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The Reckless Moment

USA 1949 Spielfilm

Credits

Director

  • Max Ophüls

Screenplay

  • Henry Garson
  • Robert Soderberg

Director of photography

  • Burnett Guffey

Editing

  • Gene Havlick

Music

  • Hans J. Salter

Cast

  • James Mason
    Martin Donnelly
  • Joan Bennett
    Lucia Harper
  • Geraldine Brooks
    Beatrice Harper
  • Henry O'Neill
    Tom Harper
  • Shepperd Strudwick
    Ted Darby
  • David Bair
    David Harper
  • Roy Roberts
    Nagle
  • Frances Williams
    Sybil
  • Paul E. Burns
  • Danny Jackson
    Schlagzeuger

Production company

  • Columbia Pictures Corporation (New York City/Los Angeles)
  • Walter Wanger Pictures Inc (Los Angeles)

Producer

  • Walter Wanger

Alle Credits

Director

  • Max Ophüls

2nd Unit director

  • Lawrence W. Butler

Assistant director

  • Earl Bellamy
  • Fred Briskin (1. Regieassistenz, ab 03.05.)
  • William Reineck (2. Regieassistenz, 17.03.-13.04.)
  • Eddie Saeta (2. Regieassistenz, 17.-23.03.)
  • James P. Hogan (2. Regieassistenz, 12.-15.04. u. ab 03.05.)
  • Charles Wasserman (2. Regieassistenz, 12.-15.04.)

Script supervisor

  • Frances McDowell
  • Rose Loewinger (12.05.)
  • Dorothy Cummings (2nd Unit)

Assistant director (other)

  • Fred Briskin (2nd Unit)
  • Stanley Neufeld (2nd Unit)

Screenplay

  • Henry Garson
  • Robert Soderberg

Adaptation

  • Mel Dinelli
  • Robert E. Kent
  • John Blankenhorn

based on

  • Elisabeth Sanxay Holding ("The Blank Wall", Geschichte aus "Ladies' Home Journal")

Director of photography

  • Burnett Guffey

Camera operator

  • Gert Anderson

Assistant camera

  • Tom Jackson
  • Jerry Goldbert

2nd Camera unit

  • Roy Seawright
  • Irving Klein (Kameraführung)
  • Dick Cline (Kamera-Assistenz)

Optical effects

  • Ray Corey

Still photography

  • Joseph Walters
  • Eddie Cronenweth

Lighting design

  • William Johnson
  • Paul Seckler
  • Harry Manning (Assistenz)

Dolly grip

  • Frank Colstrom
  • John Donnelly
  • William Marsh

Production design

  • Cary Odell

Set design

  • Frank Tuttle
  • B. Messinger

Prop master

  • Harry Hopkins
  • Reggie Smith (ab 03.05.)
  • Stanley Dunn
  • Frank Foster (2nd Unit)

Set design (other)

  • Cary Odell (Überwachung)

Make-up artist

  • Newt Jones

Costume design

  • Jean Louis

Costumes

  • Henry Helfman
  • Daisy Jefferson
  • Ruth Royce

Hairdresser

  • Carmen Dirigo
  • Ella Perkins

Editing

  • Gene Havlick

Sound

  • Russell Malmgren
  • Bill Hamilton (Ton-Aufnahme)
  • J. Finochio (Ton-Aufnahme)

Sound engineer

  • Bill Hamilton
  • J. Finochio

Audio mixing

  • Jack A. Goodrich

Miscellaneous

  • Walter Meins (Technik (Grip))
  • Ray Rich (Technik (Grip) ab 03.05.)
  • Roland Rexroad (Technik (Grip))
  • Pat Sutherland (Technik (Grip))

