Out of the Past

Out of the Past

1947 | 1h 37m | Drama, Crime | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

Director Jacques Tourneur fashioned this moody piece about a reformed gangster who meets up with an old criminal crony and former girlfriend, jeopardizing his future life with the local girl he plans to marry.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Jacques Tourneur

CAST

Kirk Douglas

Jane Greer

Robert Mitchum

Rhonda Fleming

Richard Webb

PRODUCERS

Warren Duff

WRITERS

Daniel Mainwaring

Daniel Mainwaring

Host Intros

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Alicia Malone Intro -- Out Of The Past (1947)
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TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Out Of The Past, 1947.
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Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Out Of The Past (1947)
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Ben Mankiewicz introduces Out Of The Past, 1947.
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Noir Alley: Eddie Muller Intro -- Out Of The Past (1947)
Intro Aired: Jun 2017
Noir Alley host Eddie Muller introduces Out Of The Past, 1947, with guest Chris Mitchum.

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Out of the Past (1947) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not Smart Anymore
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Halfway into the movie dominated by his flashback, ex-private eye Jeff (Robert Mitchum) is already smoking as ex-boss Whit (Kirk Douglas) offers a cigarette and a surprise (Jane Greer, his double-crossing ex-flame Kathie), Lake Tahoe in the background,in Jacques Tourneur's Out Of The Past, 1947.
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Chris Mitchum on Out of the Past
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Out Of The Past (1947) -- (Movie Clip) We'd Played It Smart
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In his flashback account, Jeff (Robert Mitchum) covers his reunion with Kathie (Jane Greer), who he'd run off with after being paid to find her, and the appearance of his private-eye partner Jack (Steve Brodie), who's after the 40-grand she claims she never stole, a famous twist, in Jacques Tourneur's Out Of The Past, 1947.
Out Of The Past (1947) -- (Movie Clip) A Secret Man
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Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) and girlfriend Ann (Virginia Huston) at the lake in their first scene, "The Kid" (Dickie Moore) signals that a visitor (Paul Valentine) awaits at the gas station, early in Jacques Tourneur's Out Of The Past, 1947.
Out Of The Past (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Coming Out Of The Sun
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Private-eye Jeff (Robert Mitchum) continuing his flashback, covers his arrival in Acapulco and his first meeting with his target Kathie (Jane Greer), in Jacques Tourneur's Out Of The Past, 1947.
Out Of The Past (1947) -- (Movie Clip) I Hate Surprises
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Jeff (Robert Mitchum) is about to leave Acapulco with the girl he's been paid to find, forced to lie when his suspicious employer Whit (Kirk Douglas) appears with henchman Joe (Paul Valentine), still in the complex early flashback, in Jacques Tourneur's Out Of The Past, 1947.
Out Of The Past (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Baby I Don't Care
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Kathie (Jane Greer), meeting Jeff (Robert Mitchum) on a Mexican beach the on second night of their fling, makes clear she knows he's a detective sent by the boyfriend she shot, prompting his famous line, in Out Of The Past, 1947.

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