The Big Bluff (1955) [Film Noir] [Drama]

The suave Don Juan Ricardo 'Rick' De Villa (John Bromfield) and his married lover Fritzi Darvel would like to take off together, but his lack of money prevents them from doing so. A chance encounter introduces Rick to the young, but terminally ill socialite Valerie Bancroft (Martha Vickers), in whom Rick sees the solution to his predicament. Rick sweeps her off her feet and they soon marry, although Valerie's entourage are suspicious of him. Rick then proceeds to try and bring about Valerie's demise so he can inherit her wealth and live the good life with Fritzi.
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Directed and produced by W. Lee Wilder, written by Mindret Lord (story) and Fred Freiberger (screenplay), starring John Bromfield as Ricardo 'Rick' De Villa, Martha Vickers as Valerie Bancroft, Robert Hutton as Dr. Peter Kirk, Rosemarie Stack as Fritzi Darvel, Eve Miller as Marsha Jordan, Max Palmer as Detective Sgt. John Fullmer, Eddie Bee as Don Darvel, Robert Bice as Dr. Tom Harrison, Pierre Watkin as Jim Winthrop, Beal Wong as Art Dealer, Rusty Wescoatt as Husky Detective at Finale, Mitchell Kowall as Coroner, Jack, Daly as Master of Ceremonies, Paul McGuire as William (the butler), George Conrad as Bell Boy and Kay Garrett as Waiter.
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Source: "The Big Bluff" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 28 November 2012. Web. 17 March 2013. en.wikipedia.or....
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[@ewalker1057]

Loved these movies. Back then it was only the plot, actors and directors. That's why they are much better than what comes out of Hollywood today.

[@AlexanderHugo]

Very entertaining for a low budget film , no fluff or computer generated crap .👏 thanks for posting .

[@XyzXyz-mm9vq]

This film had no special sound/visual effects, no vulgar dialogue nor sex/brutal scenes and yet it did just fine with its interesting plot and even better ending! Thank you for uploading it.

[@eyeOOsee]

+Iwona Narcja YES, Iwona!! Isn't that the truth!! There's no reason that they cannot STILL make films this way......but they CHOOSE not to....so sad, I really appreciate these old black an white films without the overt bloody and violent scenes! Thank you for you comment, I couldn't agree more!!!!!

[@illuminatianonymous9420]

Xyz Xyz I'm glad there are others who feel the same way. They can make movies like this today but the pedophiles who are in charge in Hollywood are competing to see who can sink lower in the gutter than the other. The progressive alt-left is responsible and needs to be exposed.

[@EliezerPennywhistler]

They make 'em that way and no one goes to see 'em. In 2017 did you see: I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore. Manifesto. Personal Shopper. Collosal. Graduation. Okja. The Beguiled. A Quiet Passion. The Big Sick. The Lost City of Z?

[@PuertoPrincessa15]

Couldn't have said it better myself 🩷👍

[@CJ-jf9pz]

I'm old but not that old. I'm in my forties now. There was a time in my younger years I wanted raunchy and whatnot. But as I've gotten older I'm tired of it. Very little of new Hollywood entertains me. I'm more entertained by old Westerns or film noir than stuff of today. I feel I'm in the minority though. I'm sick of f this and f that and everything revolving around sex. I realize though, even back in the good ole days, no one was perfect. But I still love old filsmymore than newer.

[@elmagodelmaryahoo]

A wonderfully "suspenseful" film plot.... with the missed "gotcha" opportunities with the pill boxes, and then with that ever-welcome little "twist" at the End!!! The sheer "sleaziness" of both Ricardo and Fritzi alone makes this Well Worth Watching = Pure B&W American Noir ala the 1950s!!! THX Timeless Classics for the upload. INDEED a "timeless classic"!!

[@elmagodelmaryahoo]

And PS: I LUVED the shots of the original Royal Hawaiian Hotel, back when there was virtually nothing else on Waikiki….. and where I was "almost" born in '53'!!!

[@ddkay63]

One of the best movies in this genre that actually had a twisty-turn ending. Why don't they make movies like this anymore? Thank you so much for uploading!

[@willtopower2158]

Don't make films like this anymore because people have the attention span of a fly!

[@joseramone9802]

Pure drama, thanks.

[@jacquelinejanz8466]

Will To Power Side effects of poison Can’t focus

[@slythewhyissilent]

Because they're to busy trying to socially engineer society.

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[@stephenhickey1709]

Love the way the doctor says she must take it easy while blowing cigarette smoke at her over breakfast...

