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Kitty Kirwan as Granny.
Min Milligan as Housekeeper. Joseph Tomelty as Cabby. Fay as Father Tom. Arthur Hambling as Alfie. Denis O'Dea as Head Constable. Elwyn Brook-Jones as Tober. Anne Clery as Maureen. Eddie Byrne as Policeman. Dora Bryan as Girl in Telephone Kiosk. Guy Rolfe as Policeman. Geoffrey Keen as Soldier. March 2, Full Review…. March 11, Full Review…. Carol Reed's first great postwar film.
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Odd Man Out is a British film noir directed by Carol Reed. Set in an unnamed Northern Irish city, it is based on the novel of the same name by F. L. Green. Directed by Carol Reed. With James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, F.J. McCormick. A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following .
A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy. At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard. An armored truck driver and his lovely ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins. Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot. After opening a convent in the Himalayas, five nuns encounter conflict and tension - both with the natives and also within their own group - as they attempt to adapt to their remote, exotic surroundings. A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign. Two New York City detectives investigate the death of an attractive young woman.
The apparent suicide turns out to be murder. An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning. Johnny McQueen, leader of a clandestine Irish organization, has been hiding in the house of Kathleen and her mother, planning a hold-up that will provide his group with the funds needed to continue its activities.
During the hold-up, things go sour: Johnny is wounded, cannot make it back to the hideout, and disappears in the back-alleys of Belfast.
Min Milligan as Housekeeper. During the hold-up, things go sour: Share odd man out. James Mason flashes bits of a fleshed-out character, but mostly the script relegates him to playing wounded, but the large, supporting cast is colorful and interesting. Immediately, a large-scale man-hunt is launched, and the city is tightly covered by the constabulary, whose chief is intent on capturing Johnny and the other members of the gang.
Immediately, a large-scale man-hunt is launched, and the city is tightly covered by the constabulary, whose chief is intent on capturing Johnny and the other members of the gang. Kathleen sets out in search of Johnny.
The settings and photography of this film are absolutely outstanding, Johnny's hiding place, Shell's odd room full of canaries, the elaborate Victorian tavern,the snow covering Johnny as he lies unconscious. I love the Third Man but this is by far my favorite Carol Reed production. It is slow and contemplative and transforms essential theological and philosophical concepts into visual media.
It is strange and almost at times hallucinatory, but after all Johnny is often hallucinating in his pain and fever and this dreamlike quality is quite appropriate -- the slow thoughts of a man before he dies, as he tries to figure out what it was about and where he may be going. Reed does so much with film without dialog -- his close-ups of faces, his soft, dark streets and odd angles turn very difficult concepts and feelings into a visual masterpiece. I am always surprised to see how little commentary, what short shrift this excellent film is given.
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