DEPORTED – 1950
A ship docks in Naples and starts off-loading cargo and one man, Victor Mario Sparducci. Sparducci is played by Jeff Chandler, who is a mobster going by the name, Vic Smith. Chandler has just finished a 5 year prison bit for a $100,000 robbery. The cash was never recovered by the Police. Chandler, after he finished his term was escorted to the docks and deported back to the old country. This is before he can grab the $100,000.
Chandler is barely off the docks in Naples when he runs into the pretty, Marina Berti. Berti invites Chandler to her rooms for a drink and a cuddle, which our man Jeff is all too happy to accept. This of course does not go as Chandler had expected. Waiting for him at Berti's place is fellow mobster, Richard Rober. Rober has followed Chandler from the States. He is not amused that he never got his cut of the $100,000 holdup the two had arranged.
Some less than friendly words and punches are exchanged over the financial situation, with Rober being laid out. Chandler informs Rober that he intends to keep the whole take. "I did five years for that money, so as far as I'm concerned, it is mine." Chandler then tells Rober to stay away, or Chandler will kill him.
Chandler then heads for the small village his family had left when he was a child. He hides out with his uncle, Silvio Mincioti while he plans a way to get his cash over to him from the States. Chandler soon hooks up with the village's black market boss, Carlo Rizzo. He figures he will need Rizzo's help once he comes up with a plan to retrieve his cash.
While all this is going on, Chandler finds time to romance local beauty, Marta Toren. Toren is a wealthy widow who spends her time doing charity work for the local poor. Toren soon falls for the rather rough around the edges Chandler.
This all happens in the first 20 minutes. The film then loses steam and becomes a travelogue for the next 30 -40 minutes. There really is no on screen sparks between Chandler and Toren. Their scenes together are more or less dead time. The film however, does catch fire again in the last 10-15 minutes.
Chandler has found the perfect way to get his cash from the States. He cables the person in the States holding his money, to buy 100 grand worth of food and medical supplies. These he has shipped to Italy to be given to the village. The trick here is that Chandler intends to hi-jack the items, then, sell them on the black market for 5 times the cost.
Chandler ends up changing his mind over the deal and tries to cancel the hi-jacking. Needless to say this leads to a major falling out among the crooks, with the added complication for Chandler that Rober is back in play. Rober has been keeping track of Chandler and has been waiting for Chandler to make a play. He then muscled his way in with the black market mob. Once the theft of the Medical supplies etc.is done, he plans on killing Chandler.
The mandatory guns are produced and violence ensues. Particularly well done is the gun battle and chase between Chandler and Rober in the darkened food warehouse. Rober is killed and Chandler is gobbled up by the Italian Police. He does of course end up with Toren at the end. She offers to help in his defence over the whole black market deal.
Also in the film is Claude Dauphin as an Italian Police detective. Look close and you will spot bit players Tito Vuolo and Vito Scotti.
The director of photography is Oscar winner, William H. Daniels. His noir work includes, BRUTE FORCE, LURED, THE NAKED CITY, ILLEGAL ENTRY, ABANDONED, WINCHESTER 73, WOMAN IN HIDING and FORBIDDEN.
The screenplay was by one time Oscar nominated, Robert Buckner. Buckner also produced the film.
Considering all the talent involved is this film, it does not hit the mark. There are parts here that are quite well handled, but the start and the finish are not quite enough to save the film from just being average. It suffers from a tad too much dead time. For a Siodmak film, I found it rather disappointing.
(INFO) All three of the leads died before their time with Toren going at 31, Rober at 42 and Chandler at 43. (b/w)
A ship docks in Naples and starts off-loading cargo and one man, Victor Mario Sparducci. Sparducci is played by Jeff Chandler, who is a mobster going by the name, Vic Smith. Chandler has just finished a 5 year prison bit for a $100,000 robbery. The cash was never recovered by the Police. Chandler, after he finished his term was escorted to the docks and deported back to the old country. This is before he can grab the $100,000.
Chandler is barely off the docks in Naples when he runs into the pretty, Marina Berti. Berti invites Chandler to her rooms for a drink and a cuddle, which our man Jeff is all too happy to accept. This of course does not go as Chandler had expected. Waiting for him at Berti's place is fellow mobster, Richard Rober. Rober has followed Chandler from the States. He is not amused that he never got his cut of the $100,000 holdup the two had arranged.
Some less than friendly words and punches are exchanged over the financial situation, with Rober being laid out. Chandler informs Rober that he intends to keep the whole take. "I did five years for that money, so as far as I'm concerned, it is mine." Chandler then tells Rober to stay away, or Chandler will kill him.
Chandler then heads for the small village his family had left when he was a child. He hides out with his uncle, Silvio Mincioti while he plans a way to get his cash over to him from the States. Chandler soon hooks up with the village's black market boss, Carlo Rizzo. He figures he will need Rizzo's help once he comes up with a plan to retrieve his cash.
While all this is going on, Chandler finds time to romance local beauty, Marta Toren. Toren is a wealthy widow who spends her time doing charity work for the local poor. Toren soon falls for the rather rough around the edges Chandler.
This all happens in the first 20 minutes. The film then loses steam and becomes a travelogue for the next 30 -40 minutes. There really is no on screen sparks between Chandler and Toren. Their scenes together are more or less dead time. The film however, does catch fire again in the last 10-15 minutes.
Chandler has found the perfect way to get his cash from the States. He cables the person in the States holding his money, to buy 100 grand worth of food and medical supplies. These he has shipped to Italy to be given to the village. The trick here is that Chandler intends to hi-jack the items, then, sell them on the black market for 5 times the cost.
Chandler ends up changing his mind over the deal and tries to cancel the hi-jacking. Needless to say this leads to a major falling out among the crooks, with the added complication for Chandler that Rober is back in play. Rober has been keeping track of Chandler and has been waiting for Chandler to make a play. He then muscled his way in with the black market mob. Once the theft of the Medical supplies etc.is done, he plans on killing Chandler.
The mandatory guns are produced and violence ensues. Particularly well done is the gun battle and chase between Chandler and Rober in the darkened food warehouse. Rober is killed and Chandler is gobbled up by the Italian Police. He does of course end up with Toren at the end. She offers to help in his defence over the whole black market deal.
Also in the film is Claude Dauphin as an Italian Police detective. Look close and you will spot bit players Tito Vuolo and Vito Scotti.
The director of photography is Oscar winner, William H. Daniels. His noir work includes, BRUTE FORCE, LURED, THE NAKED CITY, ILLEGAL ENTRY, ABANDONED, WINCHESTER 73, WOMAN IN HIDING and FORBIDDEN.
The screenplay was by one time Oscar nominated, Robert Buckner. Buckner also produced the film.
Considering all the talent involved is this film, it does not hit the mark. There are parts here that are quite well handled, but the start and the finish are not quite enough to save the film from just being average. It suffers from a tad too much dead time. For a Siodmak film, I found it rather disappointing.
(INFO) All three of the leads died before their time with Toren going at 31, Rober at 42 and Chandler at 43. (b/w)
