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Million Dollar Weekend

Million Dollar Weekend

1948Movie⏱️ 1h 12mApproved
CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
6.1
IMDB Rating
431 votes

Stockbroker Nicholas and widow Cynthia meet on flight to Hawaii. For different reasons, they're both threatened by incriminating circumstances. To avoid further complications they turn to each other for help.

Director
Gene Raymond
Writers
Charles Belden, Matty Kemp, Gene Raymond
Stars
Gene Raymond, Osa Massen, Francis Lederer
Release Date
April 18, 1949
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 19
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Gene Raymond
Gene Raymond
as Nicholas Lawrence
Osa Massen
Osa Massen
as Cynthia Strong
Francis Lederer
Francis Lederer
as Alan Marker
Robert Warwick
Robert Warwick
as Dave Dietrich
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Patricia Shay
as Sally
James Craven
James Craven
as Dr. George Strong
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The Royal Hawaiian Serenaders
as Hawaiian Singers
Don Brodie
Don Brodie
as Taxi Driver
Ken Christy
Ken Christy
as Airline Steward
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James Conaty
as Mourner at Funeral

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Hawaii, USA
Production
Matty Kemp Productions, Masque Productions

🏷️ Keywords

united airlinesnewlywedcar chaseplaying pokerunited flight 649

🎯 Categories

Film NoirCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Better Than The Fluffy Title Suggests
by dougdoepke2020-04-06

"Pretty good noirish crime drama despite its obscurity. Seems businessman Nicholas (Raymond) is fleeing the city from something unknown to us. Also fleeing is unhappy Cynthia (Massen) who's being blackmailed by slimy Alan (Lederer) for killing her husband. Together they all meet on a commercial flight to Honolulu where Cynthia inveigles Nicholas to help her fend off the snarky Alan. So how will this star-crossed meeting turn out, especially with all the hidden interests. (I wish IMDB's Plot Summary hadn't disclosed Alan's secret for fleeing his job since that's a key pa..."

💡 Did You Know?

The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

📖 Synopsis

Stockbroker Nicholas and widow Cynthia meet on flight to Hawaii. For different reasons, they're both threatened by incriminating circumstances. To avoid further complications they turn to each other for help.