The Man with Bogart's Face

"The face may be familiar. The mystery is brand new."

May 28 1980 PG 1h 46m
Comedy, Crime, Mystery

In this send-up of the Humphrey Bogart detective films of the 1940s, a man idolizes Bogart so much that he has his features altered to look exactly like him and then opens up a detective agency under the name Sam Marlow.

Plot

A man with a fixation on Humphrey Bogart gets plastic surgery to make him look exactly like Bogart. Then he changes his name to Sam Marlowe (after Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe, two of Bogart's most famous characters), hires a ditzy blonde secretary, and opens up a detective agency. His first case is one that would do Bogie proud...

Written by

Andrew J. Fenady

Directed by

Robert Day

Cast

Robert Sacchi, Franco Nero, Michelle Phillips

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox, Melvin Simon Productions

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

Trailers
The Man With Bogart's Face Trailer 1980
Scores
# of Votes
698
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA