Meta tags:

Headings (most frequently used words):

out, of, the, past, contents, plot, cast, production, reception, box, office, adaptations, see, also, references, external, links,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (176), and (73), out (47), past (46), jeff (42), film (35), films (28), with (22), kathie (21), whit (19), his (17), american (16), for (16), from (15), that (15), noir (14), mitchum (14), all (13), 1947 (13), edit (13), but (13), him (13), was (12), robert (11), eels (11), she (11), about (10), jacques (10), tourneur (10), retrieved (10), mainwaring (9), greer (9), douglas (9), ann (9), fisher (9), wikipedia (8), rko (8), new (8), has (8), isbn (8), their (8), kirk (8), national (7), which (7), her (7), 000 (7), stefanos (7), english (6), pictures (6), york (6), other (6), 1946 (6), daniel (6), november (6), times (6), james (6), review (6), also (6), jane (6), one (6), who (6), very (6), this (5), page (5), united (5), registry (5), 1991 (5), webb (5), set (5), san (5), francisco (5), black (5), cinema (5), richard (5), role (5), its (5), well (5), into (5), there (5), time (5), novel (5), kid (5), gallows (5), high (5), meta (5), records (5), contents (4), search (4), commons (4), 2026 (4), articles (4), release (4), january (4), february (4), short (4), language (4), crime (4), drama (4), states (4), directed (4), shot (4), city (4), based (4), detective (4), way (4), man (4), links (4), 1999 (4), history (4), oclc (4), guide (4), sun (4), ebert (4), library (4), rough (4), see (4), gas (4), again (4), office (4), story (4), are (4), when (4), nicholas (4), musuraca (4), production (4), greatest (4), town (4), before (4), homes (4), rhonda (4), fleming (4), had (4), duff (4), cain (4), build (4), jim (4), asks (4), away (4), police (4), affidavit (4), hide (4), move (4), sidebar (4), table (3), view (3), may (3), you (3), wikimedia (3), use (3), last (3), wikidata (3), date (3), written (3), 2025 (3), title (3), stars (3), they (3), love (3), com (3), related (3), schatz (3), volume (3), london (3), california (3), press (3), william (3), halliwell (3), chicago (3), roger (3), agee (3), group (3), radio (3), congress (3), preservation (3), guides (3), made (3), appearance (3), station (3), markham (3), death (3), wrote (3), after (3), self (3), where (3), going (3), were (3), real (3), cinematography (3), actor (3), played (3), geoffrey (3), account (3), read (3), cast (3), virginia (3), huston (3), what (3), screenplay (3), moffat (3), bailey (3), bridgeport (3), killed (3), them (3), dead (3), down (3), apartment (3), uncredited (3), article (3), tools (3), main (3), languages (2), toggle (2), contact (2), privacy (2), policy (2), under (2), terms (2), profit (2), inc (2), edited (2), categories (2), link (2), unsourced (2), statements (2), description (2), roy (2), los (2), angeles (2), acapulco (2), novels (2), white (2), sign (2), org (2), 1959 (2), 1958 (2), night (2), 1956 (2), great (2), 1955 (2), 1951 (2), 1950 (2), 1948 (2), express (2), 1944 (2), 1943 (2), don (2), 1940 (2), 1939 (2), romance (2), 1933 (2), 1931 (2), not (2), worth (2), archived (2), tcm (2), movie (2), media (2), wikiquote (2), external (2), 1997 (2), university (2), 1940s (2), 408 (2), legacy (2), movies (2), 1984 (2), rogerebert (2), reviews (2), against (2), odds (2), metacritic (2), rotten (2), tomatoes (2), muller (2), eddie (2), 2021 (2), running (2), 978 (2), dark (2), world (2), kael (2), pauline (2), leslie (2), 1989 (2), cigarettes (2), universal (2), 2022 (2), variety (2), crowther (2), bosley (2), 2008 (2), ottoson (2), 1981 (2), reference (2), lee (2), baby (2), kevin (2), charles (2), clark (2), benjamin (2), cutler (2), 1867 (2), present (2), future (2), vol (2), light (2), robin (2), bishop (2), pdf (2), 2020 (2), post (2), 2004 (2), top (2), references (2), cult (2), characters (2), years (2), adaptations (2), box (2), score (2), wistful (2), uses (2), acclaim (2), gave (2), moody (2), melodrama (2), empty (2), mood (2), audience (2), eye (2), noirs (2), job (2), whose (2), eyes (2), seen (2), now (2), life (2), pulls (2), critic (2), noted (2), strong (2), direction (2), himself (2), paul (2), valentine (2), makes (2), upon (2), been (2), private (2), dickie (2), moore (2), roles (2), get (2), considered (2), although (2), find (2), reception (2), having (2), produced (2), director (2), recommended (2), draft (2), hired (2), warren (2), while (2), several (2), poem (2), haman (2), line (2), leonard (2), joe (2), miller (2), jack (2), steve (2), brodie (2), carson (2), sterling (2), trails (2), returns (2), mansion (2), discovers (2), three (2), murders (2), drives (2), then (2), hides (2), can (2), return (2), murder (2), lake (2), tahoe (2), body (2), surprised (2), learn (2), found (2), claims (2), retrieves (2), already (2), explains (2), meet (2), girlfriend (2), tracked (2), mountain (2), along (2), plot (2), starring (2), frank (2), fenton (2), upload (2), file (2), changes (2), bahasa (2), log (2), create (2), donate (2), menu (2), add, topic, mobile, cookie, statement, statistics, developers, code, conduct, legal, safety, contacts, disclaimers, text, available, additional, apply, using, site, agree, registered, trademark, non, organization, foundation, creative, attribution, sharealike, license, rendered, parsoid, september, utc, hidden, category, template, mdy, dates, different, inducted, scored, mexico, bay, area, https, index, php, out_of_the_past, oldid, 1375611287, idref, catalonia, norway, spain, bnf, data, france, gnd, viaf, international, authority, control, databases, 1965, sea, 1964, comedy, terrors, timbuktu, giant, marathon, fearmakers, 1957, demon, nightfall, day, morning, wichita, stranger, horseback, 1953, appointment, honduras, 1952, gaucho, anne, indies, circle, danger, crown, flame, arrow, 1949, easy, living, berlin, canyon, passage, 1945, experiment, perilous, days, glory, reward, unlimited, leopard, walked, zombie, 1942, cat, people, 1941, doctors, tell, phantom, raiders, nick, carter, master, come, 1937, radium, 1934, concierge, daughters, loved, toto, stephanie, zacharek, moderntimes, filmsite, afi, catalog, feature, database, allmovie, imdb, quotations, thomas, berkeley, 40907588, 520, 22130, boom, bust, eagan, 2010, 406, 0826429777, america, authoritative, landmark, bibliography, fandom, 7624, 9896, lost, abrahams, owl, book, 8050, 1366, 5001, nights, 7th, grafton, books, 016322, via, 200, 1969, december, june, metuchen, scarecrow, 132, 6708669, 8108, 1363, server, martin, publishing, 2002, care, hagopian, state, writers, institute, crafton, donald, scribner, sons, 37608321, 684, 19585, 210, talkies, transition, sound, 1926, 173, jewell, 2016, slow, fade, decline, toronto, adam, stevenson, prose, poetry, scruggs, image, fugitive, slave, 2011, 113, 329, african, flinn, tom, 1973, velvet, trap, smith, burton, accessed, april, thrilling, 2024, washington, complete, listing, andrews, roberts, october, designated, enterprises, louis, dispatch, july, 364, ballinger, alexander, graydon, danny, 2007, 78989518, 84353, 474, 151, 2013, guardian, handler, david, august, 2019, literary, hub, march, crimereads, unsung, godfather, list, 1987, guest, hosted, surprise, gag, sequel, called, met, later, filling, saturday, live, remade, playing, inspired, variation, villain, mother, original, character, supporting, widmark, woods, bridges, rachel, ward, earned, holds, aggregation, website, consensus, summarizes, anchored, exemplary, steeped, doom, sensuality, assigned, 100, critics, indicating, weighted, average, two, four, stating, hollywood, imitating, french, models, plenty, snarling, strewn, climax, thin, suspense, trash, keep, watching, host, author, lauded, serpentine, movement, dreamily, winding, through, various, locations, shifting, rhythms, seducing, toward, hole, heart, nailed, bull, reverberations, linger, repeated, viewings, guilt, duplicity, deception, lonely, hero, need, push, bitter, end, tempting, fate, once, too, often, alley, trick, demonstrated, cameraman, throw, lot, space, exhale, produce, clouds, smoke, moods, personalities, energy, levels, guns, hostility, came, smoked, each, regard, stylish, dubbed, cigarette, smoking, tries, break, weakness, start, over, girl, weary, laconic, voice, presence, violent, wrapped, indifference, archetypal, opens, even, trouble, comes, looking, pumping, old, reaches, back, assessment, medium, grade, thriller, fairly, photographed, action, develops, routine, kind, pseudo, tension, sleepily, confident, women, slopes, clinches, expect, snore, faces, nation, characterization, pays, close, attention, development, achieving, realistic, flavor, further, emphasized, settings, topnotch, lensing, gives, faced, charming, killer, another, lending, potent, interest, believable, henchman, stand, briefly, effectively, gangster, hardboiled, staff, widely, positive, trade, publication, snappy, quite, intriguingly, smartly, magnificently, cheeky, assured, tangled, consuming, astronomical, number, displaying, nonchalance, sleek, crisp, big, crook, picturesque, only, some, knowing, half, might, more, pleasure, challenge, try, delilah, hailed, forties, contemporary, complimented, performances, did, latter, portion, hard, follow, plus, ultra, declined, lead, appears, third, credited, screen, performance, critically, debut, next, major, same, picture, occurred, 