Immediately, a largescale manhunt is launched, and the city is tightly covered by the constabulary, whose chief is intent on capturing johnny and. Financial analysis of odd man out 1947 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. It was the rattattat releases of 1947s odd man out good, 1948s the fallen idol better and 1949s the third man best that marked carol reed as a worldclass filmmaker. Odd man out is a film im going to be thinking about for a while. Odd man out works as an excellent double bill with yann. Ive only just this minute realized how surprising it is that this film exists. Odd man out 1947 the criterion collection bluray this is it. It is a tragic and timeless story about life gone wrong.
Odd man out is the 1947 crime drama thriller from legendary noir director carol reed the third man, oliver. Shazaaaam much to like in this one, including a great finale, but the subplot with the artist was so bizarre and exaggerated that it really turned me off the film. Sep 04, 2019 odd man out is a film im going to be thinking about for a while ive only just this minute realized how surprising it is that this film exists. Taking place largely over the course of one tense night, carol reeds psychological noir, set in an unnamed belfast, stars james mason as a revolutionary excon leading a. Robert newtons character is already in movie historys annals.
Carol reeds coded ira drama odd man out has the look but not. Filmmaker roman polanski repeatedly cited odd man out as his favourite film. Odd man out is a film directed by carol reed with james mason, robert newton, cyril cusack, f. Theres more than meets the eye to odd man out, a laurie green novel turned into a movie in 1947 but does it glorify the irish republican army. Carol reeds coded ira drama odd man out has the look but. It was the rattattat releases of 1947 s odd man out good, 1948s the fallen idol better and 1949s the third man best that marked carol reed as a worldclass filmmaker. Movie street of chance 1942 starring burgess meredith, claire trevor and louise platt duration. Rent odd man out 1947 starring james mason and robert newton on dvd and bluray. Robert newton is excellent in his role as a halfmad artist who wants to hold johnny just long enough to paint the expression in the eyes of a dying man. Reeds odd man out came out in 1947, just a couple of years before the third man, and its another noirish story set in a european city, also shot by third man cinematographer robert krasker. Odd man out 1947 director carol reed is most often hailed as the creative force behind the third man 1949, a highly stylized meditation on friendship and postwar morality. Odd man out falls into a contextually sad but internally joyous branch of films, the ones where the few people who have seen, or even heard of them recognise them for the masterpieces they are. Odd man out sparkles with setpieces and characters as striking as any in british cinema.
A wounded ira man faces betrayal on all sides when the british put a price on his head. Universalinternational, a rare attempt to use the screen for poetic tragedy, is the story of the last eight hours in the life of an irish revolutionist named johnny mcqueen james mason. One poster for carol reeds 1947 noir classic odd man out, for example, proclaimed it, the most exciting motion picture ever made. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer.
Johnny mcqueen, leader of a clandestine irish organization, has been hiding in the house of kathleen and her mother, planning a holdup that will prov. Odd man out, british film in which james mason again is. Odd man out dvd 1947 shop the best classic films movie. Johnny mcqueen james mason is a newlyescaped ira militant, with colleagues robbing a belfast bank, driver pat cyril cusack waiting outside, in carol reeds film of the troubles, odd man out, 1947. Mar 30, 2020 theres more than meets the eye to odd man out, a laurie green novel turned into a movie in 1947 but does it glorify the irish republican army.
Odd man out complete series nonusa format, pal, reg. Odd man out is the kind of film that stays within your film memory long after youve seen itas in my case, writing this from a memory seared by the experience of watching james mason in one of his greatest roles as johnny mcqueen, on the lam from the law after a botched robbery ends in the death of a man and he becomes a hunted animal. Odd man out is a soul searching thriller where love and loyalty do battle with cowardice and betrayal, in the labyrinth of a dying mans journey to. Odd man out 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Odd man out 1946 carol reed synopsis, characteristics. Odd man out was sadly forgotten as its sympathetic treatment of the ira fell out of fashion and the film was allowed to slide into obscurity. Johnny mcqueen is an ira leader who breaks out of prison and for 6 months hides out at the house of adoring kathleen.
Robbing a belfast factory for party funds, johnny unwittingly kills a man and is himself gravely wounded. Thats like if a hollywood studio had teamed up with a. Many critics, however, feel that odd man out 1947, which was filmed two years prior to the third man, is reeds real masterpiece. Its a feast for the eyes, with photography and roger furse and ralph bintons production design providing the vivid, realistic and yet clearly very controlled, poetic feel that reed was striving for and which anticipates his subsequent films, fallen idol 1948 and the third man 1949. Odd man out 1947 04231947 us crime, drama 1h 56m user score.
Green for danger 1946 starring alastair sim and trevor howard full movie duration. Odd man out not rated 1h 56min crime, drama, filmnoir 23 april 1947 usa a wounded irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in belfast. Sep 26, 2010 the film won the british film academys award for the best british motion picture of 1947. A double life 1947 ronald colman, edmond obrien, signe hasso. Decades ago, movie posters were a lot more aggressive, relying not on blurbs from critics but on breathless praise whipped up by the studios marketing department. Taking place largely over the course of one tense night, carol reeds psychological noir, set in an unnamed belfast, stars james mason as a revolutionary excon leading a robbery that goes horribly wrong. Johnny mcqueen, leader of a clandestine irish organization, has been hiding in the house of kathleen and her mother, planning a holdup that will provide his group with the funds needed to continue. Odd man out was carol reeds first postwar feature and the first of a quartet of films, including the fallen idol, the third man, and outcast of the islands, which were to mark the highpoint of a lengthy filmmaking career.
Rich in allegory, the story counts the last eight hours of johnnys life. A wounded irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery. Belfast police conduct a doortodoor manhunt for an ira gunman james mason wounded in a daring robbery. Thematically, odd man out is about reactions to suffering, fate, and faith. The film won the british film academys award for the best british motion picture of 1947. Odd man out is a 1947 british film noir directed by carol reed. Movisubmalay pencurimovie free movie malay movie indo movie dfm2u. Odd man out, british film in which james mason again is the chief menace, has its premiere at loews criterion. Jun 22, 2012 immediately, a largescale 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. Odd man out 1947 is a crime, drama movie starring james mason and robert newton. Rent odd man out 1947 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Following a fundraising robbery which goes horribly wrong, the badly injured, abandoned, and increasingly delirious ira leader wanders the city in search of an escape route from the british authorities. Injured and hunted by the police, he seeks refuge throughout the city, while the woman he loves kathleen ryan searches for him among the shadows.
Masterful cinematography by robert krasker infused the film with long shadows and a look of gloom, a visual style common to reeds films of this period. Watch odd man out online stream full movie directv. The film received the first bafta award for best british film. See the article in its original context from april 24, 1947, page 0 buy. A smalltown crim finds an ancient chinese timetravel device that can help him pull off a heist and start a new lifebut he may not survive the consequences of tampering. A wounded fugitives dark odyssey through the streets of belfast. Its cinematography, by robert krasker, rivals that of the third man, and the set designs by ralph brinton make johnnys progress downward an expressionistic calvary. Odd man out is a soul searching thriller where love and loyalty do battle with cowardice and betrayal, in the labyrinth of a dying mans journey to the grave. Here he plots a robbery of a belfast mill to fund his underground organisation, the robbery doesnt go to plan and johnny kills a man in a.
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