The Man Who Cheated Himself

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nick s Well structured story and a capable cast. This movie starts off well, hooking you early with an intriguing setup. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/13/24 Full Review Billy L awesome film .. todays films can't compare Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/03/23 Full Review Bill B Surprisingly, I very much enjoyed this. Cobb plays his character with a stoic realism that others might have overplayed. Dall was a fine actor that was underutilized in his career, and Wyatt was terrific. Good plot. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/28/23 Full Review Deke P 1950. Great critics reviews! But middling current audience reviews cuz they don't appreciate B&W & old movies in old style. Good murder suspense crime detective drama. Good views of 1950 Frisco. Note to sef, watch yet again and pay ticular attention to large middle section. Watched it 3.23.23 on the tv screen. Saw it again, 7.9.23. Also stqrred JANE WYATT, the mother on the old FATHER KNOWS BEST tv series. She glookn in 19fiddy. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/10/23 Full Review don k Once we get past the romantically drippy dialog of the two leading couples, the movie begins to wind and unwind in a tense back-and-forth dance between the two leading men, Lee J Cobb and John Dall. As the tension builds, so does the cinematography. Truly outstanding uses of black and white throughout, and each frame of the final scenes at Fort Point is spectacular—even Hitchcock would have been awed. The plot is a bit too obvious and the dialog too conventional for today's tastes, but the direction, sets, location (San Francisco), editing and Cobb's performance rise to timelessness. The cinematography, which masterfully stitches all scenes together, swells to uncommon artfulness with a daring sublimity—hence, the high star rating. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The comically bad colorization of the version I saw made it hard to judge the film objectively. If you're going to watch this, find a print in the original black and white. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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