1967, west, western, strange, martha, ivers, dick, powell, john, garfield, key, personnel, design, long, collaborators, studio, focused, making, during, early, afforded, comparatively, lavish, budget, war, albert, agostino, cinematographer, worthy, addition, tough, school, presents, almost, perfect, like, approved, purchase, included, screenwriter, research, change, unsure, first, problems, narrated, convoluted, structure, paid, rewrite, second, flawed, finish, citation, needed, gallup, dozier, bogart, burnett, chandler, script, reader, retreat, writing, six, screenplays, year, tired, fiction, featuring, sleuthing, reporter, named, originated, believed, scholar, machinations, includes, length, swung, hung, 111, ken, niles, previously, known, leave, demurs, privately, pause, nods, disingenuously, heartbroken, gets, car, waves, farewell, name, garage, childhood, friend, former, beau, meeting, believes, innocence, absolutely, sure, wants, says, promises, wait, insists, run, framed, packs, phone, call, realizes, arranged, roadblock, shoots, gunned, wanted, directs, trail, helper, leads, gorge, hiding, fishing, shoot, informs, double, cross, offers, destroys, surrenders, accepts, threatening, kill, does, cooperate, deaf, mute, sneaks, overhears, arranging, discovery, confronts, signed, swearing, suggests, rekindling, leaves, arrives, assuring, tax, collateral, getting, unable, retrieve, thugs, capture, longer, mailed, lawyer, helped, dodge, taxes, blackmailing, orders, secretary, plan, recover, incriminating, suspecting, frame, still, joins, drops, off, estate, inveigles, clear, slate, lover, choice, indicates, knows, together, nothing, scornfully, rejects, reveals, surname, ago, partners, gambling, kingpin, track, stole, struck, seductive, beauty, admitted, shooting, denied, stealing, quickly, fell, arrived, unannounced, check, progress, lied, said, never, escaped, lived, months, cabin, brawled, ran, leaving, behind, bankbook, revealing, deposit, rural, seek, owner, acquiesces, takes, ride, hear, complex, fatalistic, storyline, classic, garnered, critical, selected, being, culturally, historically, aesthetically, significant, board, status, femme, fatale, billed, adapted, revisions, kingdom, country, minutes, usa, distributed, company, music, samuel, beetley, theatrical, poster, rose, disambiguation, free, encyclopedia, item, projects, printable, version, download, print, export, switch, parser, shortened, url, cite, information, permanent, here, general, actions, talk, اردو, українська, svenska, српски, srpski, srpskohrvatski, српскохрватски, русский, română, português, polski, nederlands, melayu, latviešu, 한국어, 日本語, italiano, indonesia, français, suomi, فارسی, euskara, español, emiliàn, rumagnòl, ελληνικά, deutsch, cymraeg, català, personal, special, pages, recent, community, portal, help, contribute, random, current, events, navigation, jump, content,

Text of the page (random words):
nos drives to the rural mountain town of bridgeport california to seek gas station owner jeff bailey and asks him to meet whit sterling in lake tahoe jeff acquiesces and takes his girlfriend ann miller to ride along and hear about his past jeff reveals that his real surname is markham and three years ago he was partners with jack fisher in new york city as private eyes gambling kingpin whit hired jeff to track down whit s girlfriend kathie moffat who shot whit and stole 40 000 from him jeff tracked kathie to acapulco and was struck by her seductive beauty kathie admitted to shooting whit but denied stealing jeff and kathie quickly fell in love when whit and stefanos arrived unannounced to check on jeff s progress jeff lied and said he never found her jeff and kathie then escaped to san francisco and lived there for several months before fisher tracked them down to a mountain cabin there fisher and jeff brawled before kathie shot fisher dead and ran away leaving behind a bankbook revealing a 40 000 deposit jeff bailey mitchum and kathie moffat greer ann drops jeff off at whit s estate where whit inveigles jeff into a job to clear their slate jeff is surprised to see kathie there as whit s lover again but she claims she had no choice but to return she indicates that whit knows about their time together but