Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #92 :: April 27 to May 3

Uco-Film GmbH

There were no new releases this week in 1932, but it was still a century packed with new releases. There are a couple of classics, some Oscar winners, stage adaptations, a Razzie nominee, and a four-hour silent film that was released in two parts. 1942 saw the last of a series of Tarzan films, 1952 had the film debut of Leonard Nimoy, 1962 had a film with a very questionable casting decision, 1972 gave Sidney Poitier a big opportunity, 1982 gave us a cult classic and a questionable comedy, and 2012 had eight films that hardly anyone saw. Do you think any of your favorites are on the list? Read on to find out!

1922

April 27 – Dr. Mabuse the Gambler

• Cast: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Alfred Abel, Bernhard Goetzke, Paul Richter, Robert Forster-Larrinaga, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Georg John, Charles Puffy, Grete Berger, Julius Falkenstein, Lydia Potechina
• Director: Fritz Lang
• Production Company: Uco-Film GmbH, distributed by Universum Film AG
• Trivia: Based on the novel Doctor Mabuse by Norbert Jacques. The film opened in Germany on April 27, 1922 (Part I) and May 26, 1922 (Part II). The film made its US premiere on August 8, 1927. First film in the ‘Dr. Mabuse’ series. The film is four-and-a-half hours long and was released in two parts. A scene featuring female nudity was removed from revival versions of the film, and has only recently been seen in rare screenings of the entire film from the Fritz Lang archives.

April 29 – The Bachelor Daddy

• Cast: Thomas Meighan, Leatrice Joy, Maude Wayne, Adele Farrington, J. Farrell MacDonald, Larry Wheat, Peaches Jackson, Barbara Maier, Bruce Guerin, Charles De Briac, Raymond De Briac
• Director: Alfred E. Green
• Production Company: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, distributed by Paramount Pictures
• Trivia: The film’s New York City premiere was held on April 23, 1922. The film is considered lost.

May 1 – The Primitive Lover

• Cast: Constance Talmadge, Harrison Ford, Kenneth Harlan, Joe Roberts, Charles Pina, Chief John Big Tree, Mathilde Brundage, George C. Pearce, Clyde Benson
• Director: Sidney Franklin
• Distributor: Associated First National
• Trivia: Based on a play, The Divorcee, by Edgar Selwyn. The film was released in Canada on July 1, 1922. The film survives and has been released on DVD.

1932

• No new films were released this week in 1932.

1942

April 29 – The Great Man’s Lady

• Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, K. T. Stevens, Thurston Hall, Lloyd Corrigan, Etta McDaniel, Frank M. Thomas, William B. Davidson, Lillian Yarbo, Helen Lynd, David Clyde
• Director: William A. Wellman
• Distributor: Paramount Pictures
• Trivia: Based on the short story ‘The Human Side’ by Viña Delmar. The film had previously played in London from October 31, 1941. To practice for her role as a woman of 107, Barbara Stanwyck visited several retirement homes and interacted with the elderly women to emulate their mannerisms.

April 30 – My Gal Sal

• Cast: Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature, John Sutton, Carole Landis, James Gleason, Phil Silvers, Walter Catlett, Mona Maris, Frank Orth, Stanley Andrews, Margaret Moffatt, Terry Moore, Libby Taylor, John Kelly
• Director: Irving Cummings
• Distributor: 20th Century Fox
• Trivia: The film was also released in Mexico on April 30, 1942. Iron Eyes Cody appears uncredited. Choreographer Hermes Pan was Rita Hayworth’s dance partner in the ‘Gay White Way’ number. The film is a biopic of 1890s composer and songwriter Paul Dresser. Some songs in the film attributed to Dresser were created for the film by the Hollywood songwriting team of Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin. Oscar winner for Best Art Direction, Color. Carole Landis was wanted for the role of Sally Elliot but she refused to dye her hair red. Fox borrowed Rita Hayworth from Columbia and Landis was given a supporting role. Hayworth and Victor Mature’s singing voices were dubbed.

