
Devil and the Deep
(Contra la espada y la pared
(Usa, 1932) [B/N, 78 m.].
Género: Drama.
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Ficha técnica.
Dirección: Marion Gering.
Argumento: Harry Hervey (relato) / Maurice Larrouy (novela, "Sirenes et Tritons; no acreditado).
Guión: Benn W. Levy.
Fotografía: Charles Lang (B&W).
Música: Karl Hajos (no acreditado).
Producción: Herman Hand, Rudolph G. Kopp, John Leipold.
Productora: Paramount Pictures.
Sinopsis: El Comandante naval Charles Storm, por culpa de sus desmesurados celos, ha conseguido que su mujer, Pauline, esté triste y se entregue a los brazos de un apuesto teniente. Cuando Charles se entere del asunto, clamará venganza. (FILMAFFINITY)
AMG Sinopsis: A mentally unstable naval officer goes mad with jealousy when his wife's recent lover shows up as a lieutenant on the submarine he commands. It is the smell of cheap perfume that arouses the husband's suspicions, and he plans to confront the lieutenant in the sub. The wife follows him there, knowing very well that while in a jealous rage her husband cannot be responsible for his actions. Her husband catches her and locks her in his cabin then deftly steers the sub towards a freighter. Just before the ships collide, he forces the lieutenant to take the controls. It is a terrible crash and the sub sinks, stone-like, towards the bottom. Even as they go down, the cuckoo commander insists the lieutenant is to blame for the tragedy. Meanwhile the woman successfully convinces the remaining crew members of her husband's lunacy, they accept the orders of their new commander, the lieutenant, and escape together just in the nick of time.
AMG Review: Charles Laughton's Hollywood debut was much applauded at the time and even more recent reviews find him spectacular. Well, spectacular he is, especially in his climactic mad scene, but mostly for the wrong reasons. You're always aware that Laughton is giving a performance; in fact, he tells you so by every gesture, every grimace -- and there are many. Brought to Hollywood by Paramount, Laughton earns a rather grand "introductory" billing as "the eminent English character actor" and his performance seems to add, "and don't you forget it." In contrast to Laughton, Tallulah Bankhead is uncharacteristically bland in her attempt to out-Dietrich Marlene and Gary Cooper is, well, Gary Cooper.

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