



Filmaffinity | IMDb
GUIÓN: Charles Martin
MÚSICA: Max Steiner
FOTOGRAFÍA: James Wong Howe (B&W)
REPARTO: George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Victor Jory, Nancy Gates, Coleen GrayJohn Hoyt, Lisa Ferraday, Tom Conway, Celia Lovsky
PRODUCTORA: Charles Martin Productions
GÉNERO: Drama | Crimen
vale333 escribió:Sinopsis:
Clementi Suborin es encontrado asesinado en su habitación,su secretaria narra su historia a la policía, de cómo un refugiado checoslovaco se convierte en un neoyorquino millonario.Su relato lleno de traiciones, fraudes, amoríos e infidelidades refleja que casi todos los que lo conocían querían verlo muerto.
Storyline
When Clementi Suborin is found murdered, his secretary recounts to the police the story of his rise from Czech refugee to ultra-rich New Yorker. The tale of betrayal, womanising and fraud confirms that almost everyone who knew him wanted him dead.
Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
Plot Synopsis by John Bush
A contemptuous and self-serving immigrant, Clementi Sabourin (George Sanders) pulls himself up by his bootstraps by instrumenting a series of cons and seductions which bilk several very wealthy persons out of most of their money. Most of the action is related in a series of flashbacks after Sabourin's body is found dead in a Park Avenue apartment. Death of a Scoundrel is a fictionalized adaptation of the life and mysterious death of Serge Rubenstein.
George Sanders was a fine actor that just isn't that well-known to Americans today. In this movie, he is completely in his element playing a charming but morally bankrupt jerk. He uses EVERYONE around him and is the complete sociopath until eventually he gets his due. His character was created as a WARNING against being conned by the likes of him and he is NOT glorified in any way, nor does he ultimately get away with this behavior. I loved the picture and it sure gave me a lot more than I was expecting.
By the way, if you would like to see a couple more of Sanders' best movies, try "All About Eve" or "Village of the Damned". Also, for a similar film to "Death of a Scoundrel", try "The Great Man" or "A Face the Crowd".
Finally, it was interesting to see Sanders in the same movie as his wife, Zsa Zsa Gobor (though whether or not they were married to each other at the time, I don't know) as well as his brother, Tom Conway.
by planktonrules
Gracias a pranzis por el DVDR:
Ripeo anamórfico
Código: Seleccionar todo
Resolution: 718 x 476
Frame aspect ratio: 359:238 = 1.508403
Pixel aspect ratio: 425:359 = 1.183844
Display aspect ratio: 25:14 = 1.785714 (~16:9)
Código: Seleccionar todo
"C:\x264.exe" --preset veryslow --tune film --crf 19.0 --no-chroma-me --level 4.1 --output "C:\mi_ripeo.mkv" "C:\mi_script.avs" --sar 32:27






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Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 2.16 GiB
Duration : 1h 59mn
Overall bit rate : 2 585 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-11-24 09:11:09
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.0.0 ('The Stars were mine') built on Jun 6 2010 16:18:42
Writing library : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 16 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 59mn
Bit rate : 2 341 Kbps
Width : 718 pixels
Height : 476 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Original display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.286
Stream size : 1.96 GiB (91%)
Writing library : x264 core 119 r2106 07efeb4
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=16 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=0 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=8 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=19.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 59mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 165 MiB (7%)
Language : English

Sin subtítulos, que yo sepa, aunque hay disponible un VHSRip doblado gracias a TheKiller...
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