Hollow Triumph (1948)

Directed by

Steve Sekely

Genre

film noir, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A criminal on the run discovers he looks exactly like a psychiatrist. He decides to kill the psychiatrist and take over his identity. The plan unravels in unexpected ways.

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What happens

Hollow Triumph (working title The Man Who Murdered Himself, reissued in the United States as The Scar) is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Steve Sekely starring Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett and Leslie Brooks. It was released by Eagle-Lion Films, based on the 1946 novel of the same title written by Murray Forbes. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward L. Ilou. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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