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Odd Man Out

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A wounded fugitive's dark odyssey through the streets of Belfast. Following a "fundraising" robbery which goes horribly wrong, the badly injured, abandoned, and increasingly delirious IRA leader wanders the city in search of an escape route from the British authorities.

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Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com Aug 22
An enrapturing crisis of faith Go to Full Review
James Agee TIME Magazine 03/02/2018
Dostoevskian in conception and design, the story progressively becomes more wildly adventurous, more mystical, more half-baked. But even in its failures, Odd Man Out is admirable. Go to Full Review
Keith Phipps The Dissolve 04/13/2015
4.5/5
What begins as an exercise in realism that includes an exceedingly quiet, civil robbery sequence, become increasingly expressionistic as it goes along. Go to Full Review
Pat Padua Washington City Paper 10/14/2024
When it starts snowing in the final act, it feels like a much darker parallel to It’s a Wonderful Life. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand 03/09/2024
... one of the great British films of the 1940s and a powerful drama of one man’s long dark night of the soul ... Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 01/22/2024
A more familiar classic... Go to Full Review
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Peter F 11/29/2024 It was really distracting having none of the cast, other than the children playing in the street, having Belfast accents. James Mason didn't even attempt a Belfast accent and the rest of the cast had southern/Dublin accents. Great mood and cinematography. Some great shots of 1940s post war Belfast. See more Sharon N 07/26/2024 It is one of the most tedious movies ever. See more SICKS6SIX S 06/23/2024 One of the best British films of that era. The b&w film creates a eerie feel to the film and the air raid shelter scene when he's slipping in and out of reality is one of cinemas best moments. The first time you watch it you think your watching someone's dream that's been captured and put on the big screen. See more Chris H 02/22/2024 First of all, it's not The Third Man, but I'm struggling to criticise it in any other way. James Mason plays it superbly; he is a terrorist murderer with whom we grow to sympathise, but this is not fairy tale mush; he maintains an edge, even in his severely weakened state, and he is no cuddly reformed villain. The behaviour of all around him - strange characters, with their own way of looking at the world - makes this film real and emotional. See more nick s 12/02/2023 The cast was remarkably good in this film. The story went to interesting and unexpected places. It seemed that every character was trying to balance their own welfare against the cause they believed in, and each character had redeeming qualities. The film had good suspense in every scene. See more Jack V 11/23/2023 A masterpiece from start to finish, this movie has it all. Thrilling action, complex characters and moral debates, impeccable plot and acting and a fitting end. As well as impressive directing for the time. Just pure perfection. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A wounded fugitive's dark odyssey through the streets of Belfast. Following a "fundraising" robbery which goes horribly wrong, the badly injured, abandoned, and increasingly delirious IRA leader wanders the city in search of an escape route from the British authorities.
Director
Carol Reed
Producer
Carol Reed
Screenwriter
R.C. Sherriff, F.L. Green
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Two Cities Films Ltd.
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 23, 1947, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 55m
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