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Download, Watch online Nobody Lives Forever Movie.
| Genres: | CrimeDramaFilm-N |
| Starring: | Walter Brennan, Richard Erdman, George Coulouris, James Flavin, Robert Shayne, Fred Kelsey, Geraldine Fitzgerald |
| Director(s): | Jean Negulesco |
| Country: | USA |
| Year: | 1946 |
| IMDB Rating: | 6.9 |
Ex-GI Nick Blake gets involved in a scheme to fleece a rich young widow, but finds himself falling for her for real, much to the displeasure of his racketeer cohorts.
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wes-connors 17 May 2012
Getting Rough with John Garfield
Home from service in World War II, roughly handsome hotshot gamblerJohn Garfield (as Nick Blake) tries to reconnect with sexy blonde FayeEmerson (as Toni Blackburn), but learns she's used up his dough, andhooked up with another stud. Discouraged, he moves to Los Angeles, withfawning companion George Tobias (as Al Doyle). There, con artistsWalter Brennan (as Pop Gruber) and George Coulouris (as Doc Ganson)persuade Mr. Garfield to bilk $2,000,000 out of wealthy widow GeraldineFitzgerald (as Gladys Halvorsen). "She's a dish," says Tobias, andGarfield proceeds predictably...Probably due to its release amid so many other great Garfield films,"Nobody Lives Forever" seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle. Itlabors somewhat, during the last act, as the production seeks to takefull advantage of a moody setting. Still, this is an excellent "filmnoir" from the forties. A perfect lead, Garfield is magneticallysmooth. He receives great assist from Jean Negulesco's stylishlyhiccuping direction, Adolph Deutsch's sweet musical score, ArthurEdeson's black-and-white camera, and the usual suspects at Warner Bros.And, the players breathe some nuance into W.R. Burnett's fine script.******* Nobody Lives Forever (11/1/46) Jean Negulesco ~ John Garfield,Geraldine Fitzgerald, Walter Brennan, Faye Emerson
bkoganbing 17 May 2012
When You Fall For The Mark
Nobody Lives Forever finds John Garfield as a former Broadway sharpiejust discharged from Uncle Sam's Army and sort of at loose ends. He'snot sure what he wants to do with himself. Personally I'm kind ofsurprised he's not taking advantage of the benefits of GI Bill if he'sinterested in starting over. That's one of the weaknesses of the film.In the meantime his girlfriend, nightclub singer Faye Emerson has givenJohn the air and taken his money and invested it with her new boyfriend Robert Shayne in a nightclub. Disgusted with the way she's twotimed him, Garfield and pal George Tobias leave New York and head forthe west coast and Los Angeles. They run into another old time con man Walter Brennan who's now barelyscratching a living, but who's heard of big score in the makinginvolving taking recent wealthy widow Geraldine Fitzgerald. The idea isthat of another grifter George Coulouris who has no scruples at allabout doing what has to be done, but he hasn't got the technique toromance Fitzgerald. That's where Garfield comes in.Of course he falls for the mark and I think you can see where the restof this is going. It's not a bad story, but has a few glitches in thescript. For one thing when Emerson is reintroduced coming west herselflater and setting her to be the one to rat out Garfield's change ofheart to the rest, it's clumsily done. Secondly again, not a mention ofthe GI bill for a returning veteran looking to reinvent himself.Garfield does make an appealing con man with a conscience and betweenFitzgerald and Emerson he was certainly doing all right. Bestperformance in the film is that of Walter Brennan and given the widedivergence in their politics between Garfield and Brennan, it must havebeen an interesting set.Nobody Lives Forever is all right, but it had the potential to be somuch better.
blanche-2 12 May 2012
An ex-soldier finds returning to his old life of swindling difficult
Geraldine Fitzgerald gets the glamor treatment here as a young widowabout to be bilked by ex-soldier John Garfield in this post-war film.Both stars give wonderful performances and are ably supported by a neatcast consisting of Walter Brennan, Faye Emerson, George Coulouris,George Tobias, and Richard Gaines. Garfield, an experienced con man,comes back from the war changed. Drawn into a scheme to con a richwidow, he finds himself falling for her instead.The stars are lovely together, and the film has a rich atmospherethroughout, each setting clearly defining the moment. The nightclubscenes evoke the '40s postwar feeling, the California scenes are brightand sunny, and the scenes on the pier are spooky and dense with fog. Avery good film.
