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Overview
Release Date:
13 November 1947 (USA) moreTagline:
A MAN - Trying to run away from his past... A WOMAN - Trying to escape her future! morePlot:
Jeff Bailey, small-town gas pumper, has his mysterious past catch up with him one day when he's ordered to meet with gambler Whit Sterling... more | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Awards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
Excellent example of film noir at its best moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Robert Mitchum | ... | Jeff Bailey | |
| Jane Greer | ... | Kathie Moffat | |
| Kirk Douglas | ... | Whit Sterling | |
| Rhonda Fleming | ... | Meta Carson | |
| Richard Webb | ... | Jim | |
| Steve Brodie | ... | Jack Fisher | |
| Virginia Huston | ... | Ann Miller | |
| Paul Valentine | ... | Joe Stephanos | |
| Dickie Moore | ... | The Kid | |
| Ken Niles | ... | Leonard Eels |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
97 minCountry:
USAColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Certification:
Canada:PG (video rating) | Germany:12 (re-rating) | Australia:PG | Germany:18 (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (1998) | Sweden:15 (re-rating) (1965) | UK:A (original rating) | Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Sweden:(Banned) | USA:Approved (PCA #12082) | Spain:13MOVIEmeter: 
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This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1991. moreSoundtrack:
THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU moreFAQ
A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERSIs this movie based on a novel?
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Full of atmosphere and heat, "Out of the Past" is a classic film noir, directed by a master, Jacques Tourneur. Although considered only an above-average B movie at the time of release, it's doubtful anyone thinks of it that way today, as it is superior to many "A" films. With a top-notch cast and a deceptively easy pace that belies the tension and danger underneath, "Out of the Past" makes for an intriguing, absorbing film.
Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer make a great pair - both are sultry, sexy, hard to read, and gorgeous. I found Greer's performance quite interesting. In the beginning, she appears quite warm, frightened, and sincere, as opposed to, say, Lizabeth Scott in "Dead Reckoning." When she turns hardboiled, it's subtle, with only a change in her eyes and voice, when she comments that Fisher isn't going to say anything to anybody. I love the way Mitchum sizes up women. He absolutely smolders, and 40 years later, in "The Winds of War," he was still smoldering.
Kirk Douglas is appropriately edgy in his supporting role as Whit. Rhonda Fleming has a small role, but no one that incredibly beautiful was going to go unnoticed for long.
What a wonderful film, what a perfect example of a genre.