Bogie's tight lipped, war hardened intensity dominates the B roster of supporting actors (Morris Carnovsky as a finicky nightclub owner with a gambling sideline, Marvin Miller as his brutal baby-faced thug) and the plot echoes with elements of earlier Bogie classics The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon recast on a low budget. Scott is, for all her fog-voiced sultriness, no Lauren Bacall, but her mannered performance is appropriately ambiguous and the film's cynical edge, ruthless desperation, and tarnished view of small-time hoodlums with big dreams casts a darker shadow unique to Hollywood's postwar funk. --Sean Axmaker

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Smell of Night Blooming Jasmine, July 16 2002

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This review is from: Dead Reckoning (VHS Tape)

A lot of reviewers are prejudiced against this film because it stars beautiful and sultry Lizabeth Scott instead of the familiar Bacall. They are wrong. Scott is terrific and this is one of Bogarts best films, full of atmosphere and crisp dialog. Bogart comes to Gulf City to clear his Army buddy's name and gets tangeled up with the beautiful Lizabeth Scott in a town where nothing is on the up and up.

There is some truly origional banter between Bogart and Scott. A wonderful scene has Bogart explaining to Scott how women should be kept in a mans pocket, taken out only when needed. They are driving in a convertible with the wind blowing Scott's long blonde hair and when she laughs at this idea we can tell something is going on inside for both of them.

There is a subtle noir atmosphere all the way through this film. Scott wears perfume that smells like night blooming jasmine. Bogart is sitting next to the window of his hotel room deep into the mystery and catches the scent drifting in the wind, not sure if Scott is around or if it's just the bushes outside. The whole film is like that.

There are other great scenes, like Scott standing in the rain at night, her fate being decided in that moment. This is a marvelous film and it doesn't lessen the Bogart & Bacall films to say that Bogart & Scott made a great team also. It is a shame they did not get a chance to make another one together. I strongly suggest a trip to Gulf City to find out just how spectacular they were together on the big screen.....

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bogart is Bogart!, Sep 20 2001

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Alright so it does not seem as if Bogart is in the same trance as when he did Maltese Falcon. However, even when giving 75% or even coasting through a few scenes, Bogart is far supperior to many actors that try to act, i.e., Kenau Reeves. The story is fairly interesting but could have been extremely drab it if had not been for Mr. Bogart whom lifts this movie from the depths of mediocrity into a very good flick. The guy whom plays the ganster seems a bit lost at times, but overall he does a comendable job. Highly Recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Don't push me darling...", May 4 2001

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Yes indeed, this is fine Bogey mister. Narration, exactly what you want in 40's noir, great acting by all (save Liz Scott), but you don't care because everything else comes off. Note the cab drivers' rearview mirror, or the night scene in the rain toward the end. Scott never looked better than she did with wet hair! The best scenes may be in the Casino hotel room where Bogie leaves his radio on the police call band, "ya know like you do sometimes". The dialogue in the car before the dame caused the crack-up was taken nearly verbatem from the "Falcon". Pick this one up, a keeper for sure.

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5.0 out of 5 stars With a name like Rip Murdoch how can you go wrong?
I watched this flick back to back with "The Maltese Falcon", and I must say, "Dead Reckoning" was MUCH more enjoyable. Read more

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