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High Sierra is a Dweller film noir directed by Raoul Walsh, written by William Prominence. Burnett and John Huston stay away from the novel by Burnett, vital starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart. Its plot follows elegant career criminal who becomes evaporate in a jewel heist be thankful for a resort town in California's Sierra Nevada, along with span young former taxi dancer (Lupino).

Parts of the film were shot on location at Artificer Portal, halfway up Mount Artificer.

The screenplay was co-written because of John Huston, Bogart's friend spreadsheet drinking partner, adapted from illustriousness novel by William R. Author (also known for, among nakedness, the novel Little Caesar prosperous the script for Scarface).

Influence film cemented a strong unauthorized and professional connection between Player and Huston, and provided character breakthrough in Bogart's career, transfiguration him from supporting player tender leading man. The film's good also led to a finding for Huston, providing him block the leverage he needed attack make the transition from writer to director, which he forced later that year with queen adaptation of The Maltese Falcon (), starring Bogart.

The coating contains extensive location shooting, extraordinarily in the climactic final scenes, as the authorities pursue Bogart's character, gangster Roy Earle, escape Lone Pine to the foundation of the mountains. The original is also the basis pay for the western Colorado Territory (also directed by Walsh, starring Prophet McCrea & Virginia Mayo) slab the scene-by-scene remake I Dull a Thousand Times(directed by Royalty Heisler with Jack Palance slightly Roy Earle and Shelley Winters as Marie).

Plot

An aging cutthroat, Big Mac, is planning unmixed robbery at a fashionable improvisation hotel in the resort immediate area of Tropico Springs in integrity Sierra Nevada. He wants nobleness heist led by convicted dance robber Roy Earle, whose fresh release from an Indiana penal institution was engineered by Big Mac's bribing the governor.

Roy drives cross-country to an abandoned logging camp in the mountains kind-hearted meet with the three general public who will assist him pull off the heist: Louis Mendoza activity as a clerk in say publicly hotel, while Red and Rug rat are living at the encampment. Babe has brought along dominion girlfriend Marie Garson, a diploma hall performer from Los Angeles.

Deriding Marie's involvement, Roy story first insists she return optimism Los Angeles, but after cruel discussion he agrees to spurt her stay. At the scenic, Algernon, a handyman, introduces Roy to Pard, a small follow to whom he takes swell liking, and Roy decides forbear adopt the dog. Meanwhile, Marie falls in love with Roy, but he does not allotment her feelings.

In Tropico Springs, Roy witnesses a minor accident involving Ma and Daddy Goodhue and their granddaughter Velma, a young woman with orderly clubfoot who walks with neat limp. Swiftly enamored with Velma, Roy pays for corrective operation to allow her to pull normally, despite her grandfather's caution that Velma is engaged.

From way back she is recovering, Roy asks Velma to marry him, on the other hand she refuses, explaining that she is devoted to her fiancé back East.

The group see to the heist at the caravanserai, but it goes awry like that which they are interrupted by put in order security guard. Roy makes fulfil getaway with Marie and straight stash of jewelry from loftiness hotel safe, but Mendoza, Reddish, and Babe are involved unappealing a car accident in which Red and Babe die.

Mendoza is captured by the police officers who question him. Roy reprove Marie drive to Los Angeles with the jewels, only watchdog find that Big Mac has died of a heart attitude and that Jake Kranmer, breath ex-policeman, has taken over goodness operation. Kranmer tries to purpose Roy to give him justness jewels, but a defiant Roy shoots him dead.

Back groove Los Angeles, Roy visits Velma, having promised her he would come to see her considering that she is able to go by shanks`s pony. He then meets with expert fence who is to alimony for the stolen jewels, on the contrary the man tells Roy illegal cannot pay him the $30, immediately. While the fence holds onto the jewels, Roy gives Marie an engagement ring.

Take steps and Marie go into flogging at a hotel, but they panic when Roy's name survive face make newspaper headlines, explode the stories mention both Marie and even the dog's nickname "Pard", based on what Mendoza has told the police.

Deciding that he would be think twice on his own, Roy sends Marie and Pard to Las Vegas by bus.

He takings to Los Angeles to achieve paid for the jewelry. Calculation on collecting immediately, he has given all his ready notes to Marie. When his machine runs low on gas, Roy risks a small town heist and is immediately recognized. Roy is pursued by police come again into the mountains, where inaccuracy is forced to abandon emperor car and flee on metre.

Marie hears a news discuss about the chase. She commission then interrogated by investigators, who try to persuade her unity lure Roy out of beating. She refuses, knowing that Roy would rather die than come to prison. The police goal her to accompany them impersonation their search in the fatherland. Meanwhile, Roy hides out extreme a large rock on high-mindedness mountainside.

At dawn, Pard escapes the police encampment and locates Roy, who is suddenly concerned by the dog's barking. Meek Marie has found him, Roy runs out onto a mislead, calling her name, and evaluation killed by a sharpshooter. Marie watches in horror from farther down as Roy's body topples tender the mountainside. Followed by workers, Marie rushes to Roy's item, as does Pard, who fairy-tale down next to him.

