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We're No Angels
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We're No Angels is a 1955 American film directed by Michael Curtiz. Set in North America and Cayenne, it is a comedy, Christmas, and crime film starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Ranald MacDougall and Albert Husson, with cinematography by Loyal Griggs, editing by Arthur P. Schmidt, and music by Friedrich Hollaender.
The film was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and was also made available through Netflix. It runs 106 minutes, was originally presented in English, and earned revenue of $3,000,000.
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7.2Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.
Cast
- Humphrey Bogart as Joseph
- Aldo Ray as Albert
- Peter Ustinov as Jules
- Joan Bennett as Amelie Ducotel
- Basil Rathbone as Andre Trochard
- Leo G. Carroll as Felix Ducotel
Themes
- prison
- prisoner
- prison escape
- devil's island
- christmas
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
12,000 votes
Metacritic
51/100
- Year
- 1955
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Romance
- Rated
- Not Rated
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Michael Curtiz
- Screenplay by
- Ranald MacDougall
- Based on
- La Cuisine Des Anges , by Albert Husson
- Produced by
- Pat Duggan
- Starring
- Humphrey Bogart , Aldo Ray , Peter Ustinov
- Cinematography
- Loyal Griggs
- Edited by
- Arthur P. Schmidt
- Music by
- Frederick Hollander
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- July 7, 1955 ( 1955-07-07 )
- Running time
- 106 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, French
- Box office
- $3 million (US/Canada rentals)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Screenwriter
- Albert Husson
- Composer
- Friedrich Hollaender
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Loyal Griggs
- Narrative location
- Cayenne
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 107048
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1955-01-01
- film editor
- Arthur P. Schmidt
- title
- We're No Angels
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- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
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- Commons category
- We're No Angels
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Encyclopedic overview
We're No Angels is a 1955 American Christmas comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Leo G. Carroll, and Gloria Talbott. Shot in both VistaVision and Technicolor, the film was a Paramount Pictures release.
The screenplay was written by Ranald MacDougall, based on the French play La Cuisine Des Anges by Albert Husson. Husson's play had been adapted into the successful Broadway play My Three Angels by Samuel and Bella Spewack, but the film purported to be based on the Husson original rather than the Spewacks' adaptation. The Spewacks sued Paramount four months after the film was released. As Howard Thompson wrote in the New York Times review of the Curtiz film, "Oddly enough, the new Paramount comedy, We're No Angels, gives sole credit to the Gallic original, then stalks the Spewacks almost scene by scene, without, alas, most of the fun."
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