In the dark rainy night, the woman's exclamation suddenly came from the house on the outskirts,
When Mano rushed into the house, the murderer was long gone
Only a delirious girl and a middle-aged man collapsed in a pool of blood remained
And the statue on the table actually hides an old-fashioned camera,
What terrible things happened in the seemingly unusual room?
Hello everyone, I'm Uncle Ball
Today to bring you a 1946 suspense drama film "Night Long Dream"
Stern, a monopoly who has been retired for many years, has been a little uneasy in his family lately
He has received several in a row
With an IOU signed by her youngest daughter, Carmen
It's a lot of money.
The man who took the money was a mysterious man named Geiger
Another man named Brody also extorted $5,000 from him
To figure out why my daughter is in so much debt
Monopoly invites private investigator Mano to investigate the truth
Mano worked in the Prosecutor's Office for a while, although he has been dismissed,
But there are still many connections in the prosecutor's office and the police station
After asking about the situation, Mano decided to go to Geiger himself
When he went out, he learned from the mouth of The Monopoly's eldest daughter, Vivian
Before he came here, Monopoly had hired another detective named Sean
Vian reminds Mano that it's better to be nosy
Because Sean mysteriously disappeared not long ago
But Mano didn't take it to heart.
He dressed up a little and went into Geiger's bookstore
But this time he didn't come by chance, and the waitress told him that Geiger had something to do
While the two were talking, Mano saw that the waitress didn't seem to be professional at all
Not even the famous Ben Hur book is known
Mano did not give up easily, he went into the bookstore opposite and began to crouch
Soon after Geiger appeared, and Mano followed him all the way to the outskirts
When Geiger walked into the house,
Mano sneaked open his car door and began to look for clues
Unfortunately, in the end, nothing was found, and at this moment,
The woman's shouts came from the house, when Mano entered the house
Geiger had collapsed in a pool of blood
And Monopoly's youngest daughter, Carmen, is sitting in a chair deliriously
Next to it was an old-fashioned camera that had been stripped of its film
Mano quickly investigated the situation in the room
After discovering that the film had been taken away, he sent Carmen back home
Mano told the butler and Vivian, if he didn't want to get into trouble,
It's best to tell the police that Carmen didn't go out all night
Mano returned home and began to think about clues
Then Bernie, the old boss of the prosecutor's office, knocked on the door
Bernie tells Mano that something is wrong at The Monopoly's house again
This time, their driver, Owen, fell into the sea along with the car
Although the coroner said it was a suicide case
But after the two men surveyed the scene
They all think that things are not as simple as they seem
The next day Vian came to mano,
She said someone sent a nude photo of her sister Carmen and extorted $5,000
If you don't pay the money, there's a good chance the other person will send Carmen to jail
Mano asked her how to settle the ransom thing
Vivian said she wasn't going to ask her father for the money.
Instead, he was going to find a casino owner named Eddie to borrow it
From the conversation, Vian revealed some information,
Driver Owen has always liked Monopoly's youngest daughter, Carmen, and even tried to propose
And the casino owner's wife was kidnapped by Sean.
He and Monopoly also have business dealings, and the two seem to have a close relationship
Mano came to Geiger's bookstore again to investigate the situation,
But this time the waitress seemed a little flustered
She refused to answer all the questions Mano asked,
And tried to persuade Mano to come back tomorrow
Mano saw that they were moving away today
So he got into a taxi and secretly followed the waitress
Eventually they found themselves in an apartment rented by a man named Brody
In the afternoon, Mano again went to the room where Geiger was killed to investigate the situation
Geiger's body is gone,
He also unexpectedly meets Carmen and casino owner Eddie
But Eddie doesn't seem to know Carmen
He said he was just Geiger's landlord
Otherwise, no other useful information was revealed
In the evening Vian called
Mano asked her questions about the ransom
But Vian would not disclose details about her deal with the blackmailers
This aroused Mano's suspicions
Mano sneaked to Brody's apartment to wait
Sure enough, Vivian was found to deliver the ransom
But why would Vivian hide herself from herself and come alone to deliver the ransom?
