Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Connianatu How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

carvalheiro "The conspirators" (1944) directed by Jean Negulesco is a plot as old present past to liberate others whom were at the time imprisoned in a jail for scaring anybody else, that caught the viewer for a while in a very busy sequence interesting as example of hypocrisy from the ancient regime. All the darkness particularly in the night scene of the ball where as intruder one of the conspirators is there, where foreigners and local authorities are both entities in a pact, that this movie shows the reverse of the peaceful and apparatus of fake generosity. Within a sense of dramatic expression very sustained before the dangerous and strange move of the characters, facing a treachery for killing someone outside, it shows also the strength of this good screenplay. The contrast between a group of main characters disguised as contacts for something not entirely legal and the commodities that they are concerned with, for their purposes for raising income and by this way merchandising human freedom with some local authorities, it is got without the entire knowledge of the concerned people. From whom one of them meets some inhabitants by night, in an open party boom at a known beach in the outskirts with typical songs and cloths from local fishermen, collaborating now in a neutral country under dictatorship of a specific oligarchy. Preventing uprising in such a shadowy world it is obvious a kind of archaism without democratic stance by its architectonic similitude with a more liberal attitude for business by night under vaults, tunnels and climbs in an old city turned away to the ocean entry in Europe. Where under covered merchants - like in republican times twenty years before - living in a quiet and strange magic tranquility are in cohabitation, like searching an unknown royalty for their benefices out of the church influence in such a pause of war timed in 1943 just after last fascism schism, as only apparently in such a scale of mediocrity to make a living of the last resentment against an oppression less intensive than in other countries smashed nearby by an atmosphere of not far way mystery.

gullom-1 In order to counter the unbelievably negative previous review I shall first disagree with ALL of the "I spy" review.Jean Negulesco (Humoresque) directs an all-star cast in "The Conspirators", a truly remarkable film, and a MUST SEE!! This film resembles "Casablanca" in that it has much of its feel--the cast, setting (WWII Portugal), romantic music, this film has it all! Strangely enough, this film bears some similarity to Hedy Lamarr's life in Germany before her escape. She worked extensively against the Nazi's. The fact that she was to be cast in Casablanca instead of Ingrid Bergman goes to show that the chemistry between Paul Henreid was definitely strong. Unfortunately, Lamarr was not able to take the role so it was given to Bergman.Lamarr's enigma-like qualities is trademark of her style and adds to the film's appeal.Henreid is in his own element here and the man he was hinted at being in Casablanca comes to life.Sentimentality evidently fails to appeal to everyone. However, I will conclude with stating how much the messages this film carries appeal to me--the love story filled with strife, as well as fighting against all odds whatever the cost.

iami-4 In the justly famous film Casablanca, Richard Blain (Rick) is seated at a table in his nightclub with Nazi Major Strasser (Conrad Veidt) who is quizzing him informally. A dolt-like officer companion of Strasser's is on hand as well. Rick is testy with him but more cooperative with Strasser. In a rejoinder to a remark the major makes concerning his birthplace, Bogart's Rick adroitly rubs his chin and slyly says something like, "There are certain parts of New York City I wouldn't advise you to go at night." By coincidence, within a short time after that viewing I came across a movie entitled All Through the Night with Bogart, Veidt, and Peter Lorre. The setting is NYCity, and it has Nazis infiltrating. I assumed it was a spin-off, but now I see it was released in 1942, the year before Casablanca. Yesterday I bump into The Conspirators, 1944, at the very beginning and became interested enough to put up with it. I didn't know it existed. I noticed similarities to Casablanca: Veidt, Lorre, Greenstreet, Henreid, and many who played minor roles or whose faces are panned in a crowd. Henreid is wounded slightly in the arm here, similar to getting it cut while breaking through a window in Casablanca. Here, however, a bullet is removed and he loses neither strength nor mobility. One of several examples of unconvincing portrayal or continuity. Lisbon, so yearned for in Casablanca but never attained by Rick or Renault, is the setting, the open port to freedom. The only one in Europe. The fog scenes are poor. Parts of scenes here are nearly copied from the greater film: market place, cafés, streets, and so on. Lines are sometimes very similar. Leo Rosten is a writer of All Through the Night and of The Conspirators. He has apparently been hired to do a quick job of imitating Casablanca to capitalize on its popularity. Romance triangle, gambling tables, too, and so on. Nevertheless, I began to think that had they taken more care, Conspirators could have been much better. But instead of care they became careless with clichés. The climax is so poorly done that I can't rate this film above 4. Members of the spy network headed by Greenstreet are among others seated around a roulette table. Greenstreet and Henreid are standing tense in anticipation of 3 numbers that will be played moments before 1:00 a.m., and that will be the clue to the infiltrating spy. The scene drags. The clock reveals 10 minutes to the hour, then 5 several times, and finally it creeps. The camera pans and the editing takes us many times across and around without skill. Ditto on the faces of Henreid and Greenstreet. And when the villain is revealed, the ending is dragged through a shootout in the fog, again. Hedy Lamar is useful but not very convincing; always in need of good direction, she get none here. Her husband is a Veidt-like German named Hugo. Whatever talent is hired for this film is nearly wasted. The background music gets too close to Casablanca's, also, and is hurried and cluttered, indistinct, and adds virtually nothing. Sorry to say, I think this film is interesting mostly as a comparison and as a how-NOT-to-do-it production. But worth watching for Lamar's face and to see how close a director can come without succeeding. Deadlines may have been too much for him. For instance, the talented Greenstreet isn't allowed to be the convincing actor he often was. Lorre, ditto. Henreid is given much opportunity, but he's an actor who needs better direction or editing. Lamar? Well, mostly we study her face and wonder about all those wonderful garments that cover a body as indistinct as the music and the plot. 625 words

wndlz The Conspirators is often compared to Casablanca. I agree that the latter movie was superior, in many ways. However, I don't think the similarities between these two movies were intentional. It was WWII, look at all the movies made about the war, and you will see numerous and consistent themes.I think this movie stands on its own merits. The cast is good and delivers consistently. Paul Henreid does not have the charisma of Humphrey Bogart, and Ingrid Bergman was always given credit for great performances, that she never quite deserved. She had a clean, fresh faced, innocent appeal, that seem to make people feel she had depth. She was also lucky enough to work with superior directors, and films with better scripts. She was good, but not great; however I loved Anastasia. Hedy Lamarr on the other hand, was so beautiful, that critics would not even consider that she could act. I think she was capable, but was too beautiful to be taken seriously; and I don't think she chose her films wisely.The Conspirators is a good film, with some flaws; but deserves to be considered on its own merits.