Richard Conte

[Steve-O]

Alan Rode reminds me that it would have been his 100th birthday today...

Brothers Rico is on of his best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnWS9myUVkM

[David]

Happy posthumous to RC. I just re-watched his 'Sleeping City'.. An underrated actor.

[Steve-O]

yes he was


First is first... second is nobody! (http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/03/25/big_combo.html)

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8672/contenyconfidential.jpg

[slimdundee62]

I thought Brothers Rico was being released on a Sony box set , is that still on?

[JCharles]

Thanks Steve for this trailer. Conte is a noir stalwart, he could do anything. The first film noir I watched him in was The Big Combo and I figured he was a perfect villain. But he also could be a hero. anti-hero, fall guy. I also recently watched The Sleeping City, a good one. Some others: Call Northside 777, Thieves' Highway, The Raging Tide, Under The Gun, Somewhere In The Night, Cry of The City, Highway Dragnet, and later on, The Godfather. He also was great in the war flick A Walk In the Sun (with Dana Andrews, Lloyd Bridges, Huntz Hall). Always reliable, interesting, and sometimes compelling. I've yet to see New York Confidential and only know it by its reputation. Now if I could only make it to LA for that showing........
Happy Century RC!

[bogie]

Whirpool(1949)http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1305674777/

[bogie]

The Purple Heart(1944)Richard Conte,also Dana Andrews,Farley Granger,Richard loo,Sam Levene,Don Red Barry,etc
http://www.motechposters.com/title/the-purple-heart-1944/

[bogie]

Richard Conte was Great in this Untouchables Episode.The Organization(1961)Arnie Seeger(Richard Conte)in partnership with New York Crime Czar,Pete Kulak(Oscar Beregi JR)plan to go coast to coast with Gambling,Drugs,Prostitution,etc
Fresh out of the pen is Maxie(Milton Selzer)who finds his trashy wife,Roxie(Susan Oliver)is now Arnies mistress.In anger,Maxie goes to Elliot Ness(Robert Stack)
When information is leaked to Ness,Roxie is suspected of being the leak and is ordered by Kulak to be killed or he wants nothing to do with Seeger.
Great Episode
Another Untouchables Episode with RC was The Chess Game(1962)not as good.

[bogie]

Perchance To Dream(1959)Twilight Zone Richard Conte is Great as a man with a heart condition if he falls asleep and gets a scary dream he will die.

[Rififi]

Fantastic actor. He's slime on a stick in the Big Combo.

[Surly]

By sheer coincidence I watched The Brothers Rico yesterday. Conte is very good as a controlled man in a film of suppressed violence. I agree that he's "Always reliable, interesting, and sometimes compelling." He could convey strength, as in Big Combo, but also a tortured angst in many other films.

[Steve-O]

By sheer coincidence I watched The Brothers Rico yesterday. Conte is very good as a controlled man in a film of suppressed violence. I agree that he's "Always reliable, interesting, and sometimes compelling." He could convey strength, as in Big Combo, but also a tortured angst in many other films.

We just have to forget his bow tie in Whirlpool
http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/filmnoir/richardconte/richardconte3.jpg

[bogie]

Somewhere In The Night(1946)
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi401343513/
Film Noir At Its BEST.

[bogie]

Under The Gun(1951)
http://www.impawards.com/1951/under_the_gun.html

[bogie]

Cry Of The City(1948)
http://www.impawards.com/1948/cry_of_the_city.html

[bogie]

Thieves Highway(1949)
http://www.impawards.com/1949/thieves_highway.html

[bogie]

Highway Dragnet(1954)
http://www.impawards.com/1954/highway_dragnet.html