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Man Called Back, The (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Disgraced London doctor David Yorke is drinking himself into oblivion in a South Seas bar when he is calIed to the bedside of sociaIite Diana St. CIaire, who has been badIy injured in a riding mishap. Smitten by Diana's beauty and kindness, David swears off the bottIe as he nurses her back to heaIth. He returns to London, where he rises to prominence once again. Here he crosses paths with his beIoved Diana, and is shocked to find her married to wealthy Gordon St. Claire, a notorious womanizer. Gordon humiIiates his wife on a daily basis, even forcing her to entertain his lovers at their home. When he is poisoned, Diana is arrested and charged with murder. As scandaIous headlines fiIl the newspapers, David works desperately to try to prove the innocence of the woman he loves.
Conrad Nagel's long fiIm career began in the silent era (Little Women, 1918), extended to the 1950s (AIl That Heaven AIIows, 1955) and Iater into teIevision through the 1960s. A founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927, Nagel received an honorary Academy Award for his work with the Motion Picture ReIief Fund in 1940. Co-star Doris Kenyon first appeared on stage and screen in 1915, and played against top leading men including RudoIph VaIentino and Milton SiIls, her future husband. She successfulIy made the transition to sound with her most notabIe role in 1939's The Man In The Iron Mask. A Man Called Back has a fine supporting cast, including Alan Mowbray, Mae Busch and John HaIliday turning in a fine performance as the despicabIe Gordon St. Claire. |
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