[@chirellealanalooney8454]

Can anyone please tell me why people always say, "Are you alright?", or "Are you okay?" Especially when they know perfectly well, that the person is NOT okay at all !!!! This is one great movie, with a real surprise ending !!! Loved it !!!

[@PrimoStracciatella]

It's the same with banging a dozen times on the cradle of a phone when they get disconnected.

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@@PrimoStracciatella, do you know when idiots feel "tapping" crazily and making other riders think it magically works to get on or off the elevator?! More people do it than not! Please stay well & safe! Pax

[@michaelwertzy9808]

Quit banging the button, NOW!

[@paulcaron400]

Yeah I know what you mean 😉

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[@judyledbetter3915]

Really Good One 👌 Thank You, Timeless Classic Movies.💗 God Bless.💗🙌

[@EasyZee69]

A satisfying and proper ending. I'm really enjoying the films on this channel. Thanks for the uploads.

[@gurlkat24]

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. "

[@jesusapolicarpio-delacruz3851]

LOOKS LIKE THE CONSENSUS ENJOYED THE ENIGMATIC ENDING, KATHY!!! THANX for the UNCONDITIONAL UP~LOAD, FOLKS!!!

[@kittyhawk8414]

That was well written and ended like a Hitchcock film.

[@rem2267]

Very good movie with a decent cast and an unspected ending. I NEVER would have guessed it. Thanks for uploading this!

[@mr.blackhawk142]

I like the SPECTED endings mucho better! L0L

[@Msladybugslayer]

What a great drama! Love the end served him right lol

[@sandrapatterson2916]

Absolutely!

[@gregorymcleod1347]

Love it how Rick gets hung with a murder rap. I love film noir movies! This movie was so good!

[@EliezerPennywhistler]

Amazing how many clarinet and bongo sounds you can get out of a conga drum if you try hard enough.

[@deborahleone4351]

Excellent ending! Bravo to the story writer!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@monaattianese9838]

Wow this is one terrific plot... never heard of it . And I watch a lot of film noir. Great story

[@alvinjones670]

EXCELLENT FILM AND THE ENDING IS AWESOME THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD!!!💯💯💯👊👊👊

[@jameskthompson9469]

My newest hobbie , watching film noire...thank you upload, this was a gem.

[@erikhertzer8434]

James K Thompson : me too!

[@cchild9110]

James K Thompson This was absolutely fabulous. My favorite hobby.

[@MajorWolfgangHochstetter]

Me too!

[@trapper1064]

Dear James from a four-year-old comment of yours -- and I don't usually correct individuals, but, c'mon, HOBBIE, 'look at Bobbie workin' at the hobbie lobbie, with his friend Suzie what a sillie boobie!' -- it's hobby. Sorrie dude! Anyway...the END of this movie (movy, or movey) how deliciously frustrating! A dark film with that expected cynical twist at the end which has me rooting for the 'bad guys'.

[@enniswhalen2428]

@@trapper1064 - I am addicted to these flicks!

[@heatherbowlan1961]

Very good old drama ! The name is very fitting .🙏❤️🇨🇦

[@kennyc388]

Many days I watch three or four film noir offerings and never hear one "fuck" or anything else for that matter, out of any ones mouth. No blood or bullet holes either......it wasn't even needed with those priceless gems!

[@mikethomas5231]

Anton Bouchette:👍👍👍👍.

[@kprieto2655]

Ok well thanks for providing us with the missing 'f' word! There was plenty of sooting in films nior...just because you didn't see any blood didn't make the victims ant less dead.

[@cchild9110]

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS! Thank you!

[@johnbuchinsky3193]

Real good twist. Not even the one I predicted. I love plots I can not figure out. Good show. Great writing, LOVED the movie. Thanks a bunch.

[@Mimi-ex6jo]

Remind me of Alfred Hitchcock movies with the twist🍿👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🍿

[@Footprintsinthegarden]

That was an awesome twist!! I love it!!!! 👏👏👏

[@cchild9110]

LOVE this movie! What an ending. WELL DONE. ❤

[@mr.blackhawk142]

I'm NOT gonna love it and jou can't make me!

[@Occupuyourspine]

very unusual twist to the plot in this one, good movie. You will never guess the ending.

[@pauljoseph8691]

A bluff

[@carlmorris6744]

What a gem of a film noir. Four stars. That ending is incredibly never saw it coming. I recently watched another classic film noir, “Detour” it’s ending is another one. Those movies were from the Golden Age Of Hollywood. Those screenwriters were excellent.

