On the run from gamblers he double-crossed, expatriate jockey Danny Butler tries to justify his son's faith in him as a winner.On the run from gamblers he double-crossed, expatriate jockey Danny Butler tries to justify his son's faith in him as a winner.On the run from gamblers he double-crossed, expatriate jockey Danny Butler tries to justify his son's faith in him as a winner.
Micheline Presle
- Paule Manet
- (as Micheline Prelle)
Dusty Anderson
- Girl in Cafe
- (uncredited)
Frank Arnold
- Official
- (uncredited)
Edward Biby
- Chez Paulé Café Customer
- (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
Maurice Brierre
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
- Max
- (uncredited)
Peter Camlin
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Monique Chantal
- French Girl
- (uncredited)
Andre Charisse
- Gendarme
- (uncredited)
André Charlot
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Gordon B. Clarke
- Barman
- (uncredited)
Charles De Ravenne
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAlthough much footage was shot in Europe, the principal stars remained in California.
- Quotes
Dan Butler: America? Flat tracks! Dirt tracks! And the life there! It's on the fritz, believe me. Here we go wherever we please and see the sights!
- ConnectionsReferenced in First Communion (1950)
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Garfield Redeems Himself
I think that if John Garfield had lived he might have gone abroad as did so many of his peers did in the McCarthy era and such projects as Under My Skin might have had followups. The film is based on an Ernest Hemingway story about an exiled jockey living in Europe with his son, father and son being played by Garfield and Orley Lindgren.
It might have started out as a Hemingway story, but a seasoned film buff will recognize bits from Broadway Bill/Riding High, National Velvet, and The Champ. Garfield and Lindgren have to beat it out of Italy as he crosses up gangster Luther Adler and they flee to Paris. Where they take up with songstress Michelline Prelle and look for work, but Adler follows them there with an offer he thinks they can't refuse.
The shame and stigma for Garfield having been a cooperating witness at the HUAC hearings is roughly parallel to his role as a crooked jockey. Under My Skin is as much an explanation film for Garfield as On The Waterfront was for Elia Kazan. I think there's more Garfield/Jean Negulesco the director than Hemingway in this, Hemingway was never as sentimental as this film is.
Still it's not a bad one and I think Garfield may have done more projects like this had he lived.
It might have started out as a Hemingway story, but a seasoned film buff will recognize bits from Broadway Bill/Riding High, National Velvet, and The Champ. Garfield and Lindgren have to beat it out of Italy as he crosses up gangster Luther Adler and they flee to Paris. Where they take up with songstress Michelline Prelle and look for work, but Adler follows them there with an offer he thinks they can't refuse.
The shame and stigma for Garfield having been a cooperating witness at the HUAC hearings is roughly parallel to his role as a crooked jockey. Under My Skin is as much an explanation film for Garfield as On The Waterfront was for Elia Kazan. I think there's more Garfield/Jean Negulesco the director than Hemingway in this, Hemingway was never as sentimental as this film is.
Still it's not a bad one and I think Garfield may have done more projects like this had he lived.
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
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