The Man on the Eiffel Tower

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nick s The story gets going straight away and it's a reasonably good page turner. Some of the interaction between characters felt a little stiff or forced. An okay watch but slightly scratchy production quality. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/08/24 Full Review Josh G A dark comedy in tone, Shot like a early Hitchcock film. Acted in a serious tone but contrasted by silly music that kills an suspension of belief. It has too much happening and no direction. Meh....... Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/17/23 Full Review Audience Member I just want to write a love note to the Japanese from my memories of Paris. When I was a young girl I had the unfortunate opportunity to go to the tourist trap that is Tour D'Eiffel. At the time they only ran the elevators once an hour, and there was a mad dash of tourists to get on it, and as my Dad recounted "The Italians trampled you when you lost your shoe in the door." I passed out. A kind Japanese man gave me his seat, and my Dad said how wonderful he was compared to those mean pushy Italians who could've cared less if I lived or died. Thank you kind Japanese man. Thank you a million times. I'm not saying all Italians are this way, but man, their Parisian tourists were circa 1990. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Ken R While a strange venture, this one-off curiosity offers an eye-popping visual style quite unlike the majority of on-location films of its day. This marvellous look is created by the huge talents of cinematographer Stanley Cortez (The Night of the Hunter '55) Cortez creates hypnotic focus for numerous outdoor and indoor locations - that might have otherwise been routine. It's to be certain he would have been a huge influence and help, to actor/director Burgess Meredith - who took over direction at the last minute as recommend by fellow actor (and co-director) Charles Laughton. The interesting cast do well with their characters as this rather convoluted tale careens from one curious situation towards its destination atop the famous tower. While the tower may not have offered much to the story, in 1949, it would have certainly made an exciting addition for worldwide audiences. Seems this is one of the earliest English language screen appearances of Georges Simenon's famous Inspector Maigret, with Laughton faring well as the famous French sleuth. Co-Producer/Actor, Franchot Tone's then ex-wife, Jean Wallace (following a difficult real-life divorce) shares the female lead with Patricia Roc. Appears not much is left of the original film components and the existing DVD copies have been treated to a clean-up (as much as achievable) making this fine vintage work once again available to interested viewers (the British Odeon DVD seems best to date) with the Ansco colour given a fair touch-up. Like vintage classic mysteries? Then check this out. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/17/21 Full Review Audience Member Not especially believable, particularly by today's standards. Some of the scenes make no sense when you think about it. Burgess Meredith and Charles Laughton are good. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member And they say these old movies are boing.... and this one was. I fell asleep three times. I picked it out of the lot because it stars Charles Laughton who was noticeably a great actor (even in this role) and was directed by Burgess Meredith (which I didn't even know was a thing) but there were some noticeable plot holes, crazy cuts and little dialogue to speak of. Add that all up and I just didn't care that the aforementioned plot holes weren't the well-what-about this kind but the wait-what-how-did-we-get-here kind. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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