Odd Man Out (1947)

Carol Reed doesn’t only refuse to paint morality in terms of black and white in “Odd Man Out.”  He also sketches his portrait of human necessity and despair with so many shades of grey; the buildup of the director’s graphite layers seems to glisten with an eternal and…

theriverjordan

"In my profession there is neither good nor bad. There is innocence and guilt. That's all." Polanski's favorite film, and i can see why. on par with THE THIRD MAN, for me. muscular direction, an intriguingly lateral narrative... only stalls out a bit when it switches its…

davidehrlich

This movie is real, gritty, and fantastic. I was expecting something more along the lines of The Third Man, Carol Reed’s other highly praised work, but this film strikes a very different tone. It isn’t a traditional noir, it bares more resemblance to a pre code crime drama,…

Ethan Colburn

75/100 Current Letterboxd one-sheet proclaims this "the most exciting motion picture ever made!", which is not just hyperbole but essentially the antithesis of how the film actually works. Mason was already Britain's top star at the time, yet Odd Man Out incapacitates him…

Mike D'Angelo

"He's a prize creature—wounded or sound." Set over the course of a fateful night in unnamed postwar Belfast, Carol Reed's magnificent film adaptation of F. L. Green's 1945 novel Odd Man Out charts the lonely, protracted demise of a moribund IRA insurgent (like the setting,…

Richard Chandler

me to the police when they catch me tending to james mason’s wounds in my flat: I just don’t think harboring a fugitive should be a crime if the fugitive is sexy... the police: you are so right miss, what were we even thinking, we’ll leave you to it.

eely 👻

Thank you @marieaudrey for the recommendation but this is a great haunting atmospheric thriller set in Northern Ireland which follows Johnny McQueen a wounded IRA member on the run after a failed robbery, what follows is a tense chase through the streets in search of Johnny…

Sam

An escaped convict, a bank robbery gone bad, a desperate flight from the police.  Going into Odd Man Out, you are led to think that this is a classic crime thriller, with all of the usual beats. James Mason makes for a sympathetic protaganist, and all his crew fits the…

Jamelle Bouie

"it's a long way, but i'm coming with you. we're going away together." IRA leader on the run after a failed robbery, but it transforms into something sadder. An atmosphere so thick you can feel the damp air coming through the screen. Belfast and the IRA are never named,…

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