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Bookmark this pageThe Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Director: Jean Negulesco
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From Time Out Film Guide
A fine noir-ish thriller, adapted from Eric Ambler's novel (A Coffin for Dimitrios), and respecting its Citizen Kane structure as a mousy little mystery writer (Lorre), intrigued by the reported murder of a seedily nasty international criminal (Scott), begins to reconstruct his story by talking to people from his past. The result is superficial but stylishly atmospheric, with vivid characterisations (notably Greenstreet as a genial blackmailer who ambiguously and rather movingly befriends Lorre) and low-key lighting effects that bring subtle echoes of The Maltese Falcon (Arthur Edeson shot both films).Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Jean Negulesco
Producer: Henry Blanke
Cast: Zachary Scott, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Faye Emerson, George Tobias, Victor Francen, Eduardo Ciannelli, Steve Geray, Florence Bates, Kurt Katch full cast
Duration: 95 mins
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