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Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Alexis Smith, Rose Hobart
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Conflict (1945) |
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CONFLICT is a Warner production directed by Curtis Bernhardt in 1945.
Humphrey Bogart and Rose Hobart celebrate their 5 years anniversary of marriage but Bogie is in love with Hobart's younger sister Alexis Smith. After a car accident that leaves him with a broken leg, he pretends not to be able to walk anymore and organizes the murder of Hobart in the mountains nearby. As his friend psychiatrist Sydney Greenstreet and the police desperately search for Hobart, Bogie tries to seduce Alexis Smith.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Conflict (1945) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Lover is...
- totally uninterested
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- engineer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- falling off
Forest?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Check here if B&W
Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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