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The Bribe

  • 19491949
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 38m
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6.6/10
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Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price, Robert Taylor, and John Hodiak in The Bribe (1949)
Federal agent Rigby, in Central America to trace stolen plane engines, falls for the gorgeous wife of the chief suspect.
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Federal agent Rigby, in Central America to trace stolen plane engines, falls for the gorgeous wife of the chief suspect.Federal agent Rigby, in Central America to trace stolen plane engines, falls for the gorgeous wife of the chief suspect.Federal agent Rigby, in Central America to trace stolen plane engines, falls for the gorgeous wife of the chief suspect.
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    • Robert Z. Leonard
    • Vincente Minnelli(uncredited)
    • Marguerite Roberts(screen play)
    • Frederick Nebel(short story)
  • Stars
    • Robert Taylor
    • Ava Gardner
    • Charles Laughton
    • Robert Z. Leonard
    • Vincente Minnelli(uncredited)
    • Marguerite Roberts(screen play)
    • Frederick Nebel(short story)
  • Stars
    • Robert Taylor
    • Ava Gardner
    • Charles Laughton
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 43User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
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    Robert Taylor in The Bribe (1949)
    Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor in The Bribe (1949)
    Charles Laughton in The Bribe (1949)
    Charles Laughton in The Bribe (1949)
    Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor in The Bribe (1949)
    Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor in The Bribe (1949)
    Charles Laughton in The Bribe (1949)
    Charles Laughton and Vincent Price in The Bribe (1949)
    Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor in The Bribe (1949)
    Ava Gardner in The Bribe (1949)
    Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor in The Bribe (1949)
    Vincent Price in The Bribe (1949)

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    Robert Taylor
    Robert Taylor
    • Rigby
    Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner
    • Elizabeth Hintten
    Charles Laughton
    Charles Laughton
    • J.J. Bealer
    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • Carwood
    John Hodiak
    John Hodiak
    • Tug Hintten
    Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds
    • Dr. Warren
    John Hoyt
    John Hoyt
    • Gibbs
    Tito Renaldo
    • Emilio Gomez
    Martin Garralaga
    Martin Garralaga
    • Pablo Gomez
    Fernando Alvarado
    Fernando Alvarado
    • Flute Player
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Cabal
    Robert Cabal
    • Bellboy
    • (uncredited)
    Gene Coogan
    Gene Coogan
    • Club Patron
    • (uncredited)
    David Cota
    • Bellboy
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Cusanelli
    • Rhumba Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Marcel De la Brosse
    • French Tourist
    • (uncredited)
    Joe Dominguez
    Joe Dominguez
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Juan Duval
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Nacho Galindo
    Nacho Galindo
    • Second Hotel Clerk
    • (uncredited)
      • Robert Z. Leonard
      • Vincente Minnelli(uncredited)
      • Marguerite Roberts(screen play)
      • Frederick Nebel(short story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This film did poorly at the box office for MGM, resulting in a loss of $322,000 ($3.67M in 2021) according to studio records.
    • Goofs
      Set in the town of Carlotta, but on Emilio's boat it's misspelled as Carlota. It's also Carlota in Rigby's telegram draft at the beginning. But in the town's fiesta fireworks display, it's Carlotta, presumably definitive.
    • Quotes

      J.J. Bealer: [Last lines] When you get around to it, Mr. Rigby, you might call a cop.

    • Connections
      Edited into Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      Situation Wanted
      Music by Nacio Herb Brown

      Lyrics by William Katz

      Performed by Ava Gardner (dubbed by Eileen Wilson) (uncredited)

      [The first song Elizabeth sings at Pedro's]

    User reviews43

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    5/10
    More Than One Kind of Bribe
    Robert Taylor is an FBI man looking into a racket south of the border of black marketeers stealing and selling war surplus material, in this case airplane motors.

    The story takes him to Central America where he meets up with a debonair sportsman, Vincent Price, a rather seedy character with sore and sweaty feet, Charles Laughton and a husband and wife John Hodiak and Ava Gardner stranded in the tropics.

    They're all suspects, but Taylor is quite ready to forget his job with Ava Gardner around. He wouldn't be the first guy to think with his hormones where she's concerned. That's what I'm talking about when I say more than one kind of bribe.

    The story is pretty slow moving though. Taylor seems to have the evidence he needs or where to get it. But the plot does drag on. The film seems to rely on the attractiveness of the leads to keep the audience interested.

    There are two good scenes, one where Taylor almost becomes a shark's lunch and the climax where the chief villain meets a pyrotechnical end.

    If you like the cast involved, The Bribe is probably time well spent.
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    • Jun 17, 2006

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    • Release date
      • August 10, 1949 (Australia)
      • United States
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
      • Black and White

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