Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out (1947)

Original title

Odd Man Out

Directed by

Carol Reed

Genre

drama film, film noir

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 231 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wounded Nationalist leader hides in the streets of Belfast after a robbery goes wrong. The police hunt him as he grows weaker and seeks help from people who have their own reasons for helping or betraying him.

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What happens

Odd Man Out is a 1947 British film noir directed by Carol Reed, and starring James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, and Kathleen Ryan. Set in Belfast, Northern Ireland, it follows a wounded Nationalist leader who attempts to evade police in the aftermath of a robbery. It is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by F. L. Green. The film received the first BAFTA Award for Best British Film, and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Odd Man Out follows the Mason character "on an anguished journey through the alleys of Belfast that visually presages Harry Lime's shadowy flight through the sewers of Vienna" in Reed's 1949 film The Third Man. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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