nothing about fisher s murder jeff scornfully rejects her whit explains that san francisco lawyer leonard eels has helped him dodge 1 000 000 in taxes but is now blackmailing him whit orders jeff to meet with eels s secretary meta carson who explains the plan to recover the incriminating records suspecting a frame jeff still joins her at eels s apartment he trails meta who retrieves the records from eels office jeff returns to eels s apartment to find eels dead he hides the body jeff sneaks into meta s apartment and overhears kathie arranging for the discovery of eels s body she is surprised to learn it can t be found jeff confronts kathie who claims she signed an affidavit for whit swearing that jeff killed fisher she suggests rekindling their romance and he leaves stefanos arrives assuring kathie that he killed eels jeff retrieves the tax records as collateral for getting the affidavit kathie and meta are unable to retrieve the affidavit from eels office as the police are already there whit s thugs capture jeff but discovers he no longer has the records as jeff had already mailed them to himself kathie and jeff at the lake tahoe mansion wanted for the murders of fisher and eels jeff hides out in bridgeport kathie directs stefanos to trail jeff s deaf mute gas station helper which leads to a gorge where jeff is hiding the kid pulls stefanos with a fishing line to his death before he can shoot jeff jeff informs whit about stefanos death as well as kathie s double cross and offers to return the records if whit destroys kathie s affidavit and surrenders her to police for fisher s murder whit accepts threatening to kill kathie if she does not cooperate jim ann s childhood friend and former beau trails jeff to a meeting with ann ann believes in jeff s innocence but asks if he is absolutely sure of what he wants he says he is and she promises to wait for him jeff returns to whit s mansion and discovers that he has been killed by kathie who insists jeff run away with her or be framed for all three murders while she packs jeff makes a phone call as jeff drives them away kathie realizes that he has arranged a police roadblock she shoots him dead and is then gunned down by the police in bridgeport jim asks ann to leave town with him but ann demurs privately she asks the kid if jeff was going away with kathie after a pause he nods disingenuously a heartbroken ann gets into jim s car and the kid waves a wistful farewell at jeff s name on his garage sign cast edit robert mitchum as jeff bailey previously known as jeff markham jane greer as kathie moffat kirk douglas as whit sterling rhonda fleming as meta carson richard webb as jim steve brodie as jack fisher virginia huston as ann miller paul valentine as joe stefanos dickie moore as the kid ken niles as leonard eels production edit daniel mainwaring wrote build my gallows high in 1946 while on retreat after writing six screenplays in one year he had also tired of detective fiction having written several novels featuring a sleuthing reporter named robin bishop 9 the title for the novel originated in a poem 10 believed by one scholar to be haman from benjamin cutler clark s the past present and future 1867 11 111 the poem is about haman s machinations and includes the line at length a gallows high he swung upon which all were to be hung 12 a script reader at rko pictures recommended the novel as a worthy addition to the rough tough school of chandler cain and burnett presents an almost perfect story for an actor like bogart william dozier approved the purchase for 20 000 which included mainwaring as screenwriter 13 73 gallup s audience research recommended that rko change the title to out of the past citation needed warren duff was unsure about mainwaring s first draft one of the problems was that the kid narrated the film which convoluted the structure duff paid james m cain 20 000 to rewrite it but the second draft was so flawed that duff hired mainwaring again to finish the screenplay 10 out of the past was produced by rko pictures key personnel director jacques tourneur cinematographer nicholas musuraca actor mitchum and albert s d agostino s design group were all long time rko collaborators although the studio focused on making b films during the early 1940s the post world war ii out of the past was afforded a comparatively lavish budget 14 15 16 john garfield and dick powell declined the lead role 13 kirk douglas appears in his third credited screen performance having made his critically noted debut in 1946 s the strange love of