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Tokyo Joe is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Humphrey Bogart. This was Heisler's first of two features starring Bogart, the other was Chain Lightning that also completed in 1949 but was held up in release until 1950.
Tokyo Joe: Directed by Stuart Heisler. With Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa. An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.
- (2.8K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Stuart Heisler
- 1949-11
Tokyo Joe. In the wake of Japan's surrender, American expatriate Joseph Barrett (Humphrey Bogart) hopes to revive the Tokyo club he ran before he left to fight in World War II.
- (21)
- Stuart Heisler
- Drama
- Humphrey Bogart
Synopsis. Joe Barrett arrives in Tokyo after the war, intending to re-open his club, Tokyo Joe's. Although it is illegal to operate a gambling club in American-occupied Japan, Joe makes a trip to the off-limits club, which is currently managed by his Japanese partner, Ito.
Tokyo Joe (1949) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities. Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe's, and deserted his wife Trina.
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TOKYO JOE. Academy Award® winner Humphrey Bogart (1951 Best Actor, The African Queen) stars as a World War II Air Corps hero whose decision to confront his past hurls him into a corrupt world in the dramatic TOKYO JOE.