Directed by:
John BrahmCinematography:
Lloyd Ahern Sr.Composer:
David ButtolphCast:
George Montgomery, Conrad Janis, Fritz Kortner, Florence Bates, Marvin Miller, Roy Roberts, Ethel Griffies, Robert Adler, Gil Perkins, Reed Hadley (more)Plots(1)
Raymond Chandler's famed detective Philip Marlowe (George Montgomery) is hired by a rich, eccentric widow, Mrs. Murdock (Florence Bates) to find and return a stolen gold coin. Marlowe quickly finds himself involved an a case which includes robbery, blackmail and murder. Just as Marlowe begins to solve the mystery, he is savagely beaten by Vannier (Fritz Kortner). Marlowe finally puts all the pieces of the puzzle together when he discovers a blackmail scheme involving Murdock's mentally-ill secretary, Merle Davis (Nancy Guild) which leads him to suspect his employer. The Brasher Doubloon, adapted from Chandler's novel, The High Window, and beautifully photographed by Lloyd Ahern captures a proper film noir sensibility with its moody, low-key images and dense, dark background shots. Director John Brahm also directed the excellent films The Lodger and Hangover Square. Fritz Kortner, a veteran character actor molded in the expressionist cinema of pre-war Berlin, creates the grotesque character of Vannier, bringing a sense of evil vitality to the production. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
George Montgomery
USA
Best movies:
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Roxie Hart (1942)
Bomba u 10 i 10 (1967)
Conrad Janis
USA
Best movies:
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
Brewster's Millions (1985)
Fritz Kortner
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Warning Shadows (1923)
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
Florence Bates
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Rebecca (1940)
The Tall Target (1951)
Marvin Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) - narrator
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Roy Roberts
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Ethel Griffies
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Robert Adler
USA
Best movies:
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Gil Perkins
Australia
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Captains Courageous (1937)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Reed Hadley
USA
Best movies:
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Kansas Pacific (1953)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
George Magrill
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Love Crazy (1941)
Paul Maxey
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The Big Heat (1953)
Ray Spiker
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Edward Gargan
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Nancy Guild
USA
Best movies:
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
Jack Stoney
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Gisela Werbisek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
The Great Sinner (1949)
Alfred Linder
German Empire
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
The Robe (1953)
Jack Overman
USA
Best movies:
Brute Force (1947)
Unconquered (1947)
Nevada (1944)