Alias Nick Beal (1949) | |
| Director(s) | John Farrow |
| Producer(s) | Endre Bohem |
| Top Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense |
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Alias Nick Beal (1949) was a Mystery - Drama Film directed by John Farrow and produced by Endre Bohem.
SYNOPSIS
In this modern retelling of the Faust story, an honorable judge who believes he can better serve society in a higher office makes a pact with a mysterious benefactor who is really Lucifer - alias Nick Beal - and whose identity is not revealed until the judge climbs the political ladder to become governor of his state. It is up to the governor, along with a faithful friend and his supportive wife, to outwit Lucifer and save his soul from damnation.
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Alias Nick Beal (1949): Ray Milland’s a Devil
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 21, 2020 From 4 Star FilmsThis is my entry in the CMBA Politics on Film Blogathon. Alias Nick Beal handily flips the paradigm of cinematic angels in vogue with Hollywood, specifically during the 1940s. You could make a whole subgenre out of them. As its name suggests, the lynchpin character of the whole movie is Nick, though... Read full article
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film BlogIt's a story as old as time. A mortal sells his soul to the devil for what he really wants only to suffer the consequences later. Bargaining with evil always comes at a cost. "I'd give my soul to nail him." - Joseph Foster Joseph Foster (Thomas Mitchell) is a good man by all accounts. He's devot... Read full article
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film BlogIt's a story as old as time. A mortal sells his soul to the devil for what he really wants only to suffer the consequences later. Bargaining with evil always comes at a cost. "I'd give my soul to nail him." - Joseph Foster Joseph Foster (Thomas Mitchell) is a good man by all accounts. He's devot... Read full article
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Quotes from
Joseph Foster: How?
Rev. Thomas Garfield: Well, your clothes, for one thing.
Joseph Foster: Oh, well, what are clothes?
Rev. Thomas Garfield: And there are rumors about you and Miss Allen. I know I shouldn't mention them, or the story that you and Martha are estranged. Is it true?
Joseph Foster: Well, in a way... What's my personal trouble got to do with it?
Rev. Thomas Garfield: They're all indications of change. Then there's the influence that this Nick Beal seems to have over you.
Joseph Foster: Influence, nothing. He loaned me some money and I'll pay it back, and that's all.
Rev. Thomas Garfield: I wonder. Have you signed anything with him, any sort of contract?
Joseph Foster: Of course not. What are you driving at?
Rev. Thomas Garfield: I don't know exactly, but there's something strange about him, something eerie.
Joseph Foster: It's a pose to impress people.
Rev. Thomas Garfield: How did he get out of your house the night we were there? Why was he afraid to read the Bible?
Joseph Foster: Are you serious?
Rev. Thomas Garfield: I know I can't be, but I am. And there's another thing - somewhere I've seen a portrait of him, a medieval drawing or woodcut. I'm trying to remember where.
Joseph Foster: A drawing as what?
Rev. Thomas Garfield: Lucifer.
Joseph Foster: We're in the 20th century, Tom. Nobody's believed in such things since the Salem witch burnings. Besides, aren't there a few items missing? Where's the tail and the horns? Where's the smell of sulfur and brimstone? And where's the contract you're talking about, signed in blood and promising the delivery of one slightly used soul?
Rev. Thomas Garfield: Maybe the devil knows it's the 20th century too, Joseph.
Rev. Thomas Garfield: Behind the decision of every man, I've found there's generally a woman.
Bum: Yes brethren, every word is true. I've walked in the darkness, glory be. I've wrestled the Devil and thrown him. I've pinned his shoulders to the mat. Yes, I've pinned his shoulders to the mat.
Nick Beal: I wonder if he knows it's two falls out of three?
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Facts about
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since.
"Screen Director's Playhouse" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 28, 1950 with Ray Milland reprising his film role.
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