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Director: | Stuart Heisler |
Studio: | Sony Pictures |
Writer: | Walter Doniger |
Rating: | 3.5 (12 votes) |
Date Added: | 2010-02-17 |
ASIN: | B000127Z5U |
UPC: | 9780767869805 |
Genre: | Action & Adventure |
Release: | 2004-02-10 |
Location: | 0838 |
Duration: | 88 |
Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 |
Sound: | Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
Languages: | English |
Subtitles: | English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Georgian, Chinese, Thai |
Features: | Black and White |
Summary: It's hard to imagine nowadays that someone so innately bitter and cynical as Humphrey Bogart could be a major movie star--but he was, and the movies were richer for it. In "Tokyo Joe", Bogart plays an Air Force colonel who returns to Tokyo after World War II to reclaim a nightclub he'd had to abandon. When he discovers that his former lover, a Russian refugee, is still alive and now married, he sets out to win her back--but in the process gets drawn into a fraudulent air freight scheme that may endanger the stability of post-war Japan, as well as a child he never knew he had. "Tokyo Joe" isn't a classic, but when the camera catches the lightning in Bogart's eyes or his calm voice twists into a snarl, it's a powerful jolt. His dark persona makes his virtuous acts all the more compelling. "--Bret Fetzer"
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