Product Details

• Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Thomas Gomez, Gloria Grahame
• Directors: Josef von Sternberg, Mel Ferrer, Nicholas Ray, Robert Stevenson
• Writers: Bernard C. Schoenfeld, Edward Chodorov, Frank L. Moss, George Bricker
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Turner Home Ent
• VHS Release Date: November 5, 1996
• Run Time: 81 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304212046
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #395 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Product Description

A traveling night club singer gets hired by an American expatriate who runs a casino in Macao and specializes in converting stolen jewelry into cash. Complications ensue when one of her traveling companions turns out to be a cop.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A MITCHUM AND RUSSELL BLOCKBUSTER!, December 8, 2002

By	Elaine Campbell (Rancho Mirage, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This film is a potpourri of oriental and expatriate American film noir. It's two major stars (Jane Russell and Robert Mitchum) fit like gloves into their roles. Their attraction to each other melts through the screen. There are also outstanding character role performances (and these are the film's other great strengths) by Brad Dexter (nightclub owner, gem smuggler, etc.) Thomas Gomez, Gloria Grahame, and a special mention of William Bendix, who really added a tight performance to the film.

The plot is one of mistaken identities, a worn-out songstress looking for a place to land and rest, a man who can't go home, and a NYC policeman on a job. The center scene of the film is a Macao nightclub run by a shady and dangerous character. Mitchum and Russell captivate this plot with their on-screen presences.

Josef von Sternberg directed this film, but his stern movie set policies offended all, and especially Mitchum who did something about it (in the video, Jane Russell, still dazzling in old-age with shining silver hair) tells us this amusing anecdote. Nicholas Ray finished up the directorial tasks when von Sternberg was booted out, and their two talents form an interesting combination.

Mitchem and Russell had a preceding hit film called "His Kind of Woman." They probably would have been teamed again after "Macao," but Howard Hughes sold the RKO studio.

All in all, Macao belongs in anyone's collection of classic film noir.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Made For Each Other, August 7, 2003

By	Patrick Doherty (Birmingham, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

MACAO is a fairly entertaining story of crime and adventure in the Portuguese colony near Hong Kong after World War II. Jane Russell is a singer working for a local gambling boss (Brad Dexter). Robert Mitchum is an American who is on the run and William Bendix is pretending to be a salesman but he really has another more mysterious identity. The best thing about MACAO is the pairing of Russell and Mitchum who seem to be made for each other.

Josef von Sternberg also directed THE BLUE ANGEL.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great movie for Mitchum fans, January 25, 1999

By A Customer

"Macao" is a fantastic picture for any fan of Robert Mitchum. Mitchum steals the show as an ex-G.I. bouncing around the globe after getting in trouble in New York over a girl. By stopping in Macao he gets involved with Jane Russell and big time local casino operator Brad Dexter. Mitchum is thought to be a New York detective trying to return Dexter to the states. William Bendix is actually the detective and his cover is as a traveling salesman. Bendix eventually contracts the aid of Mitchum and, with the help of Russell, he captures Dexter after Bendix is killed by Dexter's henchmen. I've watched this picture about 50 times over the last 10 years and enjoy it each viewing. A MUST for fans of the ever entertaining Robert Mitchum.