The Great Flamarion is a 1945 film noir mystery film directed by Anthony Mann starring Erich von Stroheim and Mary Beth Hughes. The film, like many films noir, is shot in flashback narrative. The film was produced by Republic Pictures.[1]

The Great Flamarion
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anthony Mann
Screenplay by	Heinz Herald Richard Weil Anne Wigton
Based on	the short-story "Big Shot" by Vicki Baum Anne Wigton
Produced by	W. Lee Wilder
Starring	Erich von Stroheim Mary Beth Hughes
Cinematography	James S. Brown Jr.
Edited by	John F. Link, Sr.
Music by	Alexander Laszlo
Production company	W. Lee Wilder Productions
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release dates	January 14, 1945 (1945-01-14) (New York City) March 30, 1945 (1945-03-30) (United States)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

This film is now in the public domain.

Plot

The film opens following a murder at a cabaret in Mexico City in 1936; a shot is heard, but the body of the female victim (Connie) has been strangled. The police take the woman's husband into custody, assuming he is the murderer. But Flamarion, who has been shot, is the murderer and he explains to a stagehand why he killed Connie in flashback.The Great Flamarion (Erich von Stroheim) is an arrogant, friendless, and misogynous marksman who displays his trick gunshot act in the vaudeville circuit. His show features a beautiful assistant, Connie (Mary Beth Hughes) and her drunken husband Al (Dan Duryea), Flamarion's other assistant. Flamarion falls in love with Connie, the movie's femme fatale, and is soon manipulated by her into killing her no good husband during one of their acts.

After Al's supposed accidental death, Connie convinces Flamarion to wait three months before the two can marry and flees back to Minnesota. Meanwhile, Connie has already begun a relationship with another performer, Eddie (Stephen Barclay). After failing to show up at an arranged meeting place three months later, Flamarion goes into a downward spiral of drinking and gambling. Flamarion eventually finds Connie who informs him that she never loved him and used him to get rid of her husband.

Cast

• Erich von Stroheim as The Great Flamarion
• Mary Beth Hughes as Connie Wallace
• Dan Duryea as Al Wallace
• Stephen Barclay as Eddie Wheeler
• Lester Allen as Tony
• Esther Howard as Cleo
• Michael Mark as Nightwatchman

See also

• Public domain film
• List of American films of 1945
• List of films in the public domain in the United States

References

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Great Flamarion.

• The Great Flamarion at the American Film Institute Catalog
• The Great Flamarion at IMDb
• The Great Flamarion at AllMovie
• The Great Flamarion is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• The Great Flamarion at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Great Flamarion complete film on YouTube (public domain)

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