Journey into fear is a 1943 film about an american ballistics expert in turkey who finds himself targeted by nazi agents and when a passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board. Journey into fear was one of the many projects orson welles worked on from 193943, though he did not direct the film. Orson welles and joseph cotten on the set of journey into fear 1943 rko b. Well it says journey into fear was directed by norman foster, but many sources say it was actually orson welles who directed it. On board, he encounters a number of passengers, including the dancer josette martel. A us navy engineer, returning to the us with his wife from a conference, finds himself pursued by nazi agents, who are out to kill him. On the run hotel gif by turner classic movies find. Returning to his hotel room after a latenight flirtation with a.
Amblers work, of which the first was journey into fear. Targeted for extermination by the gestapo, cotten secretly books. Without a word to his wife, he flees the hotel the couple is staying in and boards a ship, only to find, after the ship sails, that the agents have followed him there. At the time of his death, the film remained largely a collection of footage in various states of editing. Journey into fear is a 1940 spy thriller novel by eric ambler. Journey into fear 1943 movie clip dearest stephanie. Journey into fear joseph cotten orson welles dolores del rio 1942 a turkish police chief orson welles puts a marked u. Screenplay by orson welles, joseph cotten, based on a novel by eric ambler. Among them was a young persian welles fan and relative of medhi bouscheri, medhi dara alavi. Giphy is how you search, share, discover, and create gifs. The camera angles and visually detailed arrangement of. Orson welles produced and designed journey into fear, and cowrote the script with joseph cotten. A real smart bit of casting here from foster, welles or whoever. The film broadly follows the plot of the book, but the protagonist was changed to an american engineer.
This is a more authentic version of the ambler than was the original 1943 film by orson welles which is much more. The rko pictures release stars joseph cotten, who also wrote the screenplay with orson welles. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board. Orson welless third and final mercury production for rko was meant to be a piece of light entertainmenta shipboard thriller, directed by the accomplished. Orson welles and joseph cotten on the set of journey into. The program was presented as a series of newscasts and was narrated with such. Orson welles continued editing the film into the early 1970s. An american engineer in istanbul, howard graham joseph cotten, becomes the target of a nazi assassination due to his involvement in improving the turkish navy. But one memorable sequence, which takes place on a building ledge in. Journey into fear is a 1943 wartime spy thriller film directed by norman foster, starring joseph cotten and orson welles howard graham cotten is an american armaments engineer seeking to supply turkey with naval guns. But really its a film for the general cinema purists, at times brilliant, at others chaotic, it. Without a word to his wife, he flees the hotel the couple is staying in and boards a. Leider mit 68 minuten laufzeit wohl nur noch ein holpriges fragment dessen, was es einmal war. However any fellow orson welles fans watching journey into fear would agree with me, without a doubt, that significant creative input from him is evident in this film.
Eddie muller introduces journey into fear 1943 at noir city seattle uptown theater 22014 duration. I felt this was most appropriate, in light of the cut dialogue in the new version that refers to the past glories of the persian empire in iran and ties journey into fear into welles last film, the other side of the wind. He cowrote the screenplay, produced the movie, and played a small role in it. With orson welles, joseph cotten, dolores del rio, ruth warrick. Below is a list of orson welles films in total broken into films where orson welles served as director and as actor. Still, a pretty rare film to see with a great stellar which does. Journey into fear is a 1943 film about an american ballistics expert in turkey who finds himself targeted by nazi agents and when a passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board directed by norman foster.
Journey into fear by norman foster overdrive rakuten. Possible of course since this mercury theatre production was produced, cowritten with costar joseph cotton and starred big orson himself. The project and, more important, welles s conception of the project changed radically over time. Welles was already a veteran radio actor when, on october 30, 1938, he narrated h. An englishman is in turkey to sell armaments to the navy. But these cases are but a pale echo of turkeys heyday as a mecca for spies. Collins was one of 19 hollywood writers and directors called by huac in 1947. The first part of the novel focuses on colonel haki, the dour but basically likable head of turkish security, who already made his first appearance in the mask of dimitrios and returns in later ambler stories as a. Journey into fear film online gratis odino personaggio wikipedia. There was one brilliant performance in one brilliant film, charles foster kane in citizen kane, but the rest of what ive seen has been either forgettable or. Journey into fear archives wellesnet orson welles web. Subpoenaed by huac in 1951, collins, who was under financial.
Welles, to put it kindly, had a propensity toward reinventing his own past, so that might explain his insistence that he was mostly a producer and screenwriter on journey into fear. Orson welles career as an actor was both fruitful and frustrating. With cotten, welles, dolores del rio, ruth warwick, agnes moorehead. Full list of orson welles films classic movie favorites. Collins was an uncredited scriptwriter on orson welles 1943 film journey into fear. Download free movies wallpapers and desktop backgrounds. Orson welles had planned to produce, direct and star in rkos journey into fear, but prior commitments compelled him to vacate the directors chair in favor of norman foster. Graham is an english engineer who in the early days of the war has been in istanbul, helping the turks on a highly sensitive project. Howard graham cotten is an american armaments engineer seeking to supply turkey with naval guns. In this is orson welles, welles himself says that journey into fear looks like it was edited by a lawnmower. Journey into fear is a wonderfully murky study of espionage, realistically portrayed in all its mayhem and confusion, one spy not really knowing what the other spy is up to, but operating on. European version bbc 2009 post by the scotsman sun jan 10, 2010 9.