[@heatherfulmore3412]

Nice

[@jolly7728]

Love is blind, they say. Classic movies like this prove the point with great flair. Such pictures are so enjoyable to watch because we all want to tell the wealthy girl she's being conned, but we can't. So, we keep watching to see who will open her eyes before it's too late. The Don Juan character is such a "perfect phony." Ugh...and that pencil mustache should be a dead giveaway!

[@Rogue849]

Whoa that was indeed an awesome twist. I tried to guess what it would be, but it really surprises you.

[@freddiemiranda5366]

this is the kind of movie that mature and smart people will appreciate, and thank you for downloading it, and lets forget about all the political nonsense and try to respect and get along with one and others.

[@deniseandrews113]

Great movie! Shades of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" morality play. Thanks for posting, I just subscribed ..

[@mytyrel420]

"Hey baby, where's your BUSINESS sense?!" 😂

[@godfreecharlie]

When you spin a dozen tales things get a bit complicated. Trying to keep them all in synch is harder the more you spin. Constructing a scenario using those lies is dependent upon everything going exactly right. When something unexpected happens the whole bundle unravels. Whoops! Great movie TCM. Thanks for sharing. This was a very nice way to get thru a 4 am sleepless night.

[@2204franziska]

Excellent movie. People on here are right. They don't make movies like this anymore.

[@reach4thestars67]

Good movie. Thank you for uploading.

[@Mid-American]

Better than I thought it would be. Great ending.

[@dominicpiscopo7915]

Did anyone else have trouble getting this film to run on a continuous basis? This is the third time it has stopped I think one more time n I’ll go to another film

[@thisisme3238]

Good movie with a definite surprise ending! 👍

[@billybob9961]

Thank you for the movies please keep posting new ones

[@nataliehale2312]

It's late for me but this is my second movie 🤗 Tonite.....turned the t.v.off don't know why I am paying cable🙄....I just don't want to go to sleep.....by the way I am retired....I can watch these uploads for as long as I live.....as long as I have utube.... Thank you to whoever came up with this genius idea....keep em coming 🤗🤗🤗🙏

[@merewynyard5813]

I'm 74, wasn't interested in the old black and white movies..until one popped up on my phone 4 months ago, now I can't stop Binging...some of the actresses and actors I'm seeing for the first time..and most of them run rings around those of today!!!😮

[@garyc39]

Remember when doctors made house calls

[@GreatDayEveryone]

Wish I'd been around to see these old movies in a theater. For $.25! Great distraction since we're all stuck at home

[@watercloset99]

Whose stuck @ home. Live your life; go to the park; go on vacation...do something instead of complaining about being "stuck @ home." You sound like a child.

[@davids8113]

What a great ending ! Almost bailed on this a couple of times but the payoff was worth it !

[@geminijohnson4019]

I love black and white movies

[@nessaj4522]

Tricky Ricky, he was horrible!! Kool movie Thank U for the post. Boy love will get U in lots of blind trouble sometimes..

[@rhinohouse1161]

" I'd have dropped both if those earrings if I'd seen him first." Classic...

[@terrytay1774]

John Bromfield had the looks n acting skill to be a Hollywood leading man. It really seems a matter of luck, knowing the right connections/people n maybe the casting couch are the route to be a leading Hollywood actor!

[@76marji]

love that ending!!😂

[@babydriver8134]

I like how the two uniformed idiots stood there while the detectives wrestled with the guy.

[@OMProductions81]

Loved this movie. Great twist at the end. Nice work.

[@grnbn]

LOVE the plot twists! You don't know the ending until the last few seconds!

[@gdude3957]

Justice with a twist. Loved it.

[@82sac]

Great movie. Thanks for posting.

[@Mary-rg4tl]

Ahhhhhh Haaaaaa! Busted! Great ending! Good movie! Thanks for posting 😁👍✌

[@Democracy-gq5uh]

I love the way they send Valerie, a terminally ill heart patient to a place that has dancing, & drinking on the premises. Then they don't tell her about her condition. Her companion goes off dating. She is supposed to protect the party girl from her own unknown heart condition. Great movie about human failing. Rick is broke & hunts for a wealthy lady, in hopes of hitting the jackpot. He wears her down by getting her to drink and attend horse races & marriage. What a cad he is!

[@jackieharpold1664]

Loved that movie and the way it came out.

[@DancingQueenie]

A bit of Henry James - The Wings of the Dove. Great stories retold.

[@OEllsworth]

Yes, indeed. It's been a long time since I read that (or anything else from H.J.), but I rechecked the plot, and you are correct. Other people here have noticed that as well.

[@kev3d]

What is with everyone lying to this poor girl? The doctors won't even give her and honest prognosis and everyone treats her like a child.