groening-2 12 May 2012
Weak attempt at mixing gangster, love story
Though John Garfield and the gorgeous Geraldine Fitzgerald turn instrong performances, this film can't seem to decide whether it wants tobe a film noir/gangster flick or a love story. There's even a bit ofwar propaganda thrown in, as we're pointedly told a couple of timesthat Garfield's Nick has grown in character from his service overseas.Plot-wise, not much develops, and there are few surprises along theway. Nick's old girlfriend (Faye Emerson) shows up again late in thefilm, but plays no real part in the action of the final act. GeorgeTobias as Nick's sidekick is annoyingly one-dimensional, and offerslittle in the way of the comic relief the director intended. This moviefeels like it was written by committee. It's worth seeing only for realGarfield fans.
dougdoepke 05 May 2012
Promising Noir -- Mixed Results
The first half sets up a promising noir as returning vet and con-manNick Blake (Garfield) deals with double-crossing sweetie Toni (Emerson)and a civilian life changed by the war. To get better bearings, herelocates to the coast of Southern California, whose miles of sun-drenched, sandy beaches looks like an advertisement for the bigpost-war migration that was to follow. There he's persuaded to take uphis old ways by fleecing a trusting rich widow played by Fitzgerald,only he gets more than he bargained for.It's a well thought out screenplay (WR Burnett) that provides plausiblemotivation for most of the many twists and turns-- except for thesultry Toni's sudden presence in California, a padded segment thatperhaps justifies the actress's featured billing. The young, ruggedlyhandsome Garfield is excellent, as usual, and makes a persuasive conartist. Ditto Fitzgerald, whose sweetly innocent beauty could turn anyman's head, including Nick's. But especially good is George Tobias in aquestionable role for noir of comic relief-- he manages to be bothmildly amusing and convincingly tough as Nick's loyal henchman. And, ofcourse, there's the great Walter Brennan as aging con-man with heart,Pop Gruber. Note also the atmospheric dive where Pop hangs out, withits clamorous clientele and a barkeep who really looks like he couldhandle them director Negulesco knows how to stock an effectivebackground.The movie contains many elements of noir, as well as the fine cast.Despite these positive elements, Negulesco's slow, deliberate pacing ismore consistent with a romantic or psychological approach than with acrime drama. Consider, the final sequence on the pier and how slow anddrawn-out the action is, even draining away some of the intendedsuspense. Ditto the agonizing wait in the coffee shopÂit's colorfulwith the counterman, but over-done, nevertheless. I agree withreviewers who think the movie ends up straddling several moviecategories, without excelling at any. In my little book, the resultcomes across smoothly, but doesn't combine its parts into anything morememorable than a generally entertaining studio product.
st-shot 04 May 2012
Homogenized Noir
Returning vet Nick Blake comes back from the war to New York to claimhis sizable fortune held onto by main squeeze, lounge singer Toni (FayeEmerson). She's double crossed him however and he has to beat it out ofher new boyfriend to get it back. He along with a sidekick then lightout for LA where they run into old associate Pop Gruber. Gruber to hisregret gets Nick involved in a scam with Doc Gabson to charm a richsocialite Gladys Halverson out of her sizable fortune. Nick and Gabsonquarrel over the intended split and the down on his luck Doc is forcedto accept the terms. Matters then become complicated when Nick fallsfor Gladys and wants out of the scheme. Using his own cash he attemptsto pay off the gang members but Doc who has been nursing a grudge withNick kidnaps Gladys and makes exorbitant demands.Nobody Lives Forever is a rather tame and dull genre piece that startsfast but slowly loses steam before crawling to its suspense drainedfinish. Director Jean Neglusco establishes the character of Nick andhis New York situation quickly and economically with rapid editing andsubtle inference fleshing out his background. Once in LA things slowmeasurably as the con job morphs into romance for Nick and the conflictwith Gabson warms up.John Garfield is effective as the returning GI hardened but not totallydisillusioned by what he's witnessed. Geraldine Fitzgerald's Gladys isimpassionate and too detached to the danger around her. GeorgeCoulouris' Doc Gabson is the film's most interesting character. Apetty, jealous has been of a crook relegated to working with twocomically inept flunkies he laments the loss of his salad days andshows resentment for all around him with venal flare.Neglusco never lets this noir get too dark as he plays it safe most ofthe way with the romantic angle and lighthearted humor that dilutes thedrama . Combined with its erratic pacing that makes a shambles of thefilm's climactic moment Nobody Lives Forever washes out in alldirections.
imogensara_smith 01 May 2012
Meanwhile, back on the home front...
Many films from the mid-forties deal with men struggling to readjust totheir civilian lives after their wartime service. NOBODY LIVES FOREVERoffers a twist: the hero's pre-war career was as a successful conartist. He doesn't have any trouble getting his job back, but does hestill want it? World War II is a source of anxiety and moral confusionin many postwar noirs, but this film (set during the war) suggests thata stint with Uncle Sam can straighten out a crooked guy.In contrast to the convoluted plots so common in noir, this is a simplestory. Just out of the army, Nick Blake (John Garfield) returns to NewYork to find his girlfriend has given the money he left in her keepingto another man. After clearing up that little business, he takes offfor Los Angeles, where he is talked into fleecing a rich widow, GladysHalvorson (Geraldine Fitzgerald.) Guess what? He falls for her andwants out, but has to deal with his vengeful accomplices. The plot isunoriginal but also foolproof, and the film's leisurely pace and richcharacterizations are the primary appeal, evoking a raffish,Runyonesque world. Leading the troupe of colorful character actors isGeorge Tobias as Blake's sidekick Al Doyle, who doesn't do much excepttag along for the ride, cracking wise in thick New Yorkese andcomplaining bitterly when he realizes Nick has "gone overboard for thistomato." Walter Brennan is Pop Gruber, Nick's boyhood mentor in crime,now down on his luck and scraping a living with a telescope, selling"the moon and stars for a dime" and picking the pockets of his drunkencustomers. Then there's cadaverous, sinister George Colouris as Doc, ahas-been con man consumed by jealousy of Nick. Even the smallestcharactersÂfrom an ex-jockey bellboy to the counterman in an all-nightdiner who can't stand to hear the words "java" or "pal"Âadd flavor;they're a great bunch of "cheap, hungry chiselers." Richard Gaines(Jean Arthur's fiancé, Mr. Pendergast, in THE MORE THE MERRIER) is alsoamusing as Manning, the widow's business manager, whose only interestin life is golf. Only Faye Emerson, as the nightclub singer whobetrayed Nick while he was overseas and keeps turning up for vague plotpurposes, misfires; she sings well, but she's a little too bony, toothyand disgruntled for a femme fatale.When someone suggests that after his sabbatical in the army Nick mightnot be up to conning the widow, he snaps scornfully, "For me that wouldbe like turning over in bed." The same is true for Garfield playingthis morally-conflicted-tough-guy roleÂbut he never lets you feel he'sjust going through the motions. His performance is split between his"Jewish Jimmy Cagney" persona, spitting out lines like, "Come up with arod and I'll make you eat it," and his sexy romancer mode. When heturns on the charm, his mark starts to melt like a snowman under a sunlamp. (I can sympathize, being a pushover for Garfield myself.)Geraldine Fitzgerald is lovely and gracious, with a frail, childlikeinnocence guaranteed to soften the toughest guy.There are some scenes in smoky back-rooms, and a terrific show-down ona misty oil rig, but this noir is really about as dark as chocolate icecream. It's full of low-key charm, often stemming from the cultureclash between the mugs and the ritzy world they invade. Nick belies hispose as a sophisticate by making paper airplanes out of his programduring a concert of classical music. ("Don't you adore Bach?" Manningasks, and Al, awoken from a deep slumber, replies, "Bock? Yeah, cold,with a nice big head on it.") Nick is also uncomfortable leading Gladysthrough a rumba ("A man looks sort of silly doing this") and looks likea fish out of water when she takes him to the mission of San JuanCapistrano. As was the case with Garfield (the former Julie Garfinkle)in Hollywood, it's precisely Nick's streetwise grit and bad-boy charmthat win over the classy dame.NOBODY LIVES FOREVER was the last film at Warner Brothers for bothGarfield and Fitzgerald, who were equally thrilled to escape thestudio. Garfield went on to form an independent company that producedhis finest films, including BODY AND SOUL and FORCE OF EVIL. He andmany others had good reason to resent the studio's relentlesspigeonholing and the poor material they were sometimes forced toaccept; but this farewell film is a reminder of what the factory systemhad going for it: a reliable output of supremely watchable movies. Withits witty script, easy craftsmanship and excellent cast, NOBODY LIVESFOREVER is a prime example of how good an average, formulaic studioproduct could be during Hollywood's "golden age." It's a shame that,like so much of Garfield's output, this film is so hard to find.
