Men in Exile
1937 film by John Farrow
- April 4, 1937 (1937-04-04)
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Men in Exile is a 1937 American drama film directed by John Farrow. A "B" movie from Warner Bros, it was the first feature Farrow directed. It is essentially a remake of their 1931 melodrama Safe in Hell, albeit with the lead switched from female to male, with some plot changes as a result.
Plot
After becoming the target of a manhunt for a murder he did not commit, cab driver Jimmy Carmody flees to a tropical island that serves as a haven for criminals on the run. Soon after he arrives, he becomes involved with gun smugglers trying to overthrow the local dictator, as well as falling for the lovely daughter of the owner of the hotel he's staying at.
Cast
- Dick Purcell as Jimmy Carmody
- June Travis as Sally Haines
- Victor Varconi as Colonel Gomez
- Olin Howland as H. Mortimer Jones
- Margaret Irving as Mother Haines
- Norman Willis as Rocky Crane
- Veda Ann Borg as Rita
- Alan Baxter as Danny Haines
- Carlos DeValdez as General Alcatraz
- Alec Harford as Limey
- John Alexander as Witherspoon
- Demetris Emanuel as Aide to Gomez
Production
In August 1936 Warners announced they would make Men in Exile the next month. They said it was a remake of Safe in Hell (1931) and would star Humphrey Bogart and Margaret Lindsay.[1] In October Dick Purcell and June Travis were announced as stars and John Farrow was to direct.[2]
Reception
"The direction is good and the chases are thrilling", said the Monthly Film Bulletin.[3] "Farrow has endeavoured to dignify familiar material with a touch of Maugham but the result is not outstanding" said the Los Angeles Times.[4]
Purcell and Travis were meant to be reunited in The Mystery of Hunting's End[5] (which became Mystery House with Purcell and Ann Sheridan.)
References
- ^ "NEWS OF THE SCREEN". New York Times. Aug 18, 1936. ProQuest 101810333.
- ^ Schallert, E. (Oct 13, 1936). ""SERVICE DE LUXE" TO STAR JANE WYATT AND LOUIS HAYWARD". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 164636100.
- ^ "Men in Exile". Monthly Film Bulletin. 4 (37). London: 82. 1 January 1937. ProQuest 1305799255.
- ^ Scheuer, Philip K (29 April 1937). "'Woman chase man' on Warner Brothers screens". Los Angeles Times. p. 16. ProQuest 164679290.
- ^ Schallert, E. (Oct 28, 1937). "JOHN MONTAGUE WILL PLAY BUNYAN, LEGENDARY HERO, FOR PARAMOUNT". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 164783004.
External links
- Men in Exile at IMDb
- Men in Exile at BFI
- Men in Exile at the TCM Movie Database
- Men in Exile at AllMovie
- Men in Exile at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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Films directed by John Farrow
- The Spectacle Maker (1934) (short)
- Tarzan Escapes (1936) (partial)
- Men in Exile (1937)
- West of Shanghai (1937)
- She Loved a Fireman (1937)
- Broadway Musketeers (1938)
- Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938)
- The Invisible Menace (1938)
- My Bill (1938)
- Comet Over Broadway (1938) (uncredited)
- Women in the Wind (1939)
- The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
- Sorority House (1939)
- Five Came Back (1939)
- Full Confession (1939)
- Reno (1939)
- A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
- Married and in Love (1940)
- Wake Island (1942)
- Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
- China (1943)
- The Hitler Gang (1944)
- You Came Along (1945)
- Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
- California (1947)
- Blaze of Noon (1947)
- Calcutta (1947)
- Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
- Beyond Glory (1948)
- The Big Clock (1948)
- Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
- Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
- Alias Nick Beal (1949)
- Where Danger Lives (1950)
- Copper Canyon (1950)
- Submarine Command (1951)
- His Kind of Woman (1951)
- Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
- Hondo (1953)
- Plunder of the Sun (1953)
- Botany Bay (1953)
- A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
- The Sea Chase (1955)
- Back from Eternity (1956)
- The Unholy Wife (1957)
- John Paul Jones (1959)
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