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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300215559
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6300215555
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 106 minutes
Sales Rank: 11901
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1955
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Audiences have always loved the spectacle of tough guys going soft and gooey, and We're No Angels adds the extra sweetener of Yuletide to its mix. The action takes place on Devil's Island, the tropical backwater where the notorious French prison was located. Three convicts, played by Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, and Peter Ustinov, have escaped, and wait only for a ship to leave the next day. In the meantime, they become involved in the financial woes of an island shopkeeper (Leo G. Carroll) and his wife (Joan Bennett) and daughter, whose business is in danger from a rich, nasty relative (Basil Rathbone). Despite the threat of black comedy, especially in the form of a poisonous viper (which Ray carries around in a demure bamboo case), broad cuteness tends to rule the day. While it's not on the list of essential Bogart performances, Bogie does seem to be enjoying himself, and the puckish Ustinov savors his lines like a cow chewing grass. The stage origins of the scenario are all too obvious, and probably contribute to the pokey pacing (Michael Curtiz, who guided Bogart in Casablanca, was perhaps not the ideal choice for this kind of winsome comedy). This 1955 film looks good in comparison to the loose, labored 1989 remake with Robert De Niro and Sean Penn. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - 3.5 stars
After watching the 1989 version, I decided I needed the original. Honestly, I have no idea why they kept the title for the newer movie, because the two are not related at all. I'm one of the minority, in that I didn't like this one as well.
Three convicts on Devil's Island escape from the prison and decide to steal some supplies from a local shop before stowing away on a ship. Instead, they end up falling for the family who owns the shop, and helping them out.
It's a very ... Read More
Rating:  - The Devil's Island Comedy
This film begins in Devils's Island in 1895. Three prisoners have escaped. Are they hiding in plain sight? Can they escape on a boat back to France? Can they find passports and money? The convicts meet the shop owner, and we learn about them. Cayenne is hot and humid at Christmas, and the rest of the time. Will the daughter of the shopowner find true love and happiness? Will a letter bring shocking bad news? The story mixes comedy with drama. [Does this film seem dated?] Will unexpected visitors arrive ... Read More
Rating:  - Unique, Wonderful Christmas Fun
I agree with all the other folks who give "We're
No Angels" five stars. With top to bottom great
performances by a stellar cast and a script that
is chock-a-block with witty lines, WNA is a
winner all the way. I too had trouble locating
it for a number of years but now own it on both
VHS and DVD. We watch it every Christmas (some-
times a couple of times) and revel it. It's one
of those movies that reveals more pleasures with
each viewing. Felix: ... Read More
Rating: - Bogart Does Comedy
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Humphrey Bogart made very few comedies during his long career, but those that he did appear in were quite entertaining.
WE'RE NO ANGELS (1955) is a delicious black comedy, adapted by Ranald MacDougall from MY THREE ANGELS, a popular French play by Albert Husson, and directed by Michael Curtiz (CASABLANCA). ... Read More
Rating: - We're no Angels
This is one of my favorite movies. It is a family movie, good to watch around christmas. In this movie Bogart is different from his usual tough guy movies. Peter Ustinov is wonderful as always, so are Aldo Ray and Joan Bennett.
All around a great movie, lots of fun!
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300215559
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6300215555
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 106 minutes
Sales Rank: 11901
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1955