whpratt1 30 April 2012
Great 1946 Classic
This is a great film about an Ex-Gi named Nick Blake, (John Garfield)who goes back to New York City and gets back with his gal, ToniBlackburn, (Faye Emerson) who is a very attractive blonde gal. Nicksoon finds out that the $50,000 dollars he gave her is gone and wasgiven to her new boyfriend. Nick manages to get his money back andheads to Los Angeles and starts his con-artist career all over again.Nick travels with his sidekick, Al Doyle, (George Tobias) who is hisbodyguard and good friend. Nick meets up with an old buddy of his namedPop Gruber, (Walter Brennan) who tells him about a very rich woman whois a widow and named Gladys Halvorsen, (Geraldine Fitzgerald). Gladyshas a fortune of 2 million dollars and Nick decides to become muchcloser to this gal. This is when the story gets very involved and youwill never be able to figure out how this film will end. Faye Emersonwas the wife of famous band leader, Skitch Henderson in real life andshe gave a great supporting role. Enjoyed the great acting by veteranactor Walter Brennan and last but least, John Garfield.
edwagreen 25 April 2012
Nobody Lives Forever-Just Too Bad ***
A very usual plot covers this story. A manipulator wants to fleece awealthy widow but falls for her instead. The problem is that he hadmade previous commitments with other hoods to take this woman for aride.John Garfield is perfect as Nick. He falls for Mrs.Halverson, awonderful Geraldine Fitzgerald.The gang is in top form with Walter Brennan as Pop, GeorgeCoulouris'Doc is excellent. By the way, for a hood Coulouris speaksvery well and in fact sounds like a very educated person in somescenes. George Tobias really provides some comic relief, but in astraight role as Nick's sidekick.You wonder why the Fitzgerald character can't fall in love with herfinancial adviser, nicely played by Richard Gaines. The two seem to bea perfect match but I guess there would be no story if that occurred.Faye Emerson is the dame that Nick had previously hooked up with. Sheis a real hot number here. Few realize that in real life she had beenmarried to Eliot Roosevelt, FDR's son.
mackjay 24 April 2012
Perfectly Cast Gem of Film Noir
"Nobody Lives Forever" has so many good qualities is it hard to know whereto begin the list. The film's basic plot-line is not the most original, butthe intelligent and witty script gives it plenty of excitement andinterest.There is an effective and pleasing musical score by Adolf Deutsch (withJerome Moross) and the film is beautifully, atmospherically shot aswell.Most impressive of all is the cast of "Nobody Lives Forever". There is notasingle weak link in this one. Supporting players include the likes ofWalterBrennan (world-weary and philosophical), George Tobias (an amiably amusingsidekick), George Coulouris (more than suitably menacing), Faye Emerson (asassy ,would-be femme fatale), James Flavin and Grady Sutton, the latter ina memorable cameo as a short order cookGeraldine Fitzgerald brings exactly the right mixture of innocence andsophistication to a newly rich recent widow.Her potential victimizer is brilliantly played by John Garfield. This isoneof Garfield's most conflicted characters. The actor is convincing at everyturn, capable of being both sympathetic and despicable."Nobody Lives Forever" really lives up to its existential title. It's araregem to be sought out by every aficionado of film noir.