This film is barely passable. While Bogart is one of my favourites; this film is just a knock-off of "Casablanca": it is set during WWII, in a an area controlled by the Vichy French, involving a couple who Bogart helps move around against the wishes of the police, one of the characters plays a piano, much of it is set in a bar, after a shooting the bar is closed by the cops, Bogart helps out the resistance reluctantly, Bogart tries to send the girl away. It even has a Sidney Greenstreet and a Peter Lorre impersonator.
And as for the ending--what a load of old toss. While modern Hollywood films suffer from the never-ending ending; this film does the opposite. It feels as if they all had another film to get to.
It is a disgrace that this film is now scoring 8.1 here. Just having Bogart and Bacall does not make a film good--and here is the proof.
And as for the ending--what a load of old toss. While modern Hollywood films suffer from the never-ending ending; this film does the opposite. It feels as if they all had another film to get to.
It is a disgrace that this film is now scoring 8.1 here. Just having Bogart and Bacall does not make a film good--and here is the proof.