The events seem to be getting more and more confusing,
Mano knocked on the door to find out what was going on
Brody in the room pointed his pistol directly at his head
Carmen arrived, and Mano took the opportunity to take the gun from several people
Pressed by Mano, Brody agreed to hand over the photographs
But he did not admit that he had killed Geiger
He told Mano that the photo had only been picked up by chance
But before Brody could finish speaking
An uninvited guest knocked on the door and took the opportunity to kill him
Mano quickly chased out,
Fortunately, after a battle of wits and courage,
He finally subdued the murderer in front of Geiger's house
And the body of Geiger, who had been hidden before, was found
After bringing the killer under control, Mano calls to tell his old boss Bernie about the situation
During the conversation, Bernie told Mano that there had been a new development in the case
They found another pistol on the driver, Owen, which had fired three more bullets
After Brody's killer was captured
Vivian took Mano to the bar to pay her father for finding him
She said things should end there and it would be better not to continue to investigate further
But when Mano mentioned whether she and the casino owner knew about Sean's disappearance,
Vivian looked a little uneasy, and Mano saw some clues from it
He came to Eddie's casino to find out what was going on, though he didn't get any useful clues
But when he left, he saw that Vian had won a large sum of money in the casino
When Vivian went out, she was robbed by Eddie's men
Although Mano came to her rescue,
But Vian still refused to reveal to him how Sean had been killed
He even commissioned Bernie to persuade Mano to stop the investigation
When Bernie's persuasion also fails, two mysterious people attack Mano,
They warned that if Mano did not stop the investigation, the consequences would be even worse next time
At this point, Brody's little heel, Harry Jones, found Mano
He said that as long as Mano was willing to give a little benefit fee,
Agnes was willing to give him news of the casino owner's wife
But when Mano came to the meeting place the two had agreed
But he happened to see Harry Jones being poisoned by the casino owner's subordinate Kano
Fortunately, Mano overhears Agnes's foothold during the conversation
After some investigation, he finally contacted Agnes by phone
After paying the reward, Agnes happily told The Mano boss's wife's hiding place
So Mano tracked him all the way to a garage on the outskirts
In order to hide his eyes, he broke the tires of the car,
A passing businessman, disguised as a passing businessman, knocked on the door
However, his disguise was still recognized, and the casino owner's men stunned Mano
And when he woke up, Vivian and the casino owner's wife also appeared in the house
It turned out that she hadn't been abducted by Sean at all, and everything was just a play
But when Mano said her husband had killed Someone who had killed Harry Jones
And when it was most likely Sean's murderer, she still broke down and ran upstairs
Vivian decided to let Mano go,
The last time Mano came to his rescue
It made her feel as if she had fallen in love with the detective
She untied the rope for Mano, and after a shootout,
The two fled by car to Geiger's house
Mano had Vian secretly ambush her
After that, he called the casino owner Eddie to come and meet him
While the two were talking, Vivian came out
Caught off guard, the casino owner was controlled by the two men
He told Mano
Carmen once fell in love with Sean, but when she heard that Sean loved his wife
Emotionally, he kills Sean out of control, and he uses the incident to blackmail Vivian
However, Mano exposed him because the two had met in Geiger's house
The casino owner doesn't know Carmen, which means he lied
The truth should be that the casino owner killed Sean and married Carmen
And used this to extort money from Vian
In the end, Mano used a ruse to get the casino owner's men to shoot and kill him
The film also ends with him and Vian kissing with the honking of a police car
"Long Nights" is a film directed by Howard Hawkes,
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Whitecall, Dorothy Malone
And other actors starring in the American suspense thriller movie,
The film was released in the United States in August 1946
It is said to be ranked 98th in a book called "100 Movies That People Must See in a Lifetime"
However, the ratings on major platforms are not very high,
The reason why it is enduring should be with the Bogarts
This has a certain relationship with the blessing of hollywood big stars of the year
Uncle Qiu searched on the Internet, the age is old, there are many characters, the clues are confused,
Is the key reason why everyone has complained, the so-called adaptation is not a random compilation,
Cough, off topic
Well, actually, they really didn't mess around.
The reason why this movie is so difficult to understand,
The main reason is that the censorship bill of the US film system was too strict that year.
