Calcuta

Calcuta (1946)

Calcutta

Cine negro de bajo presupuesto y limitado metraje. Narra la historia de tres amigos pilotos que, sin miedo a la muerte, recorren Asia en sus aeroplanos. Cuando uno de ellos muere en Calcuta, sus amigos empiezan a investigar y se las tienen que ver con una peligrosa banda de ladrones de joyas.

Fecha de estreno
1946-12-20
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (20)
Duración
1 h 23 min
Géneros
Crimen, Drama
Director
John Farrow

Reparto

Curiosidades

Calcutta is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by John Farrow, written and produced by Seton I. Miller, and starring Alan Ladd, Gail Russell and William Bendix.

Production

Calcutta in British India had frequently been in the news during World War II, and Paramount decided it would make an ideal setting for a film. Production of the movie was announced in late 1944. It was based on an original story by Seton I. Miller, who also acted as screenwriter and producer. Miller had been under contract to Paramount since 1942.

In December 1944, Alan Ladd and William Bendix, who had just appeared in Two Years Before the Mast (released 1946) for Miller, were announced as stars, playing pilots who flew over "the hump" from Calcutta to Chungking. Howard da Silva, who had co-starred several times with Ladd, was announced as a co-star but ended up not being in the final film. John Farrow, who had made two films with Ladd, was chosen to direct.

Herbert Coleman, assistant director, later wrote, "Most of the studios were turning out romanticized tales of what was called, back then, 'flying the hump,' and Paramount joined in. Seton I. Miller wrote an original screenplay that had little to do with flying the hump' but was right for a character Alan Ladd had been perfecting for himself."

The female lead was Gail Russell. Coleman, who had not seen her since 1942, wrote "Something had happened to her. The blue in her eyes seemed to have faded. She was no longer the eager, trusting young schoolgirl I’d met in 1942. I could also see that she was completely dominated by Farrow. She was too anxious to please him."

Filming took place in June and July 1945. Four people were hired as special technical advisers: Joe Rosbert (a member of the Flying Tigers who crashed on "the hump"), Major Whyte (a veteran of the Eighth Burma Rifles), Mrs Madge Schofield (a former resident of Calcutta) and Dr Singh (a resident Hollywood expert on Indian affairs); the last two had small roles in the film.

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