Watch journey into fear online stream full movie directv. With the help of police colonel haki orson welles, graham escapes from his hotel to board a ship to safety, leaving behind his wife ruth warrick. But really its a film for the general cinema purists, at times brilliant, at others chaotic, it remains engrossing from start to finish. Star joseph cotten narrates from a letter to his wife ruth warrick from the screenplay he cowrote with costar orson welles from an eric ambler novel, meeting local arms rep kopeikin everett sloane in wwii istanbul, and singer josette dolores del rio, in journey into fear, 1943. This is a more authentic version of the ambler than was the original 1943 film by orson welles which is much more interesting despite being brutally reedited by rko. Welles s standout contribution was the beginning precredit sequence. Jul 27, 2019 and journey into fear 1942, which is frequently cited in discussions of welles directorial output, was actually directed solely by norman foster, if the films credits, and welles later assertions, are to be believed. An american ballistics expert in turkey finds himself targeted by nazi agents. He is due to return to england by ship, but at least one of his fellow passengers is a nazi agent, tasked with killing him. Welles shows himself a careful student of alfred hitchcock, but he falls far short of the old master. The operatic approach of adding a musical dimension to menace with a killertheme on the soundtrack has been greatly used in orson welles glorious suspense film, journey into fear, where the little killer obsessively played a scratchy old 78 rpm disc of someone singing chagrin damour. On this episode of relic radio thrillers, well hear from escape. Share this image order print license image keywords black and white behind the scenes directors chair laughing pinstripe suit hands clasped behind head 3 piece suit. He was married to actress dorothy comingore between 1939 and 1945.
Journey into fear 1975 rarefilmm the cave of forgotten. Written by orson welles, based on the novel by eric ambler. Apparently this is the only script that cotten is credited with writing despite his long career in film. Apr 18, 2014 eddie muller introduces journey into fear 1943 at noir city seattle uptown theater 22014 duration. Im sure that rko had it playing at the bottom end of double features. Welles is listed as producer, his mercury players fill the cast, his thencompanion del rio is in the lead, and he cowrote.
Journey into fear 1943 directed by orson welles, norman. Orson welles, joseph cotten, dolores del rio language. Joseph cotten, who starred as an american gunnery engineer up to his armpits in international intrigue, adapted the screenplay from the novel by eric ambler. Journey into fear, for texture and technical composition belongs in the filmnoir genre, certainly as far as the early cycle goes. Journey into fear the hour of mystery thriller old.
Having just finished that, im glad there are three more well, really only two, because acfd is also in this volume and, although i liked it a lot, im not ready to read it again. Journey into fear is a 1943 wartime spy thriller film directed by norman foster, starring joseph cotten and orson welles. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers. But i cannot fathom the idea that welles would deliberately disrupt the pacing and continuity of the film by recutting its middle portion. Sep 09, 2012 istanbul, a city of spies in fact and fiction turkish officials recently arrested several suspected iranian spies. The first of a summer replacement series for, the theatre guild on the air. Journey into fear the hour of mystery thriller old time. Publication date 20110228 topics bbc radio reading, thriller language english. Watch journey into fear starring joseph cotten in this drama on directv. Welles is listed as producer, his mercury players fill the cast, his thencompanion del rio is in the lead, and he cowrote the screenplay with joseph cotten.
While he is in istanbul with his wife stephanie, howard is lured away by kopeikin, a man who claims to work for grahams company. Media in category journey into fear 1943 film this category contains only the following file. From citizen kane 1941 to someone to love 1987, welles appeared mostly in supporting roles in about 70 features made in various parts of the world. All our library system seemed to have was one of those fourinone volumes of mr. Alternate journey into fear edit discovered wellesnet. Journey into fear 1942 uncredited magnificent ambersons, the 1942 citizen kane 1941 too much johnson 1938 hearts of age 1934 filims by orson welles as actor.
Maybe well see a directors cut of this one day and know what welles s own perspective was. Eddie mullers afterword to journey into fear 1942 on tcm noir alley duration. Akfilmfans rating of the film journey into fear akfilmfan while welles fingerprints are all over this picture so much so that i consider it an unofficial film of his alongside jane eyre this thriller definitely suffers from cottens bland performance and the studio cutting that trimmed the film of the screenplays quieter moments. It has all of the marks of an orson welles project. Journey into fear is a 1943 american spy film directed by norman foster, based on the eric ambler novel of the same name. Journey into fear is a short film, slightly less than 70 minutes running time.