Music

  • Hans J. Salter

Conductor

  • Morris W. Stoloff

Cast

  • James Mason
    Martin Donnelly
  • Joan Bennett
    Lucia Harper
  • Geraldine Brooks
    Beatrice Harper
  • Henry O'Neill
    Tom Harper
  • Shepperd Strudwick
    Ted Darby
  • David Bair
    David Harper
  • Roy Roberts
    Nagle
  • Frances Williams
    Sybil
  • Paul E. Burns
  • Danny Jackson
    Schlagzeuger
  • Claire Carleton
    Blondine
  • Billy Snyder
    Gambler
  • Peter Brocco
    Barkeeper
  • Karl Killer Davis
    Wrestler
  • Virgina Hunter
    Mädchen
  • Cosmo Sardo
  • Joseph Palma
    Kartenspieler
  • Robert Hyatt
  • Holger Bendixen
  • Evelyn Moriarity
  • Al Bayne
  • Robert Gordon
  • Ed Pine
  • Jack Baker
  • Penny O'Conner
    Liza
  • Bruce Gilbert Norman
    Dennie
  • Sharon Monaghan
    Bridget
  • Charles Marsh
    Nachrichtensprecher
  • Harry Harvey
    Postangestellter
  • Norman Leavitt
    2. Postbeamter
  • Boyd Davis
    Großer Mann
  • Ann Shoemaker
    Mrs. Feller
  • Everett Glass
    Drogenbeauftragter
  • Buddy Gorman
    Zeitschriftensachbearbeiter
  • Kenneth Kendall
  • Richard Mickelson
  • Louis Mason
    Mike
  • Pat Barton
    Rezeptionist
  • John Butler
    Pfandleiher
  • Kathryn Card
    Mrs. Loring
  • Pat O'Malley
    Bankangestellter
  • Charles Evans
    Bankangestellter
  • Jessie Arnold
    Alte Frau
  • Sue Moore
    Erste Frau
  • Charles Jordan
  • Celeste Savoi
    Bedienung
  • John Roy
  • David Levitt
  • Barbara Hatton
  • Joe Recht
    Zeitungsjunge
  • Gail Bonney
  • Mike Mahoney
    Polizist
  • Glenn Thompson
    Polizist
  • John Monaghan
    Polizist
  • George Dockstader
  • William Schallert
    Lieutenant
  • Dorothy Phillips
  • Barry Regan
  • Byron Pointdexter

Cast (other)

  • John Daheim
    Double: James Mason
  • Glenn Thompson
    Double: Roy Roberts
  • George Hoagland
    Double: Shepperd Strudwick (Bootszene)
  • Louise Lane
    Double: Joan Bennett (Bootszene)

Production company

  • Columbia Pictures Corporation (New York City/Los Angeles)
  • Walter Wanger Pictures Inc (Los Angeles)

Commissioned by

  • Columbia Pictures Corporation (New York City/Los Angeles)

Producer

  • Walter Wanger

Unit production manager

  • Jack Fier

Production manager

  • Red Kennedy

Production office

  • Ruth Mühsam Marton

Shoot

    • 17.03.1949 - 19.04.1949
    • 03.05.1949 - 10.05.1949
Duration:
2260 m, 83 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
s/w, Western Electric Recording
Censorship/Age rating:

Prüfung (US): 25.10.1949

Screening:

Voraufführung (US): 11.10.1949, Los Angeles [Pressevorführung];
Uraufführung (US): 01.12.1949, Los Angeles, Paramount;
Kinostart: 01.12.1949

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (US) The Reckless Moment
  • Verleihtitel (FR) Les Désemparés
  • Verleihtitel (DE) Schweigegeld für Liebesbriefe

Versions

Original

Duration:
2260 m, 83 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
s/w, Western Electric Recording
Censorship/Age rating:

Prüfung (US): 25.10.1949

Screening:

Voraufführung (US): 11.10.1949, Los Angeles [Pressevorführung];
Uraufführung (US): 01.12.1949, Los Angeles, Paramount;
Kinostart: 01.12.1949

Verleihfassung

Weiterer Titel (DE)
  • Verleihtitel (DE)
  • Schweigegeld für Liebesbriefe
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.09.1951, 02173, ab 16 Jahre / nicht feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Erstaufführung (DE): 02.05.1952, Wuppertal, Thalia, Regina;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 11.06.1972, N3

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