Joseph Losey's "M" (1951) - feat. Raymond Burr, a remake of Fritz Lang's classic

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Enjoyed this. Once in awhile we get some exceptional movies on youtube.

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[@willieluncheonette5843]

VERY MUCH worth seeing. Losey is one of the best directors in cinema. I'm a director myself and if I had made a debut film like Losey did with The Boy With Green Hair I would have been so proud. His The Damned is also one of the great sci fi films of the 60's The cinematography here by Ernest Laszlo is superb. He shot one of my 13 all time favorite movies, Kiss Me Deadly Big thanks for posting this excellent print!

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[@buddyvilla7393]

Having been blacklisted. Joseph Losey went to Great Britain where he would Direct five films with Dirk Bogarde. The first “Sleeping Tiger “ Losey used a pseudonym so the film could be released in the USA. And so Bogarde and co- star Alexis Smith. The other four films Losey made with Dirk Bogarde are: The Servant 1963,King and Country 1964 Modesty Blaise 1965 and Accident 1967. It was fortuitous for both the careers of Bogarde and Losey. After 14 years as a romantic leading man matinee idol under contract to The Rank Organization in 1961 Bogarde s career took a 180 turn when he starred in the film Victim-1961 which was a serious character actor role. Dirk Bogarde cemented his change to character actor with his role as Barrett in The Servant. Winning a BAFTA for Best Actor and again the next year for the film Darling opposite Julie Christie. In many interviews Dirk would say “Joseph Losey changed the course of British Cinema.

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[@jessiejames7492]

So many children are in that predicament these days. I like how they garnered the help of everyone in town to keep a lookout. ! That shd be the way.

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[@gloriahopkins359]

Excellent movie! Not the ending I would have expected....

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[@alecwilliams7111]

What a fine piece of film making. I'm surprised that it isn't better known, but maybe Fritz Lang is a hard act to follow. Excellent writing here; the editing adds to the picture, and the photography is first rate--particularly the great location stuff. The cast--even the bit players--are really talented, and a number of them went on to bigger and better things. Thanks for running this film.

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[@trevalyngayle2857]

This is a marvelous remake, David Wayne performance is equally as good as Peter Lorre's in the 1930's German made original.

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[@RetiredSchoolCook]

Great movie 🎥Watched this movie years ago 🎬Will enjoy watching it again 🥰Good cast👍Thank you

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[@kolohe2790]

A very young Mr Howell on Gilligans Island has a nice part in it too!

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

For a remake of anything Fritz Lang did, I wasn't expecting much, but it's a good movie after all. It's also hard to to Peter Lorre when it comes to a creepy little man, but this actor did well, especially at the end. Beautiful old architecture in Elsie's apartment building- what a staircase! Hard to believe people had to climb like that. I noticed the guy that left an 'M' on the bad guy's coat drew a circle in his palm, not an M. TY-great post!

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[@stanedwards309]

The Bradbury building, a mannequin factory and "laughing Sal" all in the same movie. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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[@eshaibraheem4218]

Very good. Many thanks. I'd lovè to see the Lang original.

[@c.a.savage5689]

You should. It bears preciousness little resemblance to this travesty.

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[@fuzzfacelogic789]

Film making of the highest standard.

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[@geraldamariaalves6461]

Excellent, thanks.

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[@mauricexanthos3683]

I have the Peter Lorre silent movie version. Itsbrilliant. I'm looking forward to seeing this movie, based on the comments.

[@stevevilinsky7464]

I’m not much for remakes, but this version is actually just as good if not better than the 1931 version.Many familiar faces here.My other favorite remake is the 1950 film “The Breaking Point “ with John Garfield which is better then “To Have And To Have Not “.

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[@terrancebigham6765]

Karen Morley was in many memorable 1930s movies, such as the original “Scarface”, “The Mask of Fu Manchu” and “Pride and Prejudice”.

[@johnnyb4187]

It's such a brief scene but impactful. John Miljan also a talented veteran from way back that was always good.

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[@juliepiemonte3268]

I love Dirk Bogard. "Cast A Dark Shadow" and "Death in Venice." I have "The Accident" on DVD.

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[@xjohnnydsonx]

Great for Bunker Hill and LA downtown locations

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[@mygremlin1]

It's not just men that harm children

[@1derfullBeast]

ho,ho,hoooooh...😶

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[@c.a.savage5689]

I respect and like Joseph Losey's films. Some are classics like The Servant, The Accident and his film based on Mozart's opera Don Giovanni set in Venice. This film is terrible. I can't imagine what possessed him to think he could rival Fritz Lang's "M". The disclaimer after the first murder that the victims weren't "outraged or tampered with". Which forces the viewer to think of child rape as well as murder. Almost as obscenely offensive as Jim Backus at 13:00. The ending was quite dark but effective.

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[@ceolaalexander2418]

I so loved RAYMOND BURR.that I would watch a dog fight if he was starring in it.❤😊

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Welcome. I posted 3 other movies he appears in: "Gorilla at Large" (1954) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqimZJWLn8R2aac & "Please Murder Me!" (1956) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4Gsk39nhJatrdU & "Sleep, My Love" (1948) kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6Oac3SHmalgnNE

[@mannywilliams6409]

From the comments already given I may be alone in this opinion, but even having to put up with subtitles I prefer Lang's original version. If nothing else but for Peter Lorres portrait of M.

[@c.a.savage5689]

You are not alone. This is a weak, very weak imitation of the genuine article.

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[@stevevilinsky7464]

To SA Savage,I respect your opinions on both films, but I stand pat on my belief’s.

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It's "C.A". You're entitled to your own opinion. And I'm entitled to mine.

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[@katem1472]

Brilliance 🎉

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[@tamaralangford6268]

Excellent movie

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[@GlennLaakso-ov1yh]

Not to shabby 😎🇺🇸🇫🇮🇬🇧🇵🇱

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[@brucelitow7888]

Musterhaft!

[@gerryhouska2859]

You should only kill what you will eat.

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[@skyedog24]

Well the only reason I watched it was because I happened to notice Martin Gable. Arlene Francis husband what's My line.

[@c.a.savage5689]

He's actually quite good.

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