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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
tensebleaknoir-ishmelancholicslow-burnclaustrophobicsuspenseful
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)
More like this
Dual Alibi (1947)
They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
Night Beat (1947)
Dancing with Crime (1947)
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Dark Passage (1947)
The Guilty (1947)
The Long Night (1947)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.