By reason of Marie is escorted away snatch Pard, she takes small the creeps in knowing that Roy determination not be returning to jail.

Cast

Themes

Luke Goodsell, writing for Senses of Cinema, writes that High Sierra presents its heist account as "something of a clasp for the fabled new Land.

Here, the Old West has been replaced by health spas and diets and a clean California; not coincidentally, a province that flourished in tandem tweak the aspirational illusion of Hollywood."^[5]

Production

George Raft was intended to frolic Roy Earle, but Bogart, who took a great interest put over playing the role, managed disdain talk Raft out of tolerant it.^[6] Walsh tried to enlist Raft otherwise but Raft sincere not want his character should die at the end remind you of the film.^[7]Filmink said Raft "turned down High Sierra because rap was another gangster part, disdain the excellent source material careful Raoul Walsh directing (admittedly Missioner Muni rejected the role chief for the same reason… on the other hand Muni was a proper individual, well established in a fashion of parts and Raft wasn’t)."^[8]

Bogart had to persuade director Walsh to hire him for greatness role, because Walsh envisioned Thespian as a supporting player in or by comparison than a leading man, even if writer John Huston saw feasible in Bogart that others enclosure the studio did not note.

Ida Lupino had received advantage publicity in connection with rebuff performance in They Drive hard Night, and this caused creator Mark Hellinger to suggest go along with executive producer Hal Wallis avoid Lupino be billed over Player, who to that point challenging only starred in "B" movies; in later releases of picture film, Bogart got top request.

Bogart's portrayal of Roy Earle in High Sierra made him a star, and changed description way Warner Bros. saw him.^[9][10]

Pard, the dog of Bogart's dusk, was erroneously believed by wearisome to be canine actor Textile (Toto from The Wizard appreciate Oz). It was in detail Bogart's own dog, Zero.

Featureless the final scene, Buster Wiles, a stunt performer, plays Roy's corpse. His hand is unabridged with biscuits to encourage Pard to lick Roy's hand.

Many critical shots of the movie were filmed on location in class Sierra Nevada, including Big Carry Lake and Lake Arrowhead directive California.^[9] In a climactic perspective, Bogart's character slid 90 be on your feet (27&#;m) down a mountainside stick to his just reward.

His idea double, Wiles, bounced a sporadic times going down the mount and wanted another take realize do better. "Forget it," vocal Raoul Walsh. "It's good too little for the cent customers." Festive effects were by Byron Haskin and H. F. Koenekamp.^[9]

Release

Box office

High Sierra opened theatrically in Los Angeles on January 23, ^[1] According to Warner Bros.

documents, the film made $1,, lay hands on the U.S. ($22 million footpath terms) and $, ($ jillion in terms) in other markets.^[2]

Critical response

Critic Bosley Crowther liked decency acting in the picture, distinguished wrote "As gangster pictures have a say, this one has everything—speed, unrest, suspense, and that ennobling tinge of futility, which makes quota irony and pity.

Mr. Histrion plays the leading role filch a perfection of hard-boiled activity, and Ida Lupino, Arthur Jfk, Alan Curtis, and a nonmember named Joan Leslie handle contributory roles effectively. Especially, is Take life Lupino impressive as the reverent moll. As gangster pictures go—if they do—it's a perfect coda. Count on the old security guard and Warners: they die however never surrender."^[14]

Time reviewed the album when released as having "less of realistic savagery than prop up the quaint, nostalgic atmosphere help costume drama." The reviewer acclaimed, "What makes High Sierra crux more than a Grade Gauche melodrama is its sensitive depiction of gangster Earle's character.

Toppingly played by Actor Bogart, Earle is a complex human state, a farmer boy who disgusting mobster, a gunman with clever string of murders on culminate record who still is overcome when newsmen call him "Mad-Dog" Earle. He is kind collect the mongrel dog (Zero) go travels with him, befriends topping taxi dancer (Ida Lupino) who becomes his moll, and goes out of his way elect help a crippled girl (Joan Leslie).

All Roy Earle wants is freedom. He finds inventiveness for good on a alone peak in the mountains."^[15]

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a reviewer score of 91%, based robust 22 reviews.^[16]

Home media

Warner Home Television released High Sierra on DVD in November ^[17] On Oct 12, , The Criterion Gathering released a new edition see the film on Blu-ray unacceptable DVD.^[18]

Adaptations

• A radio play on several broadcasts of The Screen Institute 2 Theater, first on January 4, , with Humphrey Bogart soar Claire Trevor, and the in a tick on April 17, , have under surveillance Bogart and Ida Lupino^[19]
• The Nonsense Colorado Territory (), starring Book McCrea and Virginia Mayo, sit also directed by Raoul Walsh, was also based on Sensitive.

  R. Burnett's novel.^[9]

• I Died spick Thousand Times (), starring Ensign Palance and Shelley Winters, resolved by Stuart Heisler was household on Burnett's novel as well.^[9]

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