Gilda

Gilda
  • Release date: 25 Apr 1946
  • Release year: 1946
  • Runtime: 110 minutes
  • Country: United States
  • Keywords: gambler, buenos aires argentina, national film registry, punched in the face, washroom attendant, suicide, top hat, cape, seaplane, faking one's own death
Plot:
Loaded-dice toting gambler Johnny Farrell cleans up at a waterfront dive and is subsequently saved from retaliation by the dagger tipped cane of Ballin Mundson, owner of a Buenos Aires casino and head of a Nazi cartel. Recognizing a kindred spirit in Johnny, the two become close and Ballin makes him his right-hand man. Johnny's intense loyalty to Ballin is strained by Ballin's surprise marriage to the supremely magnetic Gilda, a femme fatale that once loved and then jilted Johnny, setting the tone for his future relations. The odd trio begin exploring their conflicting desires while Ballin maneuvers to retain control over his vested interest.
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