High Sierra (1941)


High Sierra
Release Date21 January 1941
TaglineThe Blazing Mountain Manhunt for Killer 'Mad-Dog' Earle!
GenreCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsAlabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassCrime Drama, Gangster Film, Caper
MoodTough Guys, In a Minor Key
ThemesOne Last Heist
TonesTense, Gritty, Austere
TagsDaughter, Ex Convict, Girlfriend, Handicap, Mountains, On The Run, Resort, Robbery, Surgery

High Sierra (1941) is an early heist film and film noir written by W.R. Burnett and John Huston from the novel by Burnett. The movie features Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart and was directed by Raoul Walsh on location at Whitney Portal, halfway up Mount Whitney.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Marie

Roy Earle

'Babe'

Velma

'Doc' Banton

Healy

Mrs. Baughmam

Jake Kranmer

Cornel Wilde
Louis Mendoza

Donald MacBride
Big Mac

Mr. Baughmam

Blonde

Algernon

Pfiffer

Robert Strange
Art

John Eldredge
Lon Preiser

Sam Hayes
Announcer

Zero the Dog
Pard

Charles Anthony Hughes
Man

Cliff Saum
Shaw

Bus driver

Erville Alderson
Farmer at the Earle homestead

Peter Ashley
Young man at the auto accident

Circle Auto Court owner

James Blaine
Deputy

Sheriff

Lucia Carroll
Brunette woman with Bob

Eddy Chandler
Policeman at auto accident

Davison Clark
Deputy

Richard Clayton
Bellboy at the robbery

Clancy Cooper
Policeman George asking for ID

Frank Cordell
Slim

Policeman

William Gould
Hotel watchman

Carl Harbaugh
Fisherman

Man with glasses at the auto accident

Al Lloyd
Man in auto court office

George Lloyd
Gangster greeting Earle at prison

Gerald Mackey
Boy going fishing

Policeman

Policeman

Garry Owen
Joe

Policeman Henry Holden at drugstore

Jack Rutherford
Policeman

Ralph Sanford
Tom the fat man at drugstore

Buster Wiles
Marksman who shoots Roy Earle

Blonde woman at the auto accident

Woman behind counter

Director

Writer

W.R. Burnett
,

Producer

associate producer

executive producer

Original Music

Adolph Deutsch
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Cinematographer

Editor

Jack Killifer
-

Art Director

Ted Smith
-

Costume Designer

Milo Anderson

Makeup Department

Perc Westmore
makeup artist

Production Manager

Jack L. Warner
in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Russell Saunders
assistant director

Sound Department

Dolph Thomas
sound

Special Effects

Byron Haskin
special effects

Hans F. Koenekamp
special effects

Stunts

Roydon Clark
stunts

Harvey Parry
stunts

stunts: base jump

Buster Wiles
stunt double: Humphrey Bogart

Music Department

musical director

Arthur Lange
orchestrator

Other Crew

Irving Rapper
dialogue director

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures
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First National Pictures
-

Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures
,

Dominant Pictures Corporation

CBS/Fox

Key Video

MGM/UA Home Entertainment

Turner Entertainment
,

Warner Home Video
,

Argentina Video Home
,

Warner Bros.

Living Colour Entertainment

Warner Home Video






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College Swing (1938)
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