The Green Glove
In This Deadly Game... He Could Lose Only Once!
1952 | 89m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Rudolph Maté |
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| Writer: | Charles Bennett |
| Staring: |
| In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gauntlet (a stolen religious relic). Years later, financial reverses lead Mike to return in search of the object. In Paris, he must dodge mysterious followers and a corpse that's hard to explain; so he and attractive tour guide Christine decamp on a cross-country pursuit that becomes love on the run...then takes yet another turn. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 28, 1952 |
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| Director: | Rudolph Maté |
| Writer: | Charles Bennett |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | paris, france, film noir, tour guide, pursuit, relic, ex soldier |
| Production Companies | UGC Films, Benagoss Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Glenn Ford | Michael 'Mike' Blake |
| Geraldine Brooks | Christine 'Chris' Kenneth |
| Cedric Hardwicke | Father Goron |
| George Macready | Count Paul Rona |
| Gaby André | Gaby Saunders |
| Jany Holt | The Countess |
| Roger Tréville | Police Insp. Faubert |
| Juliette Gréco | Singer (scenes deleted) |
| Georges Tabet | Jacques Piotet |
| Meg Lemonnier | Madame Piotet |
| Paul Bonifas | Inspector |
| Jean Bretonnière | Singer |
| Edmond Ardisson | Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| Maurice Bénard | (uncredited) |
| Daniel Cauchy | (uncredited) |
| Jacques Clancy | Ivan (uncredited) |
| John Dehner | Narrator (uncredited) |
| Guy Henry | (uncredited) |
| Roger Legris | Conrad Vernot (uncredited) |
| Frédéric O'Brady | Alphonse (uncredited) |
| Michel Seldow | (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Rudolph Maté | Director |
| Claude Renoir | Director of Photography |
| Joseph Kosma | Original Music Composer |
| Charles Bennett | Story, Screenplay |
| Pierre Laurent | Production Manager |
| Lola Barache | Editor |
| Rosine Delamare | Costume Design |
| Alexandre Trauner | Art Direction |
| Gilbert Mandelik | Assistant Director |
| Harold Clifton | Dialogue Coach |
| Paule Déan | Makeup Artist |
| Joseph de Bretagne | Sound Recordist |
| Louis Sackin | Supervising Editor |
| Louis A. Pascal | Second Unit Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Georges Maurer | Producer |
| Detmar Walter | Associate Producer |
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I can't help think that Glenn Ford was just the wrong man for the part here. He portrays "Mike" - a GI who returns to France after WWII to track down an artefact that he encountered at the end of the war - one that could reverse his rather meagre financial fortunes. When in Paris a corpse is found i ... n his hotel room so he must flee the pursuing gendarmes and others on the look out for the eponymous, gem-laden, gauntlet. Luckily, he is helped by local tour guide "Christine" (Geraldine Brooks) and our adventure takes him deep into the French countryside. The story is quite good, but the execution is pretty lacklustre - Ford's heart just doesn't seem to be in it (though he isn't terrible). Brooks looks the part, but again doesn't really set any sparks flying and Sir Cedric Hardwicke's billing belies his almost cameo appearance as the Priest in the church where the glove is supposed to rest. George Macready is quite good as the nasty art dealer "Count Paul" but it's all just a bit flat. It may well have been better had it been made ten years earlier with a lesser-known star, but as it is, it is just a bit dull.