Macao 08/25/26

Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell light up the Portuguese colony, but on the studio backlot: mogul Howard Hughes hired the great Josef von Sternberg to direct, and then had three other directors reshoot half of the movie. It’s another promising RKO thriller compromised by crazy production practices. The stars still shine, and the WAC gives us terrific extras: an Eddie Muller – Stanley Rubin commentary, and a vintage interview in which Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell tell the whole gruesome story of working for the Hughes Corporation. On Blu-ray from The Warner Archive Collection.
08/25/26