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1940s | Film Noir
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National Film Preservation Board | 2018
1955 | Spencer
Top Ten Films | 1955
Best Director | 1956 | John
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 1956 | Spencer
Best Writing Screenplay | 1956
Best Film from any Source | 1956
1956
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1956 | John
Best Written American Drama | 1956
Budget 1,271,000 USD
Box Office Collection 3,788,000 USD
John Sturges had already moved on to his next film, The Scarlet Coat (1955), so Herman Hoffman took charge of filming the opening. The plan was to shoot the train hurtling toward the audience, almost like a 3-D movie, but it would have been deadly to attempt a helicopter maneuver into the path of a speeding locomotive. Stunt flier Paul Mantz offered the perfect solution: have the train running backwards, fly the copter over the retreating engine, then project the footage in reverse. "It's a helluva shot," Sturges later said, "but I didn't make it."
John Sturges had scheduled an entire day for the scene in which Macreedy tries to find out from Smith what happened to the Japanese farmer. Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan were so good, however, that shooting was completed by nine in the morning. An amazed Sturges called for a print and started to move on to another set-up, but Tracy stopped him, insisting the schedule called only for the one scene that day. "Bob, let's take off," he said to Ryan, and the two left the set, forcing Sturges to try to shoot around Tracy, who was in nearly every scene.
The projectionist's records have revealed that over the years this has become one of the most frequently shown films in The White House's screening room.
54-year-old Spencer Tracy was widely felt to be too old to play a World War II veteran, especially as the film was set in 1945 when the war had only just ended.
The suit that Spencer Tracy wears throughout the film was purchased by him off-the-rack at a second-hand store.
"Coley Trimble: You're a yellow-bellied Jap lover! Am I right or wrong? John J. Macreedy: You're not only wrong. You're wrong at the top of your voice. Coley Trimble: [gets ready to scrap] You don't like my voice?"
"Reno Smith: I believe a man is as big as what he's seeking. I believe you're a big man, Mr. Macreedy. John J. Macreedy: Flattery will get you nowhere. Reno Smith: Why would a man like you be looking for a lousy Jap farmer? John J. Macreedy: Ohhh, dadgum, maybe I'm not so big. Reno Smith: Oh yes you are. I believe a man is as big as what'll make him mad. Nobody around here seems big enough to get you mad. John J. Macreedy: What makes you mad, Mr. Smith? Reno Smith: Me? Nothing, nothing... John J. Macreedy: Ah, you're a pretty big man yourself, then. Yet the... the Japanese make you mad, don't they? Reno Smith: Well, that's different. After that sneak attack on Pearl Harbor... John J. Macreedy: Komoko made you mad. Reno Smith: It's the same thing. Loyal Japanese-Americans, that's a laugh. They're all mad dogs. What about Corregidor, the death march? John J. Macreedy: What did Komoko have to do with Corregidor? Reno Smith: He was a Jap, wasn't he?"