Interested netizens can search for the keyword "Hayes Code" to learn more
Here Uncle Qiu adds the plot analysis compiled after checking the information for everyone
Monopoly hires Detective Mano to investigate
The bookstore owner Geiger used drugs
After stuning his little daughter Carmen
Shoot pornographic pictures to blackmail yourself for things
And because his driver, Owen, has always liked Carmen
Out of anger, Owen killed Geiger and took the photo
But then Owen was killed by Brody, who was following him
Brody, on the other hand, wants to continue blackmailing her sister Vian with Carmen's photo
In fact, the director of this paragraph also has a metaphor
Brody had his girlfriend Agnes sneak into Geiger's bookstore posing as a waiter
Here Agnes and Detective Mano had a conversation about buying a rare book
If it is a bookstore waiter who really understands the market, such as the female owner of the bookstore opposite
Surely there was something to know, and Agnes hadn't even heard of the book
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Brody and Geiger are complicit
After the incident, he decided to go it alone
Because Monopoly mentioned brody blackmailing himself at the beginning
Although it is not explicitly stated, but combined with the things that the back photo was obtained by Brody,
You should be able to relate to this
Geiger's driver believes brody killed his boss, Geiger
So he killed Brody in the middle of the night to avenge his boss,
This paragraph also has some hints,
For example, when Mano entered the bookstore for the second time
I've seen Brody rummaging around the store
It was probably money or something like that, because he knew Geiger was dead
So there is no scruple to do things, and if the driver of Geiger sees this scene,
It was also natural to think that his boss had been killed by him
In addition, many clips have been deleted here due to censorship factors, so the plot is very incoherent
For example, the driver and Geiger are a gay couple and have a deep affection
This was also one of the driver's motives for killing Brody in revenge
Sean, who doesn't appear in the movie all the time,
In fact, he was killed by the casino owner Eddie,
In order to cover up his crimes, Eddie hides his wife,
Claiming that Sean had kidnapped his wife,
This makes sense for Sean's disappearance
He arranged for his men to blame Carmen for killing Sean.
He took the opportunity to extort Carmen's sister Vian for $5,000
In the previous plot, it is also hinted at through the dialogue between Mano and Vivian
For example, if you can't pay the money, you can only talk to your sister through the barbed wire
This is also the reason why she has been hiding the truth from Mano, fearing for Carmen's safety
The director, in order to avoid the audience not understanding,
A scene was also deliberately added to Mano's final conversation with Eddie's wife
When Mano says your husband is a murderous demon
Instead of believing it, Eddie's wife splashed him in the face with a water cup
But here Uncle Ball wants to complain,
Director, you just added the scene or didn't I understand the whole thing?
(Director: Failed to add drama? No, you're too stupid! ）
Well, after a detailed interpretation by Uncle Ball
In this way, the whole story becomes clear
What the? I still don't understand, I expected you to say this
Nonsense is not much to say directly amplify the move, Uncle Ball special version of the puzzle clue map
Interested friends to pause the screenshot themselves to take a magnifying glass to slowly study it
Well, that's the end of the plot
This movie, Uncle Ball does not recommend that you go over and watch it,
Because the first one is too old
The second is that the clues are too confusing and there are too many characters, which is really difficult to understand
What the? Why did I choose to interpret this movie?
In fact, the reason is to say that it is tears
At that time, I mainly wanted to try out suspense shows
You see, it ranks 98th in "100 Movies That People Must See in Their Lives".
Such a big name must be a bit of a mess
In addition, no one has really explained this movie Oh, Uncle Ball searched on the Internet,
Probably, yes, for yourself! It's the first to explain it
Alas, the first time I encountered such a film.......
(Snap, call out to be fooled!) ）
However, this film still has some remarkable points
For example, the visual experience effect of watching movies under the aura of handsome men and women in Hollywood
(Snap, you go ahead and make it up!) ）
Well, in fact, it is the old routine of handsome men and beautiful women plus a wave of male and female main flirting
Fast, efficient and brain-burning plot lines and brilliant dialogue full of classical literary beauty
(Snap, can you speak people?) ）
Well, it's actually the whole process of cannon-like Flying English
Plus all kinds of teasing, hooking up, and hinting that we don't understand at all
(Snap, driving warning)
Well, thanks for tuning in to this issue of Uncle Ball Say movie
Wait, I forgot something.
What, Uncle Qiu also spent a lot of effort to understand the whole plot
It took more than 1 day to check the data and sort out the clues
(Oh, I'm too hard)
So about small things like one-click triple
(Like comments and forwards)
The audience guys won't say anything like this next time to irritate me
(Snap, next time for sure!) ）
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