The Devil Makes Three (film)

The Devil Makes Three
The Devil Makes Three
Directed by	Andrew Marton
Written by	Lawrence P. Bachmann; Jerry Davis
Produced by	Richard Goldstone
Starring	Gene Kelly; Pier Angeli; Richard Egan
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Edited by	Ben Lewis
Music by	Rudolph G. Kopp
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	September 19, 1952;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,005,000
Box office	$1,485,000

The Devil Makes Three is a 1952 American film noir thriller film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Gene Kelly, Pier Angeli and Richard Egan. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was set and filmed in post-World War II Germany.

Plot

Former Eighth Air Force bomber crewman Captain Jeff Eliot returns to Germany in 1947 to visit the family who rescued and hid him from the Nazis after his plane was shot down over Munich in World War II.

He learns that most of the family was killed by an American air raid. The only survivor is the daughter, Wilhelmina Lehrt, who is working as a hostess in a nightclub and hates Americans. Eliot nonetheless manages to romance "Willie" and in his time at the nightclub, he develops a friendship with Heisemann, a comic.

Heisemann, it turns out, has secret ties to an underground Nazi revivalist movement. When Eliot discovers this, he tells his superiors, who order him to continue his relationship with Willie to learn more about Heisemann's operation.

The climax of the picture takes place in Berchtesgaden, and the scenes of Heisemann being chased through the rubble were filmed inside the ruins of Hitler's house just before its final demolition by the German government. Heisemann in the scene's final frame stands facing his captors in the notorious huge picture window of the house.

Cast

Gene Kelly as Captain Jeff Eliot
Pier Angeli as Wilhelmina "Willie" Lehrt
Richard Rober as Colonel James Terry
Richard Egan as Captain Parker
Claus Clausen as Heisemann
Wilfried Seyferth as Hansig
Margot Hielscher as Bar Singer
Annie Rosar as Mrs. Keigler
Harold Benedict as Sgt. at Airport
Otto Gebühr as Mr. Nolder
Gertrud Wolle as Mrs. Nolder
Heinrich Gretler as Keigler
Charlotte Flemming as Girl in Telephone Booth
Charles Gordon Howard as Lt. Farris
Bum Krüger as Oberlitz
Claus Lombard as Waiter
Iván Petrovich as Sigmund Neffs
Sepp Rist as Customs Official - German
Michael Tellering as Ernst Haltmann
Ruth Megary as Waitress

Reception

According to MGM records the film made $743,000 in the US and Canada and $742,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $57,000.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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