Steve Sekely

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Hungarian-American director born István Székely in 1899. He worked in European cinema before emigrating to Hollywood, where he became a dependable B-movie director. Best known for the noir Hollow Triumph (1948) and the science-fiction film The Day of the Triffids (1962).

Directed

6.61948·1h 23mPD

Crime, Noir

Fresh out of prison, con man John Muller botches a casino heist and needs to disappear — until he meets Dr. Bartok, a psychiatrist who is his near-exact double, save for a scar on the opposite cheek. Muller kills Bartok, scars himself, and steps into the dead man's life, only to learn the doctor had dangerous secrets of his own. Paul Henreid plays both roles opposite Joan Bennett in this fatalistic Eagle-Lion noir from director Steve Sekely, reissued as The Scar. It is in the public domain after its copyright was not renewed.

Crime · Noir · Thriller

Hollow Triumph

1948 - Crime