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To the Victor

  • 19481948
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 40m
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6.0/10
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Viveca Lindfors and Dennis Morgan in To the Victor (1948)
  • Drama
After serving bravely in WWII, American Paul remains in France and becomes a black marketeer. He meets Christine, an attractive French girl whose husband is in jail for collaborating with th... Read allAfter serving bravely in WWII, American Paul remains in France and becomes a black marketeer. He meets Christine, an attractive French girl whose husband is in jail for collaborating with the Nazis, and they fall in love. But before they can make a life together, they must confro... Read allAfter serving bravely in WWII, American Paul remains in France and becomes a black marketeer. He meets Christine, an attractive French girl whose husband is in jail for collaborating with the Nazis, and they fall in love. But before they can make a life together, they must confront the demons that keep them apart.
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  • Director
    • Delmer Daves
  • Writer
    • Richard Brooks
  • Stars
    • Dennis Morgan
    • Viveca Lindfors
    • Victor Francen
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  • Director
    • Delmer Daves
  • Writer
    • Richard Brooks
  • Stars
    • Dennis Morgan
    • Viveca Lindfors
    • Victor Francen
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    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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    Joseph Buloff, Tom D'Andrea, and Dorothy Malone in To the Victor (1948)
    Viveca Lindfors and Dennis Morgan in To the Victor (1948)
    Viveca Lindfors and Dennis Morgan in To the Victor (1948)
    Viveca Lindfors in To the Victor (1948)
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    To the Victor (1948)
    Viveca Lindfors and Dennis Morgan in To the Victor (1948)

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    Dennis Morgan
    Dennis Morgan
    • Paul Taggartas Paul Taggart
    Viveca Lindfors
    Viveca Lindfors
    • Christine Lund Lestracas Christine Lund Lestrac
    Victor Francen
    Victor Francen
    • Police Inspector Beauvaisas Police Inspector Beauvais
    Eduardo Ciannelli
    Eduardo Ciannelli
    • Firagoas Firago
    Anthony Caruso
    Anthony Caruso
    • Nikkias Nikki
    Tom D'Andrea
    Tom D'Andrea
    • Gus Franklinas Gus Franklin
    Konstantin Shayne
    Konstantin Shayne
    • Pabloas Pablo
    William Conrad
    William Conrad
    • Farnsworthas Farnsworth
    Dorothy Malone
    Dorothy Malone
    • Miriamas Miriam
    Jean De Briac
    Jean De Briac
    • Lurcatas Lurcat
    Joseph Buloff
    Joseph Buloff
    • Bolyanovas Bolyanov
    Henry Rowland
    Henry Rowland
    • Hermann Zinzeras Hermann Zinzer
    John Banner
    John Banner
    • Jacques Lestracas Jacques Lestrac
    Luis Van Rooten
    • Geranas Geran
    Bruce Bennett
    Bruce Bennett
    • Hendersonas Henderson
    Louis Mercier
    Louis Mercier
    • Marcelas Marcel
    Clyde Cook
    Clyde Cook
    • Cockney Bartenderas Cockney Bartender
    George Davis
    George Davis
    • French Waiteras French Waiter
    • Director
      • Delmer Daves
    • Writer
      • Richard Brooks
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    • Trivia
      Director Delmer Daves ran into a Paris shop after filming a street scene in front of it with Dennis Morgan and Viveca Lindfors. The proprietor was at loss to understand why the "crazy American" had insisted upon purchasing every item in the window. Daves needed to replicate the window display on a Hollywood set for the sound dubbing sessions.
    • Soundtracks
      You're too Dangerous, Cherie
      (La Vie en Rose)

      Music by Louiguy

      French lyrics by Édith Piaf

      English lyrics by Mack David

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    7/10
    Obscure film noir shot on location in Paris
    From the 1948 New York Times review:

    A curious combination of philosophical elements has been arranged by the usually righteous Warner Brothers to shape a drama on the brotherhood of man in their picture. In the milieu of post-war Paris, they have caused an American black-marketer to fall in love with a girl who is an ex-collaborationist and to find moral regeneration with her.

    As though this elevation of two rightfully despicable types into hero and heroine of the picture were not sufficiently distasteful in itself, there are other aspects of it which are likely to burn perceptive folks. The whole tone and character of the story are artificial and contrived, even though it presumes to deal with tensions and readjustments which are sharply real today. A terribly vital social concept is speciously laced and confused in a typically over-anguished romance between a collar-ad Hollywood star, Dennis Morgan, and a new Swedish actress, Viveca Lindfors, who deserves another chance.

    Further aggravation is latent in the fact that black-marketing is treated as a sort of cheap but adventuresome game, played by burlesque foreign characters (Joseph Buloff) and naughty but nice Americans. The French attitude, represented by Victor Francen as a chief of police, is made to appear highly formal and off in the academic clouds. And the actual wreck-strewn vastness of Normandy's Omaha Beach is dragged in to be the location of the romantic avowal of hero and heroine.

    The evident fact that some of the picture was filmed in Paris and Normandy and the rest in a Hollywood studio, with the distinctions plain and sharp, only adds to the general aura of artificiality about this film. This is typical of the confused nature of Richard Brooks' script and the strangely uneven character of the direction of Delmer Daves.



    TO THE VICTOR, screen play by Richard Brooks; directed by Delmer Daves; produced by Jerry Wald for Warner Brothers Pictures. At the Strand.
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    • Release date
      • April 16, 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Till segraren
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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