Crisis

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Bill T An interesting but not quite successful movie about a doctor and his wife who travel to an unidentified country on vacation, and are soon taken hostage by it's dictator, who demands the doctor perform brain surgery on him! The dictator is of course not very liked in his country, many people want to see him dead, so there's pressure from both sides. I thought this was some thinly disguised rant about Cuba, but it's still probably to early for that. Anyways, this thing really is a bit too padded out for time, and it crawls quite slowly for the first 3/4 of it. It's not only when the stakes are upped quite substantially that it becomes quite interesting. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/24/23 Full Review steve d Kind of ridiculous but still fun. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member An "innocent" bourgeois American couple, a doctor and his wife, get mixed up, while vacationing abroad, in "foreign" intrigue, with a (pro-US) Latin American dictator. And not only are they "innocent", but so is the American oil company executive (who, however, lets them know that he's an "unofficial" US ambassador). (All the Americans here are innocent. Only the Americans here are innocent.) But still it's not as bad as it sounds. It's like a Hitchcock movie, but without Hitchcock, less stylish, more serious. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member strange mix 2 find grant in yea we can post again! Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting Richard Brooks directorial debut is somewhat of a forgotten Cary Grant gem. It's not a classic and actually drags at a number of points, but it's an intriguing story of brain surgeon Grant being compelled to treat a South American dictator of an unnamed country, played by José Ferrer. Like most Brooks films, it's intelligent and gritty, even if it is a bit slow in parts. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This film stars Cary Grant as a doctor on vacation with his wife in a South American country. But he is sort of kidnapped by a dictator in the country and asked to perform brain surgery to remove a tumor that will kill him. But he does not like this dictator's policy with his country and how he treats his citizens. He is asked by rebels to kill him on the operating table. But his moral code as a doctor forces his hand to save this man. The story was interesting and had many entertaining parts. Cary Grant is excellent as usual in his role. Actor Jose Ferrer is also quite good as the dying dictator. Overall this was a solid watch. If your a Cary Grant fan then check it out. Well worth the watch. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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