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"Hollow Triumph" is a great film-noir with an ironical story of an intelligent gangster that decides to pose of psychoanalyst ans assume the identity of a man that is identical to him. He succeeds but he does not know who he is impersonating and he will find in the end.
Hollow Triumph: Directed by Steve Sekely, Paul Henreid. With Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Leslie Brooks. Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity, with unfortunate results.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Steve Sekely, Paul Henreid
- 1949-02-03
Hollow Triumph (working title The Man Who Murdered Himself, reissued in the United States as The Scar) is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Steve Sekely starring Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett and Leslie Brooks.
54% Audience Score 100+ Ratings. Upon his parole from jail, gangster John Muller (Paul Henreid) pulls one final job against a rival mobster and flees to Los Angeles. There, he is mistaken...
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Crime, Drama
- Steve Sekely
Sep 10, 2012 · Good supporting performances, a satisfyingly bleak ending, and absolutely stunning lighting and LA location shooting from John Alton. Written by TMMonday 10 September 2012.
May 16, 2018 · Film Review: Hollow Triumph (1948) Bryan Foy Productions, Eagle-Lion Films, 83 Minutes. Review: “It’s a bitter little world full of sad surprises, and you don’t let anyone hurt you.”. – Evelyn Hahn. Hollow Triumph came out at the height of film-noir but it wasn’t a major studio release.
Paul Henreid ( Casablanca, Now Voyager) plays the lead as arrogant John Muller, practised criminal and fraudster. Released from jail, where he has been serving time for selling non-existent oil shares, he is soon back with old pal Marcy (Herbert Rudley) and other associates planning a robbery.
