Manpower

Edward G. Robinson and George Raft square off as utility company workers tough enough to defy death and each other while working treacherous power lines. Marlene Dietrich plays an ex-con floozy who marries one - but falls hard for the other.
Manpower
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  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: November 17, 2009
  • Originally Released: 1941
  • Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)

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User Ratings: 220
Working man melodrama with good visual style. Full Review
Classic Film and Television
Jul 17, 2009
The direction is magnificent and the comic part, excellent. [Full review in Spanish] Full Review
Cine-Mundial
Sep 18, 2019
Rating: B- -- Lively, overwrought and conventional. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Jun 17, 2009

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Iconic screen tough guys Edward G. Robinson and George Raft square off for hard-hitting drama, portraying utility company workers tough enough to defy death and each other while working power lines more treacherous than snakes. It will take some kind of woman to stand up to that much manpower. Luckily, screen goddess Marlene Dietrich is just that kind of woman. She plays an ex-con and nightclub floozy who marries one of the men - but falls hard for the other.

With three great stars and plenty of breathtaking high-tower action under the taut, muscular direction of Raoul Walsh (White Heat, High Sierra), Manpower is "a cinematic depth charge" (Bosley Crowther, The New York Times).

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MANPOWER was Warner Bros' latest reworking of 1932's TIGER SHARK, with power-company linemen substituting for tuna fisherman. While repair some downed lines in a heavy thunderstorm, Hank McHenry (Edward G. Robinson) saves the life of his best pal Johnny Marshall (George Raft). While Johnny emerges from the experience unscathed, Hank is permanently crippled. He takes this misfortune in stride, but Johnny vows to look after Hank's best interests for the rest of their lives. When Hank marries blowzy nightclub hostess Fay Duval (Marlene Dietrich), Johnny is disdainful, convinced that Fay is playing Hank for a sucker. While recuperating in Hank's home after a slight injury, Johnny confesses to Fay that he's in love with her, a feeling that turns out to be mutual. Out of loyalty to Hank, Johnny refuses to have anything to do with Fay, who finally decides to leave town rather than break up the men's friendship. But Fay cannot stay away from Johnny, forcing him to confront the ever-trusting Hank with the truth, leading inexorably to the film's violent conclusion on a precariously high utility pole. A few comic interludes aside, MANPOWER is virile, gutsy entertainment; the fact that Edward G. Robinson and George Raft did not get along at all during shooting-resulting in a well-publicized on-set fistfight-only adds to the film's crackling tension.

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Raft and Dietrich Awesome! Movie Lover: from BEEVILLE, TX US -- September, 4, 2013

I bought this movie to add to my George Raft collection. George Raft is as cool, suave, handsome, and tough as ever! The supporting players, particularly Alan Hale, are extremely annoying. They seem to be improvising, thinking they are so much fun but coming across as over the top vulgar and unlikeable. It is really bad when you start to weep because one of the power linemen actually survives a near fatal accident. That can't be right.


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  • UPC: 883316222294
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