Gilda (1946)
91%RT Audience Score: 88%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Rita Hayworth carries Gilda on the sheer strength of her screen presence, rendering the film’s somewhat middling story almost irrelevant.
If you’re looking for a movie that’s got it all – action, romance, and a healthy dose of Rita Hayworth – then Gilda is the flick for you. Sure, the plot might be a bit confusing and the dialogue a bit stilted, but who cares when you’ve got Hayworth sizzling on screen? Plus, the photography is top-notch and the whole thing just oozes that classic Hollywood glamour. So grab some popcorn, settle in, and get ready for a wild ride through the seedy underbelly of Buenos Aires.
Production Company(ies)
Gruskoff, Venture Films, Crossbow Productions, Jouer Limited
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Approved
Year of Release
1946
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.37 : 1
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Runtime:1h 50m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Mar 15, 1946 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 7, 2000
Genre(s)
Romance/Lgbtq+
Keyword(s)
starring Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steven Geray, Joe Sawyer, directed by Charles Vidor, written by Marion Parsonnet, romance, LGBTQ+, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Helen Bower, Kate Cameron, Eleanor Wilson, Mildred Martin, Mae Tinee, George Bourke, Virginia Wright, Mary Gilchrist, James B Roe, C.A Lejeune, Hortense Morton, William R Weaver, produced by Virginia Van Upp, MPAA rating, Buenos Aires, Argentina, casino, cheating, ex-lover, lusty battle, victim, femme fatale, post-war greed, seductive, cartel, newly betrothed, torrid history, passionate love/hate relationship, noir, mènage a trois
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
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US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Glenn Ford – Johnny Farrell, Narrator
George Macready – Ballin Mundson
Joseph Calleia – Detective Maurice Obregon
Steven Geray – Uncle Pio, Mundson’s Butler
Joe Sawyer – Casey
Director(s)
Charles Vidor
Writer(s)
Marion Parsonnet
Producer(s)
Virginia Van Upp
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (70) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (63) | Rotten (7)
Heralded as a new team in motion pictures, Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford are off to a flying start in Gilda.
November 19, 2020
Helen Bower
Detroit Free Press
TOP CRITIC
If it’s escape you want in a movie, you will find surcease from the worry of today’s scary headlines at the Music Hall, where Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford are pitted against each other in a lusty battle of hate and love.
November 19, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4
Kate Cameron
New York Daily News
TOP CRITIC
The captivating Miss Hayworth turns in what is perhaps her best performance as the reckless Gilda.
November 19, 2020
Eleanor Wilson
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
TOP CRITIC
Not since the archaic days of Theda Bara and her brazen ilk has sex appeal been set forth in so rampant a fashion on the screen.
November 19, 2020
Mildred Martin
Philadelphia Inquirer
TOP CRITIC
Staggering around with this plot on their shoulders, the players, all of them competent, have a lot of trouble being convincing, particularly with the dialogue provided.
November 19, 2020
Mae Tinee
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
It’s really good pulse-tingling cinema presented in good adult taste but there are sequences from which adolescents might draw the conclusion that all that shimmers is not heavenly light.
November 19, 2020
George Bourke
Miami Herald
TOP CRITIC
Overlook the confusion of plot, and the loose ends and you’ll find diversions to keep you awake. Chief among these, of course, is Rita Hayworth.
July 9, 2021
Virginia Wright
Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles)
Chock full of action and plenty of torrid feelings.
March 31, 2021
Mary Gilchrist
Tampa Bay Times
The photography is excellent, and shows an improvement in this Hollywood department which is be coming increasingly noticeable.
March 31, 2021
James B. Roe
Ottawa Citizen
For an hour or so the spectator has been sufficiently beguiled by the prevailing air of mystery… But about this time he may begin to have a nasty suspicion, subsequently confirmed, that nothing is going to happen except Miss Hayworth.
November 19, 2020
C.A. Lejeune
Observer (UK)
Completely disregarding the very obvious and eye-appealing fact, that Rita Hayworth is one of the world’s most beautiful women, we are going to award her our personal accolade for also being one of the most dynamic and distinguished actresses.
November 19, 2020
Hortense Morton (Screen Scout)
San Francisco Examiner
A sumptuously sordid story about crime, major and minor, in Buenos Aires.
November 19, 2020
William R. Weaver
Motion Picture Herald (Exhibitors Herald)…
Plot
Just arrived in Argentina, small-time crooked gambler Johnny Farrell is saved from a gunman by sinister Ballin Mundson, who later makes Johnny his right-hand man. But their friendship based on mutual lack of scruples is strained when Mundson returns from a trip with a wife: the supremely desirable Gilda, whom Johnny once knew and learned to hate. The relationship of Johnny and Gilda, a battlefield of warring emotions, becomes even more bizarre after Mundson disappears…
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Rita Hayworth’s performance in Gilda is hailed as one of her best, carrying the film on the sheer strength of her screen presence.
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