martha ivers the next time that mitchum and douglas played major roles in the same picture occurred in the 1967 western the way west 17 reception edit out of the past is considered one of the greatest of all films noir 2 3 4 5 robert ottoson hailed the film in 1981 as the ne plus ultra of forties film noir 18 in a contemporary review the new york times film critic bosley crowther complimented the crime drama s direction and performances although he did find the latter portion of the screenplay hard to follow it s very snappy and quite intriguingly played by a cast that has been well and smartly directed by jacques tourneur robert mitchum is magnificently cheeky and self assured as the tangled private eye consuming an astronomical number of cigarettes in displaying his nonchalance and jane greer is very sleek as his delilah kirk douglas is crisp as a big crook and richard webb virginia huston rhonda fleming and dickie moore are picturesque in other roles if only we had some way of knowing what s going on in the last half of this film we might get more pleasure from it as it is the challenge is worth a try 19 the staff of the widely read trade publication variety also gave it a positive review upon release out of the past is a hardboiled melodrama from the novel by geoffrey homes strong on characterization direction by jacques tourneur pays close attention to mood development achieving realistic flavor that is further emphasized by real life settings and topnotch lensing by nicholas musuraca mitchum gives a very strong account of himself jane greer as the baby faced charming killer is another lending potent interest kirk douglas the gangster is believable and paul valentine makes his role of henchman stand out rhonda fleming is in briefly but effectively 20 in the nation in 1948 james agee wrote out of the past is a medium grade thriller fairly well played and very well photographed the action develops a routine kind of pseudo tension robert mitchum is so very sleepily self confident with the women that when he slopes into clinches you expect him to snore in their faces 21 in his 2004 assessment of the film for the chicago sun times critic roger ebert noted out of the past is one of the greatest of all film noirs the story of a man who tries to break with his past and his weakness and start over again in a town with a new job and a new girl the film stars robert mitchum whose weary eyes and laconic voice whose very presence as a violent man wrapped in indifference made him an archetypal noir actor the story opens before we ve even seen him as trouble comes to town looking for him a man from his past has seen him pumping gas and now his old life reaches out and pulls him back 5 with regard to the production s stylish and moody cinematography ebert also dubbed the film the greatest cigarette smoking movie of all time 22 the trick as demonstrated by jacques tourneur and his cameraman nicholas musuraca is to throw a lot of light into the empty space where the characters are going to exhale when they do they produce great white clouds of smoke which express their moods their personalities and their energy levels there were guns in out of the past but the real hostility came when robert mitchum and kirk douglas smoked at each other 22 in a 1989 review leslie halliwell gave it two of four stars stating moody film noir with hollywood imitating french models plenty of snarling and a death strewn climax 23 pauline kael wrote in 1991 a thin but well shot suspense melodrama it s empty trash but you do keep watching it 24 tcm noir alley host and author eddie muller lauded the film in 2021 mainwaring s serpentine story is all about mood and movement dreamily winding its way through various locations shifting rhythms seducing the audience toward the black hole at its heart it nailed the bull s eye and its reverberations linger after repeated viewings guilt duplicity self deception and the lonely hero s need to push it to the bitter end tempting fate once too often 25 the film holds a score of 87 on review aggregation website rotten tomatoes based on 82 reviews its consensus summarizes anchored by a wistful robert mitchum out of the past is an exemplary noir steeped in doom and sensuality 26 metacritic which uses a weighted average assigned the film a score of 85 out of 100 based on 40 critics indicating universal acclaim 27 box office edit the film earned a profit of 90 000 13 adaptations edit out of the past was remade as against all odds 1984 with rachel ward in the greer role jeff bridges