May – Tarzan’s New York Adventure

• Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Virginia Grey, Charles Bickford, Paul Kelly, Elmo Lincoln, Chill Wills, Cy Kendall, Russell Hicks, Jackie the Lion, Howard C. Hickman, Charles Lane, Miles Mander, Anne Jeffreys, William Forrest, Willie Fung, Marjorie Deanne, Eddie Kane, Mantan Moreland, Dorothy Morris
• Director: Richard Thorpe
• Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, distributed by Loew’s Inc.
• Trivia: The film’s exact US release date is unknown. The film opened in Canada on June 30, 1942. Also known as Tarzan Against the World. The last MGM Tarzan feature film in a series of six until 1957’s Tarzan and the Lost Safari. Elmo Lincoln, the first actor to star as Tarzan in 1918, has an uncredited cameo as a circus roustabout. The circus scenes reuse sets from The Marx Brothers’ A Day at the Races.

May 2 – Larceny, Inc.

• Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson, Anthony Quinn, Edward Brophy, Harry Davenport, John Qualen, Barbara Jo Allen, Grant Mitchell, Jackie Gleason, Kitty Kelly, Emory Parnell
• Director: Lloyd Bacon
• Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
• Trivia: Based on the play The Night Before Christmas by Laura Perelman and S.J. Perelman. The film’s New York City premiere engagement began April 24, 1942.

1952

May – Carbine Williams

• Cast: James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey, Carl Benton Reid, Paul Stewart, Otto Hulett, Rhys Williams, Herbert Heyes, James Arness, Porter Hall, Fay Roope, Ralph Dumke, Leif Erickson, Henry Corden, Frank Richards, Howard Petrie, Stuart Randall, Dan Riss
• Director: Richard Thorpe
• Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Trivia: The film’s premiere was held in Fayetteville, North Carolina on April 24, 1952, but the exact release date in May is unknown. James Stewart actively sought the lead role, despite being too old for it, because the film reflected his conservative views. In the film, all of the men working on the still with Williams were white. But in reality, it was five African-American men, all of whom testified against Williams at trial.

May 1 – Kid Monk Baroni

• Cast: Richard Rober, Bruce Cabot, Allene Roberts, Mona Knox, Leonard Nimoy, Jack Larson, Budd Jaxon, Archer MacDonald, Kathleen Freeman, Joseph Mell, Paul Maxey, Stuart Randall, Chad Mallory, Ted Avery, Madelynn Broder
• Director: Harold D. Schuster
• Production Company: Jack Broder Productions Inc., distributed by Realart Pictures
• Trivia: The film opened in the UK on November 17, 1952 under the title Young Paul Baroni. Leonard Nimoy’s and Jack Larson’s first roles in a motion picture. Nimoy earned $350 for the film and was allowed to keep his three suits, which cost about $50 total.

May 1 – The Atomic City

• Cast: Gene Barry, Lydia Clarke, Michael Moore, Nancy Gates, Lee Aaker, Milburn Stone, Bert Freed, Frank Cady, Houseley Stevenson Jr., Leonard Strong, Jerry Hausner, John Damler, George Lynn, Olan Soule, Anthony Warde
• Director: Jerry Hopper
• Distributor: Paramount Pictures
• Trivia: The film was released in the UK on May 26, 1962. Oscar nominated for Best Writing. Film debut of star Gene Barry and director Jerry Hopper. The first feature film allowed to be shot in Los Alamos.

May 2 – The Narrow Margin

• Cast: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Peter Virgo, Gordon Gebert, Queenie Leonard, David Clarke, Don Beddoe, Paul Maxey, Peter Brocco
• Director: Richard Fleischer
• Production Company: RKO Pictures
• Trivia: Based on an unpublished story written by Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard. The film’s premiere was held in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 23, 1952. The film was released in Canada on June 27, but did not open in the UK until February 9, 1953. The screenplay received an Oscar nomination. The film does not have a traditional music score. Train sounds were used in place of music for dramatic effect. Shot in 1950 but not released until 1952. RKO owner Howard Hughes wanted to screen the film before its release but the print sat in the projection room for more than a year because he apparently forgot about it. One of the first films to use a handheld camera, a cost-saving measure that allowed the camera to move into a room without moving the set walls. Marie Windsor’s breakout role.

