So unless one is a hardcore Bogart fan, avoid this and watch Five Star Final instead! Malcolm bursts in and takes her in his arms, telling her “They'll go on with their filthy broadcasts, sacrificing little people who can’t fight back,” but warning the men that he will kill them if they use his name or his wife's again. A by-the-book patrolman who cares more about the letter of the law than justice feels guilty when his inflexibility sends a family man to prison. Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine. Martha Carstairs was charged with murder twenty years earlier. Bogey plays a radio station manager whose boss wants to play a true crime serial about a 20 year old murder. Leavenworth suggests giving Edith money, and they admit her to the office. An obvious re-telling of the plot of “Five Star Final” (1931) but moved to radio from tabloid newspapers. So far so good, right? Humphrey Bogart Beverly Roberts Linda Perry Carlyle Moore Jr. Henry O'Neill Helen MacKellar Claire Dodd Hobart Cavanaugh Harry Hayden Robert Middlemass Clay Clement Douglas Wood Virginia Brissac Paula Stone Robert Gordon Frank Orth Howard Hickman Ferdinand Schumann-Heink Bill Elliott Charles E. Evans George Fisher John Hiestand Milton Kibbee Jack McHugh Edmund Mortimer Edward Peil Sr. Bill Ray Paul Regan Pietro Sosso This is a remake of "Five Star Final" 1931 & is just as good & needs a DVD release. A radio-network manager's boss makes him air a serial based on a murder, tormenting a woman involved. All rights reserved. My personal count: 70/73. He wants to do a program about an old murder, the Gloria Pembrook murder case 20 years earlier. Having been in the movie business since 1930, he was usually a secondary character normally supporting its leading players. Overview of Two Against the World, 1936, directed by William McGann, with Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts, Linda Perry, at Turner Classic Movies. As many others have observed here regarding films from the film studio aptly named . Was this review helpful to you? Two Against the World A very short, fast paced film that is very entertaining in its own way. | 1936 Directed by William C. McGann. Build up your Halloween Watchlist with our list of the most popular horror titles on Netflix in October. An ongoing list of films awaiting a Blu-ray release. View production, box office, & company info, Martha Carstairs was charged with murder twenty years earlier. Drama. audience, behind-the-scenes, broadcasting, business, complications, daughter, family, husband, investigation, killing, love, murder, parent, past, radio, radio-station, secretary, station, suicide, weapons, wedding, final-exams, stars [celebrities]. The main setting has been moved from a newspaper to a nationwide radio network whose owner, Bertram Reynolds, hungry for larger audiences, decides “in the name of public good” to revive the memory of a twenty-year-old murder case, with tragic consequences. The radio station manager Sherry Scott, supported by his Secretary, speaks out against the actions of the radio station owner and Edith joins in the condemnation and pressure for change. as a rabble-rousing Populist catering to a demonic base of nominally religious "core supporters" while enjoying a salacious private life as an alcoholic compulsive grabber of feminine genitalia, almost as bad as the mobster occupying our Once Hallowed Oval Office now. Film data from TMDb. This cheapo remake of the terrific Five Star Final suffers from terrible acting. Although much of the dialogue is identical to that in Five Star Final (1931), that was a pre-code film, which ends with Edward G. Robinson's character telling his boss to “shove it up his—“, throwing the telephone through a glass door on the last word. Highly recommended ! Consequently, the seedy speakeasy becomes a glossy cocktail bar, and the generally amoral atmosphere of the original acquires a bent to moral condemnation in the remake. Martha and her husband Jim commit suicide through shame and pressures put on them by her identification. . The plot is about a radio station that decides to boost their ratings by bringing back to the public, a 20 year old murder and what happened to the lady who committed the crime. Reynolds wants to cancel the series (and flee to England), but Banning says it is too profitable to cancel. A very good film, but not as good as "Five Star Final", which in 1931 was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. In the South Seas, Val Stevens and Lucille Gordon are getting married when a ship goes down offshore. "Jim," Edith, and "Gloria"--all victims of Leavenworth's Corrupt Corporate Class--each pick up guns while searching for a solution to this Capitalist Problem. Scott welcomes Leavenworth's report, and when Ross challenges him, he retorts that now he only cares about financial security. This FAQ is empty. It’s a hilariously overwrought morality play, but it understands melodrama and how to effortlessly manipulate the audience with it. Bogey's character is Sherry Scott, the man who runs WUBC, a radio station whose program lineup is losing listeners. Looked to have a low budget too and none of the actors was even close to matching what the original cast did. Humphrey Bogart plays Sherry Scott, the manager of a radio station. If you have any suggestions let me know!…, All the movies mentioned in the book of the same name. It starts slow but kicks into high gear toward the middle. The phone rings: It is the FCC. For TWO AGAINST THE WORLD, he's not a villain, but one of the bosses working for a radio studio supported by Warner Brothers stock players as his co-stars. Oh, plus the story is bleak as hell—including a double-suicide of two sweet elders. In one scene where Bogart is drinking predates Casablanca. Sherry Scott (Humphrey Bogart), cynical manager of programming for the radio network, promises Reynolds “the hottest play you ever heard”, giving the assignment to a team that includes Dr. Leavenworth (Harry Hayden), a devious reporter with the manner of a clergyman. This review may contain spoilers. Later Eric saves Val from an ... See full summary ». Having been in the movie business since 1930, he was usually a secondary character normally supporting its leading players. The preacher arrive on the daughter's wedding day, but the ruthless radio station refuses to back off exposing the mother and ruining their lives. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Not bad, but If I were the mother I would have went to the radio station and offered to tell the story myself. In despair, she drinks poison. Two Against the World, also known as One Fatal Hour, is a 1936 melodrama film directed by William C. McGann and starring Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts, and Linda Perry. Needing to up it's rating the station president Bertra C. Retnolds, Robert Middlemass, comes up with this great idea of reviving the notorious Gloria Pembroke, the O.J Simpson of the 1920's,case where Gloria was found innocent in the shooting death of her drunken and abusive husband. In many ways a phone-in performance from him. On the night of the execution, his actions come back to haunt him. This drama is set at a struggling radio station. He sends Edith and Malcolm to the church, promising to follow with Martha, and kills himself. The broadcasts create problems for the woman originally acquitted of the charge. The owner decides to have a series of morality plays written about a famous murder case from 20 years ago. An early Bogart anti-hero role 5 years before The Maltese Falcon. I'm not.” Scott quits, taking Ross with him. (Year dates aren't shown for all films, so if…. Love Bogie, but the secretary/love interest was so damn annoying. "Warner Bros.," ONE FATAL HOUR provides a bare-bones warning to Today's U.S. Public regarding our current sorry State of Affairs. Alma Ross Linda Perry. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. Grief-stricken but under control, Edith demands of each of the four men, “Why did you kill my mother?” Scott answers, truthfully, “for financial reasons... to sell time on the air.“ Increasingly distraught, she draws a gun and shoots, wildly. I started watching this film, "Two Against the World," then thought I'd seen it, and consequently found out it's a remake of "Five Star Final." Really short early Bogart drama. Val rescues Captain Deever and passenger Eric Blacke. External Reviews Everyone else is just awful. The cynical manager of programming, Sherry Scott (Humphrey Bogart), has a crisis of conscience when faced with the deadly results. The preacher arrive on the daughter's wedding day, but the ruthless radio station refuses to back off exposing the mother and ruining their lives.Bogart is always good. TMDb FIVE STAR FINAL was one of the best films of the early 1930s. Edwin Stanley Emmett Vogan, Bernhard Kaun Heinz Roemheld Charles Carpenter Louis Dunlap, The Case of Mrs. Pembroke, One Fatal Hour, 64 mins   Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? When Scott asks his secretary, Alma Ross (Beverly Roberts) her opinion of the project, she replies, “I think you can always get people interested in the crucifixion of a woman”. Awards Cast. "My dear lady, you must appreciate that this radio station is a great impersonal machine dedicated to the public good.". again and again for the climax of ONE FATAL HOUR, "Sherry" notes that such Public Enemies as Dr. Leavenworth and the future Game-Show-Host-in-Chief possess "squashy, putrid little souls" willing to televise their own mothers' funerals if they think it will add an additional buck to their mountains of ill-gotten wealth. As "Edith" screams at him "WHY DID YOU KILL MY MOTHER?!" Isolated from family and friends since their marriage, the Carstairs desperately seek help, while the young people remain blissfully ignorant. Kevin Royal Johnson 3,249 films 227 Edit, A complete list of the films in John Grant's A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir: The Essential Reference Guide, an…, Films about/featuring radio talk shows, call in shows, radio stations, radio djs*. The station owner wants a serial based on a twenty-year-old murder case, in which a woman killed her husband but the homicide was found to be justifiable. "Dr. Leavenworth" SHOULD be locked up in the Leavenworth federal penitentiary for life (or, better yet, his date with the Guillotine!) Carstairs finds an ally in Dr. McGuire, their pastor, whose eloquent appeal to the Association of Broadcasters leads the chairman to promise immediate action. ***SPOILERS*** Early Humphrey Bogart flick has Bogie playing the program director Sherry Scott of the UBC radio network the self proclaimed "Voice of the People" that in fact specializes in sleaze and scandal. It turns out that Gloria was justified in shooting her husband. Sherry Scott Beverly Roberts. After crooked nightclub owner Chips Maguire murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house. After local grocery clerk rescues a baby from an escaped lion, a circus owner builds him into an attraction but balks when he falls in love with his sister. There's something electric in a Bogart performance when the screenplay calls for him to defend those less fortunate. First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures. Not long after a jury found that she was justified in shooting her first husband, Gloria Pembroke had a daughter, Edith, and remarried. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Two Against the World, also known as One Fatal Hour, is a 1936 melodrama[1] film directed by William C. McGann and starring Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts, and Linda Perry. Get help as a new filmmaker and find out about NETWORK (as Robert Middlemas). 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