The Man with Bogart's Face

There is no denying that Robert Sacchi has his Humphrey Bogart impersonation nailed cold. He was outstanding in Woody Allen's "Play it Again Sam" (1972), and I believe that experience has carried through to "The Man With Bogart's Face". (1980) . There are some one liners in "The Man With Bogart's Face" that sound very "Woodish". The movie itself features Sacchi and his wonderful Bogart impersonation as private eye Sam Marlow, He is involved with at least a bunch of shady characters and cases. There is no shortage of beautiful women however, buzzing around the "bogus Bogart". Perhaps the weakest part could be the storyline, which is confusing at times. Nevertheless you will be so fixated on all the perfect Bogart mannerisms, that you will hardly notice. - MERK

There is certainly truth in advertising here. The Man With Bogart's Face is exactly what this is about. Robert Sacchi is an actor who has made a living on his resemblance to the movie legend. This film is a homage to Bogey and a whole load of familiar players from the past were gathered together for a spoof, of those old classics of Bogey's and many others. I'm sure a few of these people were grateful for a paycheck. One i know who was was George Raft the only one in the cast who actually worked with Humphrey Bogart. The IRS left Raft pretty much on his uppers and this was his farewell performance. He died later in the year. My favorite was Misty Rowe doing her Marilyn Monroe shtick as Sacchi's secretary. It's an amusing film in spots, but The Man With Bogart's Face is really one long and thin joke. Sacchi's really should have done a one man Bogey show. Maybe he did.

Ex-cop turns private eye after he has plastic surgery to look like his movie hero. Send-up of 40's Bogart films will probably offend fans. Skewers familiar film noir scenes and characters, sometimes with subtlety. Similar to "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (1982) and "The Cheap Detective" (1978). (Rating: B+)

If you like Bogart, you will enjoy this film thoroughly. I only wish it was on video so I could buy it! Very nostalgic. Very Bogart...as he was in his Ace Private-Dick days as Sam Spade/Philip Marlowe.

Making this short and to the point. This movie was great! I loved it! I actually picked this up at a Hollywood Video for 3 bucks on VHS and watched it about 5 times in the last couple weeks. I'm a big Bogart fan and I just latched onto this movie. I thought the song was funny and now have it as a ring tone on my phone. Robert Sacchi is great and pulls off a good Bogart. His nose is a little big, his voice is a Bogart-Columbo mix, and he does a few things that are awkward but otherwise, he was fantastic and this film was wonderful. No one can be a perfect Bogart but he was great. Remember, Sam Marlow is a fan of Bogart and isn't going to do everything he did. He mentions a lot of other movies and does some things that were never part of the real Bogart's character's. But, it's so funny and hilarious and has a great cast, including some beautiful women. Watch it and have fun!

Almost missed it. While visiting friends in Philadelphia sometime in the early 1980`s, I was channel surfing after everyone else went to bed. It wasn`t just Bogart he was obsessed with; but rather the entire era of those old flicks those of my age know so well. Add to that a plot liken to The Maltese Falcon - where so many different characters were interacting with Sacchi - and you have a piece of art as far as I`m concerned. About ten years later it appeared on TV and I taped it. >