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An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.
David Bauer
- Photo Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
- Provost Marshal Major
- (uncredited)
Whit Bissell
- Capt. Winnow
- (uncredited)
Tommy Bond
- Fingerprint Sergeant
- (uncredited)
James Cardwell
- Military Police Captain
- (uncredited)
Scott Edwards
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Frank Fujino
- Man
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was the first movie allowed to film in post-war Japan.
- GoofsObvious double for Humphrey Bogart in the fight scenes and the street scenes filmed in Japan.
- Quotes
Joseph 'Joe' Barrett: First I fly the seat off my pants, and then they repossess the pants.
- ConnectionsEdited into This Is It (2009)
- SoundtracksThese Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
(uncredited)
Music by Jack Strachey
Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz (as Holt Marvell) and Harry Link
Sung on a record several times
Sung by Florence Marly at the Tokyo Joe cabaret in flashback
Reprised by an unidentified female at the Tokyo Joe cabaret
Variations in the score throughout the film
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An underrated but excellent film
Humphrey Bogart's lesser watched films are so often passed by because the standard for Bogart films is so incredibly high. Is this film as great as "To Have and Have Not"? No it isn't. On the other hand I guarantee you it is more sophisticated and interesting to watch than 90% of the films that came out last year.
People often seem to over look the unique virtues of this film as an interesting film in history. Coming so shortly on the heels of World War 2 one would expect to find a certain amount of racism towards the Japanese and yet (unlike slightly later films like Sayonara) it is almost devoid of any remarks of that kind.
Humphrey Bogart is a superb actor as always as is the rest of the cast. The plot is well written and the direction style suited well to the film. Over all I highly recommend that anyone who wants a sharp and fun movie check this one out just don't expect it to be the classic that "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" or that one of the many other "classic" films he made was. It is nonetheless worth watching and, to my mind at least, quite a bit better than the cookie cutter system they use for suspense films now.
People often seem to over look the unique virtues of this film as an interesting film in history. Coming so shortly on the heels of World War 2 one would expect to find a certain amount of racism towards the Japanese and yet (unlike slightly later films like Sayonara) it is almost devoid of any remarks of that kind.
Humphrey Bogart is a superb actor as always as is the rest of the cast. The plot is well written and the direction style suited well to the film. Over all I highly recommend that anyone who wants a sharp and fun movie check this one out just don't expect it to be the classic that "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" or that one of the many other "classic" films he made was. It is nonetheless worth watching and, to my mind at least, quite a bit better than the cookie cutter system they use for suspense films now.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Tokio-Joe
- Filming locations
- Tokyo, Japan(Exterior)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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