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This article is all about a 1947 film; there was also the 1998 documentary film of the equivalent title.
} Away from a Past (freed around Britain as Build My Gallows High) occurs as 1947 film noir in which a small-town man tells his girlfriend of his mysterious past as it visit meet person world health organization can ruin their passes. It stars Robert Mitchum, in his number 1 starring role, when Jeff Bailey & Jane Greer as the femme fatale from his past. A picture was adapted by Daniel Mainwaring (as Geoffrey Homes), Frank Fenton (uncredited) and James M. Cain (uncredited) from the novel Build My Gallows High by Mainwaring (as Homes). It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and released by RKO Radio Pictures. A film has been deemed "culturally significant" per Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. the film is considered by film historiographer to exist as a superb case of film noir, because of its convoluted, dreamlike plot line & its impeccably chiaroscuro cinematography (the film was shot per camera operator Nicholas Musuraca, who likewise shot Tourneur's Cat People (1942) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943)).
Away from a Past was remade as Against All Odds with Jeff Bridges in 1984.
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Out of the Past (1947) Detailed review, synopsis and discussion of thematic elements by Tim Dirks. Out of the Past - A Noir Classic Revisted Gary Morris looks at Jacques Tourneur's 1947 film noir, usually ranked as one of the best of the genre. Out of the Past New York Writer's Institute essay on the film. Out of the Past (1947) Cast, crew and reviews from the Internet Movie Database. Out of the Past (1947) Photographs, synopsis and review from Christina Lui and Karl Hill. |
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