Macao (1952) |
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Macao Cast |
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Robert Mitchum
(as Nick Cochran)
with Jane Russell
(as Julie Benson)
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Other InformationPlot SummaryThe tendency is to scoff at Macao as just another example of Josef von Sternberg`s late-career exercises in exoticism; true, it has its problems, including a weak plot and a slightly hasty pace, but it is still an extraordinary film for its time and ... TaglineDANGEROUS PARADISE! (original print ad - all caps) A sultry chanteuse, a hunk on the lam and a fortune in stolen gems. DiscographySinglesOne for My Baby You Kill Me Ocean Breeze |
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes Nick Cochran: Thanks for the flowers.
Julie Benson: [sarcastically] I couldn`t afford a wreath. Lawrence C. Trumble: The only time I`ll ever get flowers will be at my funeral. Nick Cochran: Why don`t you take that chip off your shoulder?
Julie Benson: Every time I do, somebody hits me over the head with it. Halloran: How `bout two weeks salary in advance?
Julie Benson: This is one time I won`t say no. Lt. Sebastian: [referring to Julie Benson] Besides her obvious talents, she also sings. Lawrence C. Trumble: I`ll go back one of these days, or my name isn`t Lawrence C. Trumble.
Nick Cochran: What does the "C." stand for?
Lawrence C. Trumble: Cicero - but keep it under your hat.
Nick Cochran: What else would I do with it? Julie Benson: Well you annoyed me a little when you belted me with that blonde! Nick Cochran: My fatal charm. Never misses - except with women. Margie: [to Nick Cochran] You`re up early for a loser. Nick Cochran: You know, you remind me of an old Egyptian girlfriend of mine. The Sphinx.
Margie: Are you partial to females made of stone? Halloran: You don`t want that junk. Diamonds would only cheapen you.
Margie: Yeah. But what a way to be cheapened.Trivia Robert Mitchum actually wrote several scenes for this movie when Nicholas Ray came on board to do uncredited directing so that the script would make more sense. William Talman originally tested for the role eventually played by Brad Dexter. Gloria Grahame did not want to be in this movie; Howard Hughes admitted that he never saw her previous performance opposite Humphrey Bogart in the film In a Lonely Place (1950), which is today unanimously considered among her finest performances. When Grahame asked to be loaned out to make George Stevens`s A Place in the Sun (1951), Hughes turned down her request and forced her to make this movie (she reportedly dryly told her then-husband and uncredited director Nicholas Ray, who she was in the process of divorcing, that she wouldn`t ask for alimony if he could get her out of this movie). Grahame later stated that she intentionally over-acted out of hatred for Hughes. Both Joyce Mackenzie and Jane Greer were considered for the part eventually played by Gloria Grahame, wife of uncredited co-director Nicholas Ray. Producer Howard Hughes fired director Josef von Sternberg about a third of the way through and shot the rest with Nicholas Ray. | ||
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