Written by James M. Tate / 6/06/2026 / No comments / brad dexter , fifties , film noir or melodrama , gloria grahame , howard hughes , jane russell , robert mitchum , thomas gomez , william bendix
ROBERT MITCHUM & WILLIAM BENDIX IN 'MACAO' W/ JANE RUSSELL
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| Title: MACAO Year: 1952 Rating: **1/2 |
Produced at the same time as HIS KIND OF WOMAN, another Robert Mitchum adventure-noir opposite RKO owner Howard Hughes's in-house starlet Jane Russell, and both mostly taking place on a large boat...
There it's Mexico and here it's the titular Asian sampan-filled location of MACAO, which is mostly viewed through a vast number of rear projected shots as Mitchum meets fellow lonesome-traveler William Bendix, his co-star from THE BIG STEAL, while Russell... again a lounge singer... is involved with a nightclub's seedy yet sophisticated owner...
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| Robert Mitchum and William Bendix in MACAO |
In that, regular noir heavy Brad Dexter (99 RIVER STREET) is partnered with substitute director Nicholas Ray's wife Gloria Grahame (THE BIG HEAT), who could have been the perfect sultry femme fatale...
But at the 11th hour she actually frees a captured Mitchum, leading to nifty sequences running throughout the studio-built dockside streets: making MACAO more an involving action-programmer than the crime-thriller it could have been if not only Grahame but Bendix and especially Russell had more input.
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| Gloria Grahame in MACAO with Brad Dexter |
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| Jane Russell in MACAO |
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| Jane Russell in MACAO with William Bendix |
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| William Bendix in MACAO |
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| Robert Mitchum in MACAO |
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| Robert Mitchum and Brad Dexter in MACAO |
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| William Bendix in MACAO |
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| Gloria Grahame in MACAO |
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| Gloria Grahame in MACAO |
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| Robert Mitchum and Brad Dexter in MACAO |
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| Robert Mitchum in MACAO |
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| Robert Mitchum in MACAO |
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| Robert Mitchum in MACAO with Jane Russell |
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| Robert Mitchum in MACAO |
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| Robert Mitchum in MACAO |
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| Gloria Grahame in MACAO |
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| Jane Russell in MACAO |
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| Thomas Gomez in MACAO |
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| Brad Dexter in MACAO |
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| Gloria Grahame and Robert Mitchum in MACAO |
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| Gloria Grahame and Robert Mitchum in MACAO |
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| Gloria Grahame in MACAO |
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| Philip Ahn in MACAO |
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| Jane Russell in MACAO |
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ROBERT MITCHUM & WILLIAM BENDIX IN 'MACAO' W/ JANE RUSSELL
Title: MACAO Year: 1952 Rating: **1/2 Produced at the same time as HIS KIND OF WOMAN, another Robert Mitchum adventure-noir opposite RKO own...
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