May 2 – The Pride of St. Louis

• Cast: Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru, Richard Crenna, Richard Hylton, Hugh Sanders, James Brown, Leo Cleary, Chet Huntley
• Director: Harmon Jones
• Distributor: 20th Century Fox
• Trivia: The film opened in the UK on October 20, 1952. Oscar nominated for Best Story. Last screenplay by Herman J. Mankiewicz, who died in 1953 at the age of 55.

May 2 – Young Man with Ideas

• Cast: Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Nina Foch, Denise Darcel, Ray Collins, Sheldon Leonard, Donna Corcoran, Mary Wickes, Bobby Diamond, Dick Wessel
• Director: Mitchell Leisen
• Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Trivia: This was to be Russell Nype’s film debut but he was fired after two weeks after a disagreement with the director. Glenn Ford was his replacement and had to reshoot all of the footage.

1962

April 27 – Geronimo

• Cast: Chuck Connors, Kamala Devi, Pat Conway, Armando Silvestre, Adam West, Lawrence Dobkin, Ross Martin, Denver Pyle, Eduardo Noriega, John Anderson, Enid Jaynes, Mario Navarro, Nancy Rodman, Amanda Ames, Claudio Brook
• Director: Arnold Laven
• Production Company: Levy-Gardner-Laven, distributed by Bedford Pictures Inc., United Artists
• Trivia: The film opened in West Germany on April 27, 1962, followed by the US on May 1. The casting of the tall, blond, blue-eyed Chuck Connors as a Native American Indian was widely criticized even when the film was made in 1961. Connors tried to wear brown contact lenses but they were too painful. It took two hours to apply his wig and makeup.

1972

April 28 – Buck and the Preacher

• Cast: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell, Denny Miller, Nita Talbot, John Kelly, Tony Brubaker, Bobby Johnson, James McEachin, Clarence Muse, Lynn Hamilton, Doug Johnson, Errol John, Jullie Robinson, Enrique Lucero
• Director: Sidney Poitier
• Production Company: E & R Productions, Belafonte Enterprises, distributed by Columbia Pictures
• Trivia: The film previously played in West Germany beginning March 17, 1972, and had unknown April play dates in Austria and the UK before its US release on April 28. First film directed by Sidney Poitier. Poitier took over directing after original director Joseph Sargent became dissatisfied with the film’s point of view.

April 28 – Tout Va Bien

• Cast: Yves Montand, Jane Fonda, Vittorio Caprioli
• Director: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin
• Production Company: Anouchka Films, Vieco Films, Empire Films, distributed by Gaumont Film Company
• Trivia: The film opened in France on April 28, 1972. The film was screened at the New York Film Festival on October 10, but was not released in the US until February 16, 1973. Released in the United States under the title All’s Well and internationally under the title Just Great. Most of the shots contain all the colors of the French flag: blue, white and red.

Hammer Films

April 30 – Vampire Circus

• Cast: Adrienne Corri, Laurence Payne, Thorley Walters, Lynne Frederick, John Moulder-Brown, Elizabeth Seal, Anthony Higgins, Richard Owens, Domini Blythe, Robin Hunter, Robert Tayman, Robin Sachs, Lalla Ward, Skip Martin, David Prowse, Mary Wimbush
• Director: Robert Young
• Production Company: Hammer Film Productions, distributed by Rank Film Distributors (United Kingdom), 20th Century Fox (United States)
• Trivia: The film was released in the UK on April 30, 1972, followed by a US release on October 11. The film used the same sets as Twins of Evil.

May – Sitting Target

• Cast: Oliver Reed, Jill St. John, Ian McShane, Edward Woodward, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones, Jill Townsend, Robert Beatty, Tony Beckley, Mike Pratt, Robert Russell, Joe Cahill, Robert Ramsey, June Brown
• Director: Douglas Hickox
• Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Trivia: The film opened in the UK in May 1972, exact date unknown. It was released in the US on June 19. Also known as Screaming Target. One of the first British films to receive an X certificate solely for the violent content.

