Synopsis
The film 'Out of the Past' (1947) is a classic film noir. It tells the story of a private investigator, Jeff Markham, who gets entwined with a dangerous and seductive woman, Kathie Moffat, leading him into a world of crime and betrayal.
Why Watch It
Classic noir at its most intoxicating: a doomed man caught between the woman he wants to forget and the one he can't resist, all rendered in shadows and cynicism by director Tourneur's masterful hand. Robert Mitchum's world-weary cool and Jane Greer's lethal charm make every betrayal feel inevitable, every lie feel like fate.
Did You Know?
- The film's original title was 'Build My Gallows High'.
- Robert Mitchum did many of his own stunts in the film.
- Debut of actress Rhonda Fleming in an uncredited role.
- The movie has been remade twice, in 1960 and 1984.
- Director Jacques Tourneur and Robert Mitchum often clashed on set.
Iconic Quotes
- You can never help anything, can you? You're like a leaf that the wind blows from one gutter to another.
- She can't be all bad. No one is.
- I never told you I was anything but what I am. You just wanted to imagine I was.
- And then I saw her, coming out of the sun, and I knew why Whit didn't care about that forty grand.
- It was the bottom of the barrel, and I scraped it.
