Movie Information
Overall Rank: 3934
Average Rating: 2.8/4
# of Ratings: 40
Theatrical Release Date: 01/24/1941
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Walsh
Actors: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Hull
Plot: After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.
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3.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 08/22/2024
A jack of all trades, "High Sierra" is a tight crime flick, tragic romance, and breezy thriller. Humphrey Bogart couldn't be more perfect for the lead, as he was always great playing both hardened tough guys and idyllic lovers which he does here simultaneously.
Rating of
2.5/4
sapien - wrote on 12/24/2011
It's, yet another, good movie tainted by the racism of the time in which it was made. However, it does have it's good points as well. Which, by the way, does NOT include Bogart's messed up haircut.
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3/4
"High Sierra" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 03/09/2012
A bank robber is pardoned and immediately becomes involved in the robbery of a wealthy resort hotel. Bogie is at his very best for this gritty character study of a hardboiled career criminal whose chosen profession spells doom for any attempts to lead a normal life. Ida Lupino is also great as his streetwise sidekick and the climax involves an exciting car chase and a stand off between a tommy gun toting Bogart and the police on a mountain top. The only real weaknesses for me came with some of the subplots which are the only reasons why it felt a little dated in places; namely the syrupy romance with a wholesome corn fed farm girl and the painfully cringeworthy comic relief with an Amos'n'Andy reject. The core of the film involving the heist and Bogie and Lupino's relationship are …
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