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Out of the Past
Why this pick
A fatalistic noir of shifting loyalties, seductive danger, and a hero drawn back into a past he cannot master; its mood is similarly dreamlike and poisonous.
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MOVIE1947 1h 27m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Irish sailor Michael O'Hara meets the beautiful blonde Elsa as she rides a horse-drawn coach in Central Park. Three hooligans waylay the coach. Michael rescues Elsa and escorts her home. Michael reveals he is a seaman and learns Elsa and her husband, disabled criminal defense attorney Arthur Bannister, are newly arrived in New York City from Shanghai. They are on their way to San Francisco, California via the Panama Canal. Michael, attracted to Elsa despite misgivings, agrees to sign on as an able seaman aboard Bannister's yacht.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Rita Hayworth
Elsa Bannister
Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara
Everett Sloane
Arthur Bannister
Ted de Corsia
Sidney Broome
Gus Schilling
Goldfish
Carl Frank
District Attorney Galloway
Harry Shannon
Cab Driver