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Title:Odd Man Out


Date: 1947
Type: Drama
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Carol Reed
Producer: Carol Reed

Comment
James Mason is the leader of an Irish organisation who has escaped from prison and has planned a robbery of a Belfast mill. However things go wrong and he ends up killing someone and being shot and injured himself. He gets separated from the rest of the gang and goes on the run round the back street of the town. The police, members of the organisation and Kathleen Ryan are looking for him and meanwhile he meets a variety of local people who each have different views and motives in their dealings with him. James Mason gives a great performance in what is a good character study. This is a well produced from from Carol Reed that develops the charcters well and uses both the sound track and sound effects to enhance the feel of the film.

Actors

James MasonJames Mason
Kathleen RyanKathleen Ryan
Robert NewtonRobert Newton
William HartnellWilliam Hartnell
Cyