L'immagine meravigliosa

Titolo originale: The Light Touch
Regia: Richard Brooks
Anno: 1951
Origine: United States of America
Generi: Dramma Crime
Tag: caper | art thief |
Cast: Stewart Granger Pier Angeli George Sanders Kurt Kasznar Joseph Calleia Larry Keating Rhys Williams Norman Lloyd Mike Mazurki Ben Astar

Un ladro di opere d'arte conosce una giovane pittrice italiana e si ravvede. Il ritmo lento fa scivolare il film verso il filone sentimentale e la tensione del racconto appare troppo centrata sui dialoghi.

Frasi

Sam Conride: That cologne of yours is very loud. [...] D
Anna Vasarri: You have many children? Sam Conri [...] D
Sam Conride: I'm never rude to the same lady twi [...] D
Sam Conride: The cheapest thing in Africa is lif [...] D
Felix Guignol: There are only two kinds of peopl [...] D
Felix Guignol: A man has to believe in something [...] D
Sam Conride: Did you ever do something for anybo [...] D
Felix Guignol: Accept my apology. Sam Conride: [...] D
Felix Guignol: Shall I have a good talk with her [...] D
Anna Vasarri: You believe in nothing. Not in me, [...] D
Felix Guignol: Dear boy, when you ask for money, [...] D
Felix Guignol: No need to be alarmed, my dear. Y [...] D
Mr. Aramescu: How did you know? Sam Conride: I [...] D
Sam Conride: What's the matter? Anna Vasarri: I [...] D
Sam Conride: Felix, you can trust me, don't you. [...] D
Anna Vasarri: Business. Is that why you made lov [...] D
Felix Guignol: Here's to art. The only world whe [...] D
Felix Guignol: How much progress have you made w [...] D
Mr. Aramescu: Why don't you trust me, Mr. Conrid [...] D
Felix Guignol: They say that collecting art is a [...] D
Felix Guignol: My experience is that you can nev [...] D
Sam Conride: You're very attractive to be an art [...] D
Sam Conride: You think I'd try to fool you? Mr. [...] D
Sam Conride: We can get Alfredo to do the imitat [...] D
Felix Guignol: So, the painting is burned, eh? [...] D
Felix Guignol: If it has a crooked aspect, it ha [...] D
Sam Conride: Since when do you need someone else [...] D
Anton: Do you think deep down he loves her? Fel [...] D
Felix Guignol: What a coincidence. Sam Conride: [...] D
Sam Conride: We had an equal partnership. You kn [...] D
Felix Guignol: Dear boy, the world as we know is [...] D
Felix Guignol: My affection for you is returning [...] D
Anna Vasarri: A wife should know her husband's b [...] D
Felix Guignol: Man has to believe in something, [...] D
Felix Guignol: You seem very positive. Mr. Aram [...] D
Mr. Aramescu: You don't understand. How can you? [...] D
Anna Vasarri: How can you use somebody you love? [...] D
Felix Guignol: Sam, hold onto her. No matter how [...] D
[last lines] [as Sam and Anna walk away arm-in- [...] D
Anna Vasarri: Oh, Sam, you are like a child. You [...] D
Sam Conride: Why do you paint? For art's sake or [...] D
Felix Guignol: Don't be so unhappy. Marriage is [...] D
Sam Conride: He doesn't know the painting is a f [...] D
Sam Conride: The paintings gone. Burnt. Felix G [...] D