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The Big Steal (1949) + Illegal (1955) [Re-UP]

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Date: 7 Apr 2015 15:27:00
The Big Steal (1949) + Illegal (1955) [Re-UP]

The Big Steal (1949) + Illegal (1955)
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 / 16:9 | Cover | 01:11:21 + 01:27:51 | 7,63 Gb
Audio: English AC3 1.0 @ 192 Kbps + Commentary tracks | Subs: English SDH, French
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir

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The Big Steal - IMDB

Jane and Duke (alias Capt. Blake) accidently meet in Vera Cruz while chasing flim-flam man Fiske. Soon the local Inspector General (El Gato) is involved. Fiske races across Mexico, pursued by Jane and Duke, trailed by the real Capt. Blake. The crafty Inspector General is waiting for them in Tihuacan but they all give him the slip, just in time for the climactic finale. Very tight script and pacing.

The Big Steal (1949) + Illegal (1955) [Re-UP]

One of the earliest films of legendary tough-guy director Don Siegel (Dirty Harry), The Big Steal is perhaps more important for reteaming the marvelous duo of Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer. In the classic Out of the Past, Mitchum played a bad guy trying to do good but whose head was all mixed up by Greer's big, dark eyes. For The Big Steal, they are both the good guys, having been done wrong by the same cad. Jim Fiske (Patric Knowles) is Greer's fiancée, but he stole $2K from her and ran to Mexico. Small potatoes compared to the $300K he took from Mitchum and the U.S. Army, leaving his buddy holding the bag.

The Big Steal (1949) + Illegal (1955) [Re-UP]

Essentially, The Big Steal is a chase picture. Mitchum and Greer pursue Fisk through Mexico, while Capt. Blake (the excellent character actor William Bendix) pursues Mitchum on behalf of the Army. Meanwhile, the Mexican police sit back and watch the Americans spin in circles, ready to wrangle whoever is left standing when the big pile-up eventually happens. Don Siegel makes great use of the south of the border setting, including making numerous jokes about his hero's inability to understand the language. Using the wide-open expanse of the Mexican countryside, he films cars speeding over dusty roads, bounding into ditches, windows shattering from gunfire. The fight scenes are also plenty realistic, full of fumbles and knock-downs, an early example of the kind of action Siegel would become famous for.

The Big Steal (1949) + Illegal (1955) [Re-UP]

All in all, an entertaining movie. A fast-talking hero, a dame who is no pushover, and a little romance amongst the fisticuffs.
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The Big Steal (1949) + Illegal (1955) [Re-UP]

Special Features:
- Commentary by Richard B. Jewell
- The Big Steal: Look Behind You (4:31)
- Theatrical trailer
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Illegal - IMDB

When his career as a D.A. unexpectedly collapses, tenacious Victor Scott turns to defending criminal lowlifes. Edward G. Robinson plays Scott in this snappy remake of The Mouthpiece (1932) directed by Lewis Allen (The Uninvited). Film buffs’ moments include Jayne Mansfield’s scenes and real-life art expert Robinson’s comments on a crime lord’s collection of paintings.

The Big Steal (1949) + Illegal (1955) [Re-UP]

Lewis Allen (A Bullet for Joey) directs the third remake of the Frank J. Collins play The Mouthpiece, about an unstoppable district attorney who ends up on the wrong side of the law. Edward G. Robinson plays Victor Scott, whose win record has him on track for the governor's mansion until he sends an innocent man (DeForest Kelly) to the electric chair. Rather than seek redemption, Scott decides instead never to send another innocent man up the river and dives right into the deep end, becoming a defense attorney for mobsters. Eventually, he'll have to see how much goodness a man can hang onto once he's rejected his righteous path, as his adopted daughter and protégé Ellen (Nina Foch, Executive Suite) ends up wrongfully charged for murder. Can he reject his new lifestyle and get her out of this fix?

The Big Steal (1949) + Illegal (1955) [Re-UP]

Edward G. Robinson is the main selling point of Illegal. On screen, he's positively convincing as a bulldog of a man who is as tenacious pursuing justice as he is subverting it. The switch from good guy to bad guy is an extreme one in W.R. Burnett and James R. Webb's script. (The two men are quintessential hardboiled writers, creating The Asphalt Jungle and Cape Fear, respectively, among other things.) Once he decides he's in it just for the money, he goes for every last dollar he can get his hands on. Robinson is easily parodied, but the imitators and impressionists miss how soulful the actor really is. His character breaks twice in the picture, first when he realizes he convicted the wrong man and second when he realizes that his underhanded dealings have leaked over to his former life. The film isn't necessarily high on visual style, but Robinson needs no trappings to carry our attention.

The Big Steal (1949) + Illegal (1955) [Re-UP]

Keep an eye out for Jayne Mansfield making her film debut, an auspicious appearance as a mob moll akin to Marilyn Monroe's turn in The Asphalt Jungle.
DVDtalk
The Big Steal (1949) + Illegal (1955) [Re-UP]

Special Features:
- Commentary by Nina Foch and Patricia King Hanson
- Featurette: Illegal: Marked for Life (4:33)
- Featurette: Behind the Cameras: Edward G. Robinson (11:30)
- Theatrical trailer

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