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Mood:
- SuspensefulRoughExciting
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Plot:
- Best FriendsBounty HunterCriminal HeroesFolk HeroCrime Gone AwryForgeryTrack DownCons and Scams more...
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Genres:
- CrimeThriller
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Time/Period:
- 50s
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Place:
- CubaCasinoPalaces Castles and Temples
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Style:
- Gothic
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Look:
- B&W
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The Big Boodle, 1957
English
USA
Profile of The Big Boodle
The mood of The Big Boodle is suspenseful, rough, and exciting. The plot centers around forgery, bounty hunters, and a folk hero. It is a crime and thriller movie. Stylistically, The Big Boodle is gothic. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a casino and in a palace, castle, or temple. The Big Boodle is set in Cuba. It happens in the 1950s. Visually, it is black and white. The Big Boodle is based on a book.
Summary of The Big Boodle
Errol Flynn looks pretty "wasted" during most of The Big Boodle, though he delivers the goods in the film's action climax. Set in Havana, the film stars Flynn as casino croupier Ned Sherwood, who finds himself in possession of a fortune in counterfeit money. The police are convinced that Sherwood knows where the counterfeit plates are hidden, prompting our hero to conduct his own investigation. Things come to a head during a last-reel gun battle in and around the historic Morro Castle. The Big Boodle was one of the last American films to be lensed in Cuba before the Castro takeover; Flynn later returned to the same stamping grounds for his execrable final feature, Cuban Rebel Girls (1958).
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 11 March 1957 |
| Runtime: | 84 min |
Cast and Crew
as 'Fina' Ferrer
as Ned Sherwood
as Police Doctor
as Detective