[@djr6876]

‘Rick’, deliciously smarmy.

[@mikethomas6513]

Love these funky ol` Noir thrillers.

[@divingduck1970]

Thanks for this!

[@crapstermcduck6593]

What a great movie!!!

[@DurgaDas96]

I remember the time, as a kid in the 50’s when it was normal for the patient not to be told of a terminal diagnosis. Hard to believe today. Today that would be considered unethical and immoral.

[@orchidlilly7518]

Thanks very much TCM*

[@joylynne8]

Excellent movie!

[@sirsidfosse1313]

When movies had story instead of special effects, juvenile fantasies, crude dialog, list goes on.

[@ambskater97]

+Phllip Mclennan They still do .You just ain't looking.

[@gildamarlowe5110]

funny

[@jodygoar7071]

Only to weak-kneed, cosmopolitans.

[@illuminatianonymous9420]

Proximity Symbol Here we go with the racist remarks. Smart people run things. Sorry, that's the way it is.

[@EliezerPennywhistler]

They still do. In 2017 did you see: I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore. Manifesto. Personal Shopper. Collosal. Graduation. Okja. The Beguiled. A Quiet Passion. The Big Sick. The Lost City of Z?

[@chirellealanalooney8454]

Geez, Fritzi is so desperately needy & in Ricks face, it's almost sickening.

[@mikeellis9720]

And accuses him of being a two-😂faced cheat!!

[@alexiofernandes2728]

Intricate plot! Thanks!

[@pyconsable]

Very entertaining well done

[@cathyf.2672]

Thanks for uploading. The script, filming, scenery and John Bromfield was good but the rest was not. The best part was the surprise in the middle.

[@teresas8173]

Great movie from start to finish!

[@elijahrose2144]

Great movie 🍿, worthy of seeing as your own copy 9stars🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟

[@aileen694]

Great one, thks!

[@maxied1]

Can you get "The Clay Pigeon"? Love this channel. Love the old movies. Thank you!

[@paulstark6818]

A good mystery thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@southerncross3638]

It's like reading a good novel, nothing like the junk today .

[@pollydoodles123]

Loved It!

[@carlreed6186]

You Gotta love the ending

[@ivonb.a3244]

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[@thialove2121]

Oh YES! I wish all soul suckers got what was coming to them! Great story.

[@dannygillingham7904]

Omg, people were really ruthless, when it comes to killing off your spouse or family member, just to cash in on an inheritance??? like, money means more to them than their own flesh and blood? as the saying goes, you can't take it with you, once your time is up on this earth. Shame on them!

[@MajorWolfgangHochstetter]

That was a good flick!

[@mirjanakelicbabic6178]

Thanks for uploading

[@johnedwards4394]

Great plot.

[@eyeOOsee]

Thank you so much for sharing this film!! Great ending!! Good video quality, too! LOVE your channel and please keep up the fantastic work you do!! You are more appreciated than you may know!! :-)

[@bobbrooks6837]

B bbb.

[@jewlij]

love the ending

[@paulbroderick5358]

Great movie, five stars. I see Rick was driving an old fashioned Triumph TR made in my old home town, Coventry England.

[@southerncross3638]

Unbelievable, an MG with a working electrical system. LOL.

[@robertrobinson3861]

@@southerncross3638 No, not an MG. It's a Triumph. Still English though.

[@shirleyfunte3063]

Excellent t show...

[@royrayburn1503]

The lead guy could have been an A list actor. Had looks and charisma

[@roula49]

good movie and story!

[@robertrobinson3861]

Anyone else notice the film was reversed at about 58.40 when Darvel throws his cigarette over the edge of his right side door just before he drives off?

[@mikeellis9720]

In his Nash Metropolitan!

[@billwilliamson9842]

pretty good, bit of a B movie but has so many things in it that make it very cool (old cars,clothes, charisma etc)

[@nirmalan5590]

This movie seems to have been produced only recently.So fresh!

[@HouseScraper]

This was good

[@lukesinclair5668]

Great movie, but don't make the mistake of going through the comments before watching. A couple people let their exuberance reveal the ending.

[@richardnogan4579]

Ah, you have to love karma. For a low budget movie I enjoyed it, well done.

[@browill9]

Loved it. Thanx

[@BeverlyM52]

So much fun to find a really good one! :)

[@rclc93]

Ha, ha, ha! What a great ending!

[@savitrifrancis1232]

Wow, had to laugh at the way this ended. Classical case of what is known as "digging your own grave!!"

[@ellencole9006]

Why would have taken such a risk ,he knew she was going to die. Liked the ending.

[@lavernletman6332]

Great movie!