Crisis (1950)

Directed by

Richard Brooks

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

16

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American couple on vacation in a Latin American country get caught up in a political uprising. They are taken hostage by a revolutionary leader who needs the husband, a surgeon, to operate on his enemy.

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What happens

Crisis is a 1950 American film noir directed by Richard Brooks (in his directorial debut) and starring Cary Grant, José Ferrer and Paula Raymond. It follows American couple Eugene and Helen Ferguson who inadvertently become embroiled in a revolution. The film is based on the short story titled "The Doubters" by George Tabori, which was published in the magazine Today's Woman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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