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Odd Man Out (1947)

dir: Carol Reed

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman (James Mason) wounded in a daring robbery.

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FitFortDanga FitFortDanga wrote about Odd Man Out

Reed once again brings on the stunning photography, with deep, long shadows and fantastic hallucination sequences. And the story contains a lot of tension, and comments on the issue of taking sides without actually taking sides itself. However, it falls short of The Third Man. Mason doesn't have the commanding screen presence of Cotten or Welles. And I couldn't help feeling a bit restless, wanting the plot to move forward more swiftly. It felt like the suspense was at odds with the drama.

8 stars