The Flame (1947 film)
6.8 /10 1 Votes
Music director Heinz Eric Roemheld Duration Language English | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 24, 1947 (1947-11-24) (United States) Writer Lawrence Kimble (screenplay), Robert T. Shannon (based on a story by) Cast (George MacAllister), (Carlotta Duval), (Barry MacAllister), (Ernie Hicks), (Dr. Mitchell), (Aunt Margaret) Similar movies All Ladies Do It , Sense and Sensibility , Oscar and Lucinda , Rich and Strange , Nobody Else But You , Vanessa Tagline "I'D BE A FOOL TO LET LOVE STAND IN MY WAY!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Flame is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by John H. Auer starring John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige and Broderick Crawford.
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Plot
A man (Carroll) induces an ambitious nurse (Ralston) to marry his rich brother (Paige) for the money who has a terminal disease.
Cast
Critical response
The critic at The New York Times panned the film, "The sole distinction of The Flame, a rambling, inept bit of claptrap which sidled into the Gotham yesterday, is the bleakly amusing fact that most of the performers seem either bored or amused with the whole thing. And no wonder. There is a grim, unimaginative which-brother-do-I-love plot, centering on Vera Ralston."
Film historian and critic Hal Erickson discussed the production values in his brief review, "In terms of both budget and histrionic level, The Flame is one of the most lavish of Republic Pictures' late-1940s productions."
References
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