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Odd man out

"Taking place largely over the course of one tense night, Carol Reed's psychological noir, set in an unnamed Belfast, stars James Mason as Johnny McQueen, a revolutionary ex-con leading a robbery that goes horribly wrong. Injured and hunted by the police, he seeks refuge throughout the city, while t...

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Corporate Author: London Symphony Orchestra (Performer)
Other Authors: Reed, Carol, 1906-1976 (Film director, Film producer), Del Giudice, F. (Filippo), 1892-1963 (Production manager), Green, F. L. (Frederick Laurence), 1902-1953 (Screenwriter), Sherriff, R. C. (Robert Cedric), 1896-1975 (Screenwriter), Mason, James, 1909-1984 (Actor), Newton, Robert, 1905-1956 (Actor), Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993 (Actor), McCormick, F. J., approximately 1890-1947 (Actor), Hartnell, William, 1908-1975 (Actor), Compton, Fay, 1894-1978 (Actor), O'Dea, Denis, 1905-1978 (Actor), Fay, W. G. (William George), 1872-1947 (Actor), Delaney, Maureen, 1888-1961 (Actor), Brook-Jones, Elwyn, 1911-1962 (Actor), Beatty, Robert, 1909-1992 (Actor), O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005 (Actor), Kirwan, Kitty, 1875-1951 (Actor), Measor, Beryl (Actor), Irving, Roy, 1911-1996 (Actor), Tomelty, Joseph, 1910-1995 (Actor), Hambling, Arthur, 1888-1952 (Actor), Clery, Ann (Actor), Milligan, Maura (Actor), Cusack, Maureen, 1920-1977 (Actor), Byrne, Eddie, 1911-1981 (Actor), Ryan, Kathleen, 1922-1985 (Actor), Krasker, Robert (director of photography.), Furse, Roger (Production designer), Brinton, Ralph (Art director), McDonell, Fergus, 1910-1984 (Film editor), Alwyn, William, 1905-1985 (composer (expression)), Mathieson, Muir (Conductor), Smith, Imogen Sara (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Edition:Two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 754.
Subjects:
Fugitives from justice > Drama.
Critically ill > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Robbery > Drama.
Northern Ireland > Drama.
Films adaptations.
Crime films.
Film noir.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:"Taking place largely over the course of one tense night, Carol Reed's psychological noir, set in an unnamed Belfast, stars James Mason as Johnny McQueen, a revolutionary ex-con leading a robbery that goes horribly wrong. Injured and hunted by the police, he seeks refuge throughout the city, while the woman he loves (Kathleen Ryan) searches for him among the shadows"--Container.
Item Description:Based on the novel by F.L. Green.
Special features: Template for the troubles: John Hill on Odd man out (new interview with British cinema scholar John Hill about the film and its depiction of Northern Ireland); Postwar poetry: Carol Reed and Odd man out (a new short documentary about the film, archival material and interviews with filmmakers, director Carol Reed's collaborators, and critics); Home, James (1972 documentary featuring actor James Mason revisiting his hometown of Huddersfield, England); Collaborative composition: scoring Odd man out (interview with music scholar Jeff Smith about composer William Alwyn and his unusual score); Suspense, episode 460 (radio adaptation of the film, originally broadcast on February 11, 1952, starring Mason and Dan O'Herlihy, produced and directed by Elliott Lewis). Insert includes an essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (10 unnumbered pages)
Format:DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital mono; full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio).
Production Credits:Director of photography, Robert Krasker ; production decor, Roger Furse ; art director, Ralph Brinton ; editor, Fergus McDonell ; music composed by William Alwyn ; conducted by Muir Mathieson ; played by the London Symphony Orchestra.
ISBN:9781604659771
1604659777

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