Dead Reckoning (1947 film)
Overview
Dead Reckoning is a 1947 Columbia Pictures
film noir
starring Humphrey Bogart
and Lizabeth Scott
and featuring Morris Carnovsky
. It was directed by John Cromwell
and written by Steve Fisher and Oliver H.P. Garrett based on a story by Gerald Drayson Adams
and Sidney Biddell. The film was originally set to team Humphrey Bogart with Columbia's top box office draw Rita Hayworth
, but Hayworth was feuding with Columbia head Harry Cohn
at the time, and sent the script back for rewrites.
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
film noir
Film noir
Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...
starring Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon.The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema....
and Lizabeth Scott
Lizabeth Scott
Lizabeth Scott is an American actress and singer widely known for her film noir roles.-Early life:She was born Emma Matzo in the Pine Brook section of Scranton, Pennsylvania, one of six children, to Ruthenian parents who had emigrated from Uzhgorod, in what is now Ukraine...
and featuring Morris Carnovsky
Morris Carnovsky
Morris Carnovsky was an American stage and film actor born in St. Louis, Missouri. He worked briefly in the Yiddish theatre before attending Washington University in St. Louis...
. It was directed by John Cromwell
John Cromwell (director)
Elwood Dager Cromwell , known as John Cromwell, was an American film actor, director and producer.-Biography:...
and written by Steve Fisher and Oliver H.P. Garrett based on a story by Gerald Drayson Adams
Gerald Drayson Adams
Gerald Drayson Adams was a former business executive and literary agent when he began writing for films in the 1940s. The Oxford University-educated Adams specialized in action/adventure and western films...
and Sidney Biddell. The film was originally set to team Humphrey Bogart with Columbia's top box office draw Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth was an American film actress and dancer who attained fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars...
, but Hayworth was feuding with Columbia head Harry Cohn
Harry Cohn
Harry Cohn was the American president and production director of Columbia Pictures.-Career:Cohn was born to a working-class German-Jewish family in New York City. In later years, he appears to have disparaged his heritage...
at the time, and sent the script back for rewrites.
Quotations
You know, the trouble with women is they ask too many questions. They should spend all their time just being beautiful.
I'm the brass-knucks-in-the-teeth-to-dance-time type.
Johnny, why don't you get rid of the grief you got for that blonde, whoever she is? Every mile we go, you sweat worse with the same pain. Didn't I tell you all females are the same with their faces washed?
"geronimo"
Category:1940s films