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The Brasher Doubloon (known in the UK as The High Window) is a 1947 American crime film noir directed by John Brahm and starring George Montgomery and Nancy Guild. [1] It is based on the 1942 novel The High Window by Raymond Chandler . Fred MacMurray, Victor Mature, and Dana Andrews were all mentioned at different times as having been cast as ...
The Brasher Doubloon: Directed by John Brahm. With George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts. Detective Philip Marlowe encounters a variety of characters while checking on why Leslie Murdock stole a rare doubloon from his mother.
- (1.4K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- John Brahm
- 1947-02-06
The unique Brasher Doubloon, the first gold coin made for the United States, was sold in December 2011 by rare-coin dealer, Steven L. Contursi of Laguna Beach, California, to Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC) of Far Hills, New Jersey. An undisclosed Wall Street investment firm subsequently purchased it from Blanchard and Company of New ...
Jun 22, 2023 · Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled in a series of unexplained murders.
Dec 13, 2023 · Detective Philip Marlowe is hired when a rare doubloon is stolen, and he soon discovers that it is being used for blackmail purposes. Marlowe's involvement has him encounter a girl who goes into hysterics when touched by a man; a domineering mother; three corpses; a couple of scuffles in which he gets his clock cleaned; a secretary who killed her boss, and a rich boy (who qualifies as a S.O.B ...
- 72 min
- 1150
- George Fergus
Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member I loved the Brasher Doubloon which aired at a Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs and Conrad Janis was a gorgeous but ...
- Mystery & Thriller
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The Brasher Doubloon is directed by John Brahm and adapted to the screen by Dorothy Hannah and Leonard Praskins. It stars George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts, Fritz Kortner and Florence Bates. Music is by David Buttolph and Alfred Newman and cinematography by Lloyd Ahern.
