Richard Kollmar

  • Jack Donohue – Close-Up (1948)

    1931-1940CrimeJack DonohueThrillerUSA

    Two newsreel reporters doing an outdoor fashion shoot accidentally film a
    Nazi criminal. The Nazi is aided by clever Joe the gangster (an ex-actor gone bad!)
    who uses a variety of methods to retrieve the film before it is used to identify the Nazi.
    Ironically, if left unpursued, the film would have been destroyed. A few predictable but
    well-placed plot twists and double-crosses round out the film.
    One is left wondering how Joe would know to employ a romantic couple to run
    interference for the Nazi as he exited a bank. Joe also surprises by hamming it up
    with drunken nostalgia for his acting days, and whipping people with his belt.Read More »

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