Carlos Thompson Movies
Argentine actor Carlos Thompson played leading roles on-stage and in feature films. He was born Juan Carlos Mundin Schafter in Buenos Aires. Of German heritage, he was typically cast as a European womanizer after he came to Hollywood in the 1950s. Later in the decade, Thompson moved to Europe. He appeared most frequently in German films. In the late '60s, Thompson left acting to become a writer and a television producer. He was married to actress Lilli Palmer from 1958 until her death in 1986. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide- 1952
Penny Edwards and Ross Elliot are top-billed in the Republic programmer Woman in the Dark. Though Edwards plays the title character, most of the film is carried by Elliot as an Italian-American priest named Father Tony Morello. The good father is saddled with a no-good brother named Gino (Richard Benedict), who gets mixed up in a jewel heist. With the help of Father Tony and his other brother, a lawyer named Phil (Rick Vallin), Gino is cleared of all charges. But the jewel thieves exact a violent revenge upon Gino, prompting Phil to retaliate and Father Tony to try to maintain peace in the family. Throughout it all, Phil's Park Avenue girlfriend Anna Reichardt (Penny Edwards) stands on the sidelines, with wide eyes and trembling lips. Woman in the Dark was based on Moon Over Mulberrry Street, a play by Nicholas Cosentino. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Penny Edwards, Ross Elliott, (more)
- 1952
Mexican film luminary Maria Felix stars in the Argentine La Pasion Desnuda (Naked Passion). The film is based on the legend of Thais, as committed to print by Anatole France. Felix plays a predatory female who drives a prominent doctor to his doom. She also destroys the lives of the doctor's daughter and the daughter's fiancé. After 11 reels of sex and sin, the "heroine" seeks divine redemption; what she gets is divine retribution. La Pasion Desnuda was able to secure a few American bookings thanks to the box-office pull of Maria Felix's male co-star, Carlos Thompson. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maria Felix, Carlos Thompson, (more)
- 1952
The Argentine El Tunel features two of that country's brightest young stars, Laura Hidalgo and Carlos Thompson (the latter was on the verge of "going Hollywood" in 1952). Based on a controversial novel by Ernesto Sabato, the film attempts to probe the psyche of a demented murderer. Thompson plays a surrealist painter who falls in love with the wife (Hidalgo) of a famous pianist. Consumed by jealousy of the woman's multiple affairs, the painter is driven to murder. But that's only part of the story: once he's safely ensconced in a lunatic asylum, the artist is "interpreted" by a group of self-styled specialists, in much the same way as his paintings had previously been picked apart by art critics. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Carlos Thompson
- 1952
The Argentine Sala de Guardia was released in English-speaking markets as Emergency Ward. South-of-the-Border matinee idol Carlos Thompson stars as an idealistic intern, doing his best to survive a very tough day on the job. When not scurrying from one patient to another, the intern tries to maintain equilibrium in his romance with a nurse (Elisa Galve). Comedy dovetails neatly into tragedy, which in turn segues smoothly into heart-tugging pathos. A box-office smash in Argentina, Sala de Guardia repeated its moneymaking performance all throughout Latin America. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Carlos Thompson
- 1951
South American film favorite Carlos Thompson was on the verge of giving Hollywood a try when he starred in the Argentine La Indeseable. Thompson is cast opposite the equally popular Zully Moreno in this lavish "women's picture." During a murder trial, the plotline is revealed in a series of prismatic flashbacks. Marrying a widowed rancher (Guillermo Battaglia) out of gratitude, the beautiful new bride (Moreno) falls in love with a handsome doctor (Thompson). When her husband dies of an accidental drug overdose, the lovers are accused of the killing the man. Gradually, the storyline segues into unabashed propaganda for the "democratic" regime of Argentine president Juan Peron! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Zully Moreno, Carlos Thompson, (more)
When Lizabeth Scott's Jane Greer husband Arthur Kennedy accidentally gets his mitts on $60,000 in stolen money, she insists that he keep the dough rather than turn it over to the authorities. Two-bit private eye Dan Duryea catches on to Scott's subterfuge, and demands that she turn the cash over to him. Scott persuades Duryea to split the money with her--then, determining that Kennedy might be too honest for everyone's own good, she murders her husband. To cover her tracks, Scott reports her husband as missing. This brings in yet another fly in the ointment: Don DeFore, the brother of Scott's first husband, who died under mysterious circumstances. The already knotted webs of intrigue become even more tangled before Scott's ironic comeuppance. Too Late for Tears was scripted by Roy Huggins, who later produced such TV detective series as The Rockford Files. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, (more)
This unusual, dreamlike John Wayne vehicle is set in the East Indies. The focus of the film is the deadly rivalry between two men of the sea. Ship's captain Rails (John Wayne) nurses a long-standing grudge against shipping magnate Van Schreeven (Luther Adler). The reason for the animosity: Van Schreeven stole away Rails' love, Angelique (Gail Russell). Revenge has warped Rails to point that sometimes he seems to be the heavy of the picture. Complications involving valuable pearls ensue before the offbeat climax, which finds Rails scuttling his own vessel, the Red Witch, as means of getting even. The film's resolution is one of the strangest ever concocted for a Wayne picture. Wake of the Red Witch represented the second screen teaming of John Wayne and Gail Russell; the film must also have held some special significance for Wayne, since he named his own production company, Batjac, after the shipping firm depicted in the picture. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Wayne, Gail Russell, (more)