playing the jeff markham inspired role and james woods as a variation of kirk douglas villain with jane greer as the mother of her original character in out of the past and richard widmark in a supporting role 28 on november 14 1987 mitchum guest hosted saturday night live greer made a surprise appearance in a gag sequel called out of gas in which their characters met again 40 years later at a filling station see also edit list of cult films references edit 1 2 handler david august 13 2019 the unsung godfather of film noir crimereads literary hub retrieved march 4 2020 1 2 3 top 10 film noir the guardian november 29 2013 retrieved november 24 2022 1 2 ballinger alexander graydon danny 2007 the rough guide to film noir rough guides reference guides london rough guides pp 56 151 52 isbn 978 1 84353 474 7 oclc 78989518 1 2 schatz 1999 p 364 1 2 3 ebert roger july 18 2004 out of the past 1947 chicago sun times sun times media group retrieved february 1 2008 andrews roberts m october 11 1991 25 films designated for preservation st louis post dispatch lee enterprises complete national film registry listing library of congress washington d c retrieved may 7 2020 out of the past pdf library of congress retrieved january 2 2024 smith kevin burton robin bishop the thrilling detective accessed april 15 2025 1 2 flinn tom daniel mainwaring on out of the past velvet light trap vol 10 1973 44 5 scruggs charles out of the black past the image of the fugitive slave in jacques tourneur s out of the past african american review vol 44 no 1 2011 97 113 329 clark b benjamin cutler the past present and future in prose and poetry toronto adam stevenson co 1867 51 1 2 3 richard b jewell slow fade to black the decline of rko radio pictures university of california 2016 schatz 1999 p 173 table 6 3 crafton donald 1997 the talkies american cinema s transition to sound 1926 1931 history of the american cinema volume 4 new york charles scribner s sons p 210 isbn 0 684 19585 2 oclc 37608321 hagopian kevin out of the past new york state writers institute server lee robert mitchum baby i don t care st martin s publishing group 2002 408 ottoson robert 1981 a reference guide to the american film noir 1940 1958 metuchen n j and london scarecrow press p 132 isbn 0 8108 1363 7 oclc 6708669 crowther bosley november 26 1947 out of the past 1947 the new york times retrieved february 1 2008 out of the past review variety december 31 1946 last retrieved june 5 2022 agee james 1969 agee on film volume 1 the universal library 1 2 ebert roger february 26 1999 200 cigarettes chicago sun times via rogerebert com halliwell leslie 1989 halliwell s film guide 7th ed grafton books isbn 0 06 016322 4 kael pauline 1991 5001 nights at the movies a william abrahams owl book isbn 0 8050 1366 0 muller eddie 2021 dark city the lost world of film noir running press isbn 978 0 7624 9896 3 out of the past rotten tomatoes retrieved january 7 2026 out of the past metacritic fandom inc retrieved november 24 2025 reviews against all odds rogerebert com january 1 1984 bibliography eagan daniel 2010 out of the past america s film legacy the authoritative guide to the landmark movies in the national film registry a c black pp 406 408 isbn 0826429777 schatz thomas 1999 1997 boom and bust american cinema in the 1940s history of the american cinema volume 6 berkeley los angeles and london university of california press isbn 0 520 22130 3 oclc 40907588 external links edit wikiquote has quotations related to out of the past wikimedia commons has media related to out of the past out of the past at imdb out of the past at allmovie out of the past at the tcm movie database archived out of the past at the afi catalog of feature films out of the past at filmsite org san francisco in cinema out of the past out of the past at moderntimes com archived out of the past by stephanie zacharek at the national film registry v t e films directed by jacques tourneur all that s not worth love 1931 toto 1933 to be loved 1933 the concierge s daughters 1934 romance of radium 1937 short they all come out 1939 nick carter master detective 1939 phantom raiders 1940 doctors don t tell 1941 cat people 1942 i walked with a zombie 1943 the leopard man 1943 reward unlimited short 1944 days of glory 1944 experiment perilous 1945 canyon passage 1946 out of the past 1947 berlin express 1948 easy living 1949 the flame and the arrow 1950 stars in my crown 1950 circle of danger 1951 anne of the indies 1951 way of a gaucho 1952 appointment in honduras 1953 stranger on horseback...