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The Green Glove
In This Deadly Game... He Could Lose Only Once!
In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gauntlet (a stolen religious relic). Years later, financial reverses lead Mike to return in search of the object. In Paris, he must dodge mysterious followers and a corpse that's hard to explain; so he and attractive tour guide Christine decamp on a cross-country pursuit that becomes love on the run...then takes yet another turn.
- Original title
- The Green Glove
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Sep 9, 2022 · via TMDB
I can't help think that Glenn Ford was just the wrong man for the part here. He portrays "Mike" - a GI who returns to France after WWII to track down an artefact that he encountered at the end of the war - one that could reverse his rather meagre financial fortunes. When in Paris a corpse is found in his hotel room so he must flee the pursuing gendarmes and others on the look out for the eponymous, gem-laden, gauntlet. Luckily, he is helped by local tour guide "Christine" (Geraldine Brooks) and our adventure takes him deep into the French countryside. The story is quite good, but the execution is pretty lacklustre - Ford's heart just doesn't seem to be in it (though he isn't terrible). Brooks looks the part, but again doesn't really set any sparks flying and Sir Cedric Hardwicke's billing belies his almost cameo appearance as the Priest in the church where the glove is supposed to rest. George Macready is quite good as the nasty art dealer "Count Paul" but it's all just a bit flat. It may well have been better had it been made ten years earlier with a lesser-known star, but as it is, it is just a bit dull.
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Glenn Ford
Michael 'Mike' Blake
Geraldine Brooks
Christine 'Chris' Kenneth
Cedric Hardwicke
Father Goron
George Macready
Count Paul Rona
Gaby André
Gaby Saunders
Jany Holt
The Countess
Roger Tréville
Police Insp. Faubert
Juliette Gréco
Singer (scenes deleted)
Georges Tabet
Jacques Piotet
Meg Lemonnier
Madame Piotet
Paul Bonifas
Inspector
Jean Bretonnière
Singer
Edmond Ardisson
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Maurice Bénard
(uncredited)
Daniel Cauchy
(uncredited)
Jacques Clancy
Ivan (uncredited)
John Dehner
Narrator (uncredited)
Guy Henry
(uncredited)
Roger Legris
Conrad Vernot (uncredited)
Frédéric O'Brady
Alphonse (uncredited)
Alexandre Trauner
Art Direction
Claude Renoir
Director of Photography
Rosine Delamare
Costume Design
Rudolph Maté
Director
Pierre Laurent
Production Manager
Charles Bennett
Screenplay
Charles Bennett
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