Hi,
What kind of car is Bogart driving in this movie? I think it's the same as the one in The Big Sleep.
Thanks,
Paul
High Sierra, Big Sleep , and possibly others had Bogie driving a 38 Plymouth coupe, which pleased me because my parent's car was a 38 'mouth (sedan). It was really an underpowered, unstylish, iron pile, but was the car in which I learned to drive. In my 16 year old mind, Dad's uncool choice of wheels was redeemed by the model's presence in a movie or two.
A few years ago while wathing, I believe, High Sierra, there was a goof where, in
at least one scene, the 38 Plymouth coupe became a 37 model. There's a subtle difference in the hood oranament and lower grille between the two models, the 38
ornament having a shape as a large chrome horizontal teardrop, the 37 "teardrop"
sort of droops down in front a few inches.
Dont argue with me. Who else would remember such details but a 16 year old male
who learned to drive in, and who drove across the nation and back in, his parents
1938 Plymouth 4 door sedan. The radio had two somewhat flat chrome knobs about the size of a nickel that were hard to grasp and turn.
By the way, in Big Sleep, Bogie flips down a panel under the dash where he has
a pistol hidden. The movie's dashboard and instruments are correct for the model, only ours,for years, had a dead fly behind the glass, feet up.
Patrick
Yeah, that "flip down" gun holder was real "James Bond" stuff for the '40's.
Thanks for the info on the '38 Plymouth.
Patrick-
ALL the Plymouths I ever drove except for the 1955s and later, equipped with the V-8 power plant ,were real dogs. I swear my first (1949 2-door , 3-on-the-tree) Plymouth was slower on a sunny day because the weight of its shadow dragging along the pavement slowed it down!
My dad owned a '51 Cranbrook with the same lame flat-head six that I had in my '49. My brother owned a new '52 sedan with the same engine. As I recall the old Plymouth flat sixes were rated optimistically at about 80-85 hp and displayed no discernable torque at any speed.
The only positive was that the old MOPARs were pretty well theft-immune. Nobody wanted to swipe one what with all the 1955+ Crown Vics and Bel Aires available around my home town. I could park it downtown and leave the keys in it. When I came back, I might be apt to find that someone had opened the car and tossed in another set of Plymouth keys.
I found it surprising that the producers would put Bogart, among the very coolest stars of Hollywood in the '40s, in such a ratty car. He drove a Plymouth coupe in several of his films. Perhaps it was to identify Bogart's character as absolutely not caring about having nice things; he was too busy seeking justice for his clients/self/friends.
www.catsafterme.com/blog/archives/8046
Above is a link to a picture of "The Crown Jewel" of
the Museum of Lone Pine: Bogart's '37 Plymouth Coupe from 'High Sierra'.
Nice find!
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