Paul Henried plays a double role in "Hollow Triumph," a 1948 film also starring Joan Bennett. Henried is John Muller who, the minute he gets out of prison, hatches a robbery plot of a casino with his old gang. None of them want to go along with it, but Muller bullies them into it. It doesn't go as planned. The owner of the casino, Stansyck, is known for hunting people down who wrong him even if it takes years, so Muller is now a marked man. When he's stopped on the street by a dentist who believes him to be Dr. Victor Bartok, Muller begins to hatch an idea. They look exactly alike - except for a scar on Bartok's left cheek.
"Hollow Triumph" or "The Scar" as it's also called is a very entertaining movie even with a preposterous plot. One small point is the casting of Eduard Franz as Muller's brother. Were they separated at birth, with Muller brought up in Germany and his brother raised in the U.S.? Or did someone cast Eduard Franz thinking that because of his name, he had an accent? Paul Henried does a good job in his dual role, though we really don't see a lot of Bartok's personality. Joan Bennett is good as an embittered woman who believes she's unlucky in love.
Seeing "Hollow Triumph" in 2008, one thing sticks out: a guy filled his gas tank for a dollar.
"Hollow Triumph" or "The Scar" as it's also called is a very entertaining movie even with a preposterous plot. One small point is the casting of Eduard Franz as Muller's brother. Were they separated at birth, with Muller brought up in Germany and his brother raised in the U.S.? Or did someone cast Eduard Franz thinking that because of his name, he had an accent? Paul Henried does a good job in his dual role, though we really don't see a lot of Bartok's personality. Joan Bennett is good as an embittered woman who believes she's unlucky in love.
Seeing "Hollow Triumph" in 2008, one thing sticks out: a guy filled his gas tank for a dollar.