The Left Hand of God

• Humphrey Bogart: James, Jim ' Carmody
• Gene Tierney: Anne, Scotty ' Scott
• Lee J. Cobb: Mieh Yang
• Agnes Moorehead: Beryl Sigman
• E. G. Marshall: Dr. Sigman
• Jean Porter: Mary Yin
• Victor Sen Yung: John Wong
• Philip Ahn: Jan Teng

The left hand of God (Original Title: The Left Hand of God ) is an American film director Edward Dmytryk of Drama from 1955 after the Roman God 's left hand ( The Left Hand of God ) by William E. Barrett. The Germany premiere took place on November 14, 1955, the initial broadcast on German television took place on 25 December 1971.

Action

1944 must be the American warplanes Jim Carmody emergency landing and is then taken prisoner by General Mieh Yang. This forces him to work as a soldier and aide for him.

After three years of captivity Carmody not take it anymore and flees. He uses the vestments of a Catholic priest killed. As he passes a mission station, you hold it for the long-awaited Father. In order not to betray him, he plays with, but soon falls in love, the American nurse Anne Scott. This admits he even know who he is.

One day appeared on General Yang and threatens the station and the village razed to the ground when Carmody does not go with him. Carmody offers him a dice game: If he wins, he remains free and the village and the station intact when General Yang win, he had to serve him another five years.

Background

• Producer Adler got a year before an Oscar for From Here to Eternity. In 1957, the Irving G. Thalberg Award, he was also awarded memory.
• Other Oscar-winning staff were art director Lyle R. Wheeler ( three he won before this film, two more later); Set Decorator Walter M. Scott, who came with an Oscar to the set and went on to win another five statues; Costume designer Travilla ( an Oscar); his colleague Charles Le Maire (two Oscars before the movie, another was added later), who worked as head of the costume department here.
• While Composer Young came to honor Oscar later, the orchestra conductor Leo Shuken, in 1940 won the Oscar as composer, was not mentioned in the credits.

Reviews

" The left hand of God draws its power from the less action than from the inner conflict of his protagonist. Edward Dmytryk [ ... ] staged an original adventure film with excellent acting performances Humphrey Bogart, Lee J. Cobb and Gene Tierney "

" [ ... ] Adventurous, despite touching moments a Hollywood sermon on the edge of kitsch. ( Rating: 1 ½ out of 4 stars - default) "