{"id":49457,"date":"2020-07-20T16:18:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T23:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49457"},"modified":"2021-01-23T14:25:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T21:25:23","slug":"to-the-ends-of-the-earth-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49457","title":{"rendered":"To the Ends of the Earth (1948)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Drugs eat away their will to resist, making conquest that much easier. An excellent military strategy, isn&#8217;t it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Poster.jpg 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA U.S. Narcotics Agent (Dick Powell) assigned to locate a ship smuggling drugs is shocked when he spies a freighter throwing dozens of chained laborers overboard. He vows to follow the drug dealers &#8220;to the ends of the Earth&#8221;, which involves travelling to Shanghai, Egypt, and Cuba, and meeting a mysterious nanny (Signe Hasso) and her ward (Maylia) along the way.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dick Powell Films<\/li>\n<li>Drug Dealers<\/li>\n<li>Signe Hasso Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis documentary-style narcotics trafficking adventure was bold and unusual for its time, given how openly illegal drugs are addressed (we learn how heroin is made, step by step!!). Unfortunately, the first-person narrative-heavy plot is so focused on providing insider details about how global stings operate that we fail to connect to the ostensible protagonists &#8212; who, indeed, are merely players in a much bigger scheme. With that said, I was duly impressed by the lengths to which narcos will go to protect their wares &#8212; and I&#8217;ll admit the final plot twist took me by surprise. This one remains a curio, but not must-see viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Cinematography.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Cinematography-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Cinematography-128x93.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Impressive location shooting around the globe<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Camels.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Camels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Camels.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Camels-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/To-the-Ends-of-the-Earth-Camels-128x93.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re curious. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0040887\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1948\/02\/13\/archives\/at-the-rivoli.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/3733\/to-the-ends-of-the-earth#articles-reviews?articleId=309507\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.afi.com\/Film\/25779-TO-THE-ENDS-OF-THE-EARTH?cxt=filmography\">AFI Catalog Entry <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Drugs eat away their will to resist, making conquest that much easier. An excellent military strategy, isn&#8217;t it? Synopsis: A U.S. Narcotics Agent (Dick Powell) assigned to locate a ship smuggling drugs is shocked when he spies a freighter throwing dozens of chained laborers overboard. He vows to follow the drug dealers &#8220;to the ends of the Earth&#8221;, which involves travelling to Shanghai, Egypt, and Cuba, and meeting a mysterious nanny (Signe Hasso) and her ward (Maylia) along the way&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49457\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49457"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65359,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49457\/revisions\/65359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}