May 3 – Hellé

• Cast: Gwen Welles, Jean-Claude Bouillon, Didier Haudepin, Maria Mauban, Bruno Pradal, Robert Hossein, Maria Schneider, Diane Vernon, Georges Poujouly, Dora Doll, Anna Prucnal
• Director: Roger Vadim
• Production Company: Filmsonor, Les Films Marceau, Paradox Production, distributed by Cocinor
• Trivia: The film opened in France on May 3, 1972.

1982

Paramount Pictures

April 30 – Partners

• Cast: Ryan O’Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan, Robyn Douglass, Jay Robinson, Denise Galik, Joseph R. Sicari, Michael McGuire, Rick Jason, James Remar, Jennifer Ashley, Darrell Larson, Tony March, Seamon Glass, Steven Reisch
• Director: James Burrows
• Production Company: Paramount Pictures, Aaron Russo Productions, distributed by Paramount Pictures
• Trivia: The lead roles were offered to Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen. Eastwood would only sign on if Allen did, but Allen declined. John Hurt’s character commits suicide in the original cut of the film because his life was ‘so sad’ but test audiences grew to love the character and his death was not acceptable so he was given a happier ending. The film was meant to be a comedic reaction to Cruising. The only theatrical film directed by James Burrows.

April 30 – Smash Palace

• Cast: Bruno Lawrence, Anna Jemison, Greer Robson, Keith Aberdein, Desmond Kelly
• Director: Roger Donaldson
• Production Company: Aardvark Films, Moviescripts, New Zealand Film Commission
• Trivia: The film screened at Cannes in May 1981 and at the New York New Directors and New Films Festival on April 16, 1982. After the US opening, the film was screened at TIFF on September 10, 1982.

April 30 – Soup for One

• Cast: Saul Rubinek, Marcia Strassman, Gerrit Graham, Teddy Pendergrass, Richard Libertini, Andrea Martin, Mordecai Lawner, Lewis J. Stadlen, Joanna Merlin, Christine Baranski, Maury Chaykin, Deborah Offner, Michael Jeter, Anna Deavere Smith, Laura Dean, James Rebhorn
• Director: Jonathan Kaufer
• Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
• Trivia: The film is more remembered for its soundtrack produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the group Chic, who performed the title track. Hilary Shepard, Anna Deavere Smith and Maggie Wheeler’s debut.

April 30 – The Sword and the Sorcerer

• Cast: Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, George Maharis, Richard Lynch, Richard Moll, Anthony De Longis, Robert Tessier, Christopher Cary, Nina Van Pallandt, Anna Bjorn, Christina Nigra, Jeff Corey, Joseph Ruskin, Reb Brown, Shelley Taylor Morgan, Joe Regalbuto, Earl Maynard, Russ Marin
• Director: Albert Pyun
• Distributor: Group 1 International Distribution Organization Ltd.
• Trivia: The film opened in the UK on October 7, 1982. The film grossed almost ten times its budget and has developed a cult following. Richard Moll only played the sorcerer in the opening scene, because he had a bad reaction to the contact lenses and was sent to the hospital. Xusia’s other scenes at the end of the movie were done by a stand-in and later dubbed by Moll. The producers wanted Oliver Reed to narrate the movie, but were dissatisfied with his performance and replaced him with Simon MacCorkindale. Two versions were shot of Lee Horsley’s crucifixion in the final reel. In the theatrical version, a spike was shown through the palm of each hand. In the version for TV, Horsley’s hands were bound to the wood by means of metallic bands. Last theatrical film of George Maharis.

1992

April 29 – Leaving Normal

• Cast: Meg Tilly, Christine Lahti, Lenny Von Dohlen, Maury Chaykin, Patrika Darbo, Eve Gordon, James Eckhouse, Brett Cullen, James Gammon, Lachlan Murdoch, Rutanya Alda
• Director: Edward Zwick
• Production Company: Mirage Entertainment, Universal Pictures
• Trivia: The film was released in the UK on June 5, 1992.

April 30 – Split Second

• Cast: Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Neil Duncan, Michael J. Pollard, Alun Armstrong, Pete Postlethwaite, Ian Dury, Roberta Eaton, Tony Steedman, Steven Hartley, Sara Stockbridge
• Director: Tony Maylam, Ian Sharp
• Production Company: Muse Productions, Challenge Films
• Trivia: The film was screened at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival in March 1992 and at the Houston Film Festival on April 23. The film opened in South Korea on April 30, followed by the US on May 1 and the UK on June 5. The film’s original spec script was titled ‘Pentagram’ and was set in Los Angeles. The film was written with Harrison Ford in mind. The film takes place in 2008.

May 1 – Folks!

• Cast: Tom Selleck, Don Ameche, Anne Jackson, Christine Ebersole, Wendy Crewson, Michael Murphy, Robert Pastorelli, Jon Favreau
• Director: Ted Kotcheff
• Production Company: Penta Pictures, distributed by 20th Century Fox
• Trivia: The film was not released in the UK until February 5, 1993. Tom Selleck received a Razzie nomination for his performance.

May 1 – Live Wire

• Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Ron Silver, Ben Cross, Lisa Eilbacher, Tony Plana, Al Waxman, Brent Jennings, Philip Baker Hall, Norman Burton
• Director: Christian Duguay
• Distributor: New Line Cinema
• Trivia: Lauren Holly appears uncredited as a TV news reporter. Pierce Brosnan waxed his body hair for the film.

2002

Lionsgate

May 3 – The Cat’s Meow

• Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Edward Herrmann, Eddie Izzard, Cary Elwes, Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Tilly, Claudia Harrison, James Laurenson, Ronan Vibert, Victor Slezak, John C. Vennema, Ingrid Lacey, Chiara Schoras, Claudie Blakley, Steven Peros
• Director: Peter Bogdanovich
• Production Company: Dan Films, CP Medien, distributed by Swipe Films (UK), Lionsgate
• Trivia: Based on the 1997 play of the same title. The film began a limited run in Los Angeles and New York City on April 12, 2002 before the general US release. The film made its TV premiere in the UK on May 6, 2003, with a limited UK theatrical release on June 4, 2004. Shot on location in Greece, which stood in for coastal California. Charlie Chaplin had bright blue eyes but Eddie Izzard wore dark contacts to keep with the public perception that his eyes were dark after seeing him only in black and white films. The costuming and sets were designed with as little color as possible to give the illusion of a black and white film. This was to make up for the fact that the film wasn’t allowed to be filmed in black and white as originally planned. The first script was titled Everybody Charleston. Marlon Brando turned down the chance to play William Randolph Hearst.

2012

April 26 – Tezz

• Cast: Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Zayed Khan, Kangana Ranaut, Boman Irani, Sameera Reddy, Mohanlal, Danny Sapani, Manpreet Bambra, Philip Martin Brown, Dominic Power, Avika Gor
• Director: Priyadarshan
• Production Company: Venus Records & Tapes, United 7 Entertainment, distributed by Venus Worldwide Entertainment, Eros Entertainment
• Trivia: Loosely based on the 1975 Japanese film The Bullet Train. The film opened in India on April 26, 2012, followed by the UK on April 27, when it also received a limited US release. The Indian film began production in Scotland, was shot mostly in London and Birmingham, and wrapped in Mumbai. The actors spoke English and were dubbed in Hindi.

April 27 – Darling Companion

• Cast: Mark Duplass, Richard Jenkins, Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Elisabeth Moss, Sam Shepard, Dianne Wiest, Ayelet Zurer, Jay Ali
• Director: Lawrence Kasdan
• Production Company: Werc Werk Works, Likely Story, Kasdan Pictures, distributed by Sony Pictures Classics (United States), Sierra/Affinity (International)
• Trivia: The film received a limited Los Angeles and New York City release on April 20, followed by a Canada and limited US release on April 27.

April 27 – Outside Bet

• Cast: Bob Hoskins, Calum MacNab, Terry Stone, Jenny Agutter, Philip Davis, Adam Deacon, Vincent Regan, Mark Cooper Harris, Emily Atack, Montserrat Lombard, Perry Benson, Dudley Sutton, Rita Tushingham, Ali Cook, Lucy Drive, Rebecca Ferdinando
• Director: Sacha Bennett
• Distributor: Universal Pictures
• Trivia: The film was released in the UK and Ireland on April 27, 2012. Also known as Weighed In: The Story of the Mumper. The last film made by Bob Hoskins but the next to last released (Snow White and the Huntsman opened in June 2012).

April 27 – Safe

• Cast: Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Sándor Técsy, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke, James Hong, Reggie Lee, Danny Hoch, Danni Lang, Igor Jijikine, David Kim, Anson Mount, Joseph Sikora
• Director: Boaz Yakin
• Production Company: IM Global, Lawrence Bender Productions, Trigger Street Productions, Automatik, 87Eleven Productions, distributed by Lionsgate
• Trivia: The film’s New York City premiere was held on April 16, 2012, followed by the US and Canada release on April 27. The film opened in the UK on May 4.

April 27 – Sound of My Voice

• Cast: Christopher Denham, Jack Griffo, Nicole Vicius, Brit Marling, Richard Wharton, Constance Wu, James Urbaniak
• Director: Zal Batmanglij
• Production Company: Skyscraper Films, distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
• Trivia: The film was screened at Sundance on January 24, 2011, and at the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 11. The film received a limited US release on April 27, 2012, a limited Canada release on May 11, and a general UK release on August 3. Zal Batmanglij’s directorial debut. Was intended to be the first in a trilogy of films. The film is broken into parts because it was originally intended to be an ongoing web series.

April 27 – Strippers vs Werewolves

• Cast: Adele Silva, Martin Compston, Billy Murray, Ali Bastian, Barbara Nedeljáková, Sarah Douglas, Simon Phillips, Martin Kemp, Alan Ford, Charlie Bond, Nick Nevern, Rita Ramnani, Steven Berkoff, Robert Englund, Lysette Anthony, Lucy Pinder
• Director: Jonathan Glendening
• Production Company: Black & Blue Films, distributed by Well Go
• Trivia: The film was released in the UK on April 27, 2012. The film earned 38 pounds when it was released in the UK. Despite having a major role in the film, Martin Kemp has no dialogue. Robert Englund only has ten lines.

April 27 – The Five-Year Engagement

• Cast: Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Mimi Kennedy, David Paymer, Jacki Weaver, Jim Piddock, Jane Carr, Michael Ensign, Rhys Ifans, Mindy Kaling, Adam Campbell, Kevin Hart, Randall Park, Brian Posehn, Chris Parnell, Lauren Weedman, Tracee Chimo, Dakota Johnson, Tim Heidecker, Kumail Nanjiani, Gerry Bednob, Molly Shannon, Da’Vone McDonald
• Director: Nicholas Stoller
• Production Company: Apatow Productions, Relativity Media
• Trivia: The film screened at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2012 ahead of its US and Canada release on April 27. The film was released in the UK on June 22. In order to fine-tune her character Suzie’s British accent, Alison Brie listened to recordings of readings provided by her British co-star Emily Blunt. The photo used next to the ‘City Eats’ article about Tom’s food truck is the actual promotional shot of Jason Segel for the sixth season of How I Met Your Mother.

April 27 – The Raven

• Cast: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jimmy Yuill, Kevin McNally, Sam Hazeldine, Pam Ferris, John Warnaby, Brendan Coyle
• Director: James McTeigue
• Production Company: FilmNation Entertainment, Relativity Media, Intrepid Pictures, Galavis Films, Pioneer Pictures, Amontillado Productions, Endgame Entertainment, Poe Producciones, distributed by Relativity Media
• Trivia: The film premiered in the UK on March 9, 2012, and Canada and the US on April 27. Jeremy Renner was originally set to star but dropped out for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. He was replaced with Luke Evans. Ewan McGregor and Joaquin Phoenix were also in talks to appear in the film.