Captain Lightfoot
(Orgullo de raza / El patriota)
(USA, 1955) [Color, 92 m.].
Género: Aventuras, Drama romántico.
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Ficha técnica.
Dirección: Douglas Sirk.
Argumento: W.R. Burnett (novela, "Captain Lightfoot").
Guión: W.R. Burnett, Oscar Brodney.
Fotografía: Irving Glassberg (Technicolor).
Música: Heinz Roemheld, Herman Stein (no acreditados).
Producción: Ross Hunter.
Productora: Universal International Pictures (UI).
Sinopsis: En la Irlanda de 1815 los patriotas luchan contra el invasor inglés. Michael Martin, un joven impulsivo y audaz miembro de una sociedad revolucionaria irlandesa que lucha contra el dominio inglés, se dedica a toda clase de robos para apoyar a la causa mientras mantiene la apariencia de ser un clérigo. Sin embargo una de sus víctimas le reconoce y se ve obligado a huir a Dublín. Allí conocerá al famoso capitán Rayo y se convertirá en su lugarteniente con el apodo de "pies ligeros". (FILMAFFINITY)
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Entre los años 1954 y 1956, Douglas Sirk realizó sus más famosos melodramas -"Obsesión" (Magnificent Obsession), "Sólo el cielo lo sabe" (All That Heaven Allows) y "Escrito sobre el viento" (Written in the Wind)"-. También dirigió un western -"Raza de violencia" (Taza Son of Cochise") y un drama romántico de aventuras "Orgullo de raza" (Captain Lightfoot), con Rock Hudson y Barbara Rush como protagonistas: dos jóvenes estrellas que ya habían mostrado su química en el gran éxito "Obsesión". La adaptación del best seller de W.R. Burnett, repleto de romance y aventuras, se sirve en Cinemascope para una de los primeros films que reflejan la causa independentista irlandesa. (FILMAFFINITY)
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"Un acertado toque de comedia y el protagonismo de un correctísimo Rock Hudson (...) deliciosa película" (Fernando Morales: Diario El País)
Bajo la apariencia de una simple película de aventuras sobre la lucha de los Irlandeses contra los Británicos -ligera en comparación a sus famosos/memorables melodramas- se esconde esta joya, otra de las obras maestras de Sirk, rodada en preciosistas escenarios naturales Irlandeses (De ahí un aire y un ambiente que recuerda a Ford) y con un sentido del ritmo, el encuadre y la aventura memorables. Muy buen reparto además, con un Rock Hudson comodísimo al bascular su papel entre lo aventurero y las pinceladas de humor muy agradecidas (Germán Barón, El Devorador de Pelis).
- "CAPTAIN LIGHTFOOT (1955, Douglas Sirk)", Cinema de Perra Gorda.
AMG SYNOPSIS: Rock Hudson stars as Michael Martin, a naive and impetuous young would-be rebel in 1815 Ireland, who turns to robbery in his desire to support the cause against England. Now wanted by the British and forced into hiding, he crosses paths with the renowned rebel leader Captain Thunderbolt aka John Doherty (Jeff Morrow), who takes him under his wing. Impressed with Michael's bravery, Thunderbolt makes him his second-in-command, a job that becomes twice as difficult when Thunderbolt is wounded and must drop out of sight. Michael must replace him, not only as a rebel leader, but also in running the business that Doherty fronts as a cover, and in his household -- and that puts Michaal on a collision course with Doherty's equally impetuous, headstrong daughter Aga (Barbara Rush). Sparks fly between them, as the English draw ever closer in their pursuit of the rebels. -- Bruce Eder
AMG REVIEW: Director Douglas Sirk brings a lively approach to Captain Lightfoot, an adventure yarn adapted -- by the author himself -- from a more serious and complex novel by W. R. Burnett. Nothing here has to be taken too seriously -- the plot plays almost like a dramatization of some events described in the old Irish folksong "Whiskey In The Jar," about rebels and highwaymen battling the English. The actors, led by Rock Hudson, Jeff Morrow, and Barbara Rush, all tread a fine line, their performances broad and lighthearted enough to be enjoyed, without ever stepping entirely out of character. There are no larger points being made, which is just fine, as the plot and characters don't demand any more than what we see. Beyond Sirk's sustained breezy approach and some colorful characterizations, plus a slight tongue-in-cheek tone to some of the action and interplay, the movie's main appeal is the exceptionally beautiful color CinemaScope photography by Irving Glassberg, plus -- seemingly -- the presence of practically every Irish actor in Hollywood whose fee fit into this picture's budget. Sirk would move on to much more serious and ambitious projects, most of them starring Rock Hudson (the director's favorite actor), soon after Captain Lightfoot. And the fact is, this story couldn't have been filmed at any time after the mid-1950's, a time when innocuous action and a setting that lent itself to color and scope was enough to get a picture green-lighted. But curiously, elements of the relationship between the Jeff Morrow and Rock Hudson characters, as well as their names -- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot -- would reappear on screen nearly two decades later, in Michael Cimino's Thunderbolt And Lightfoot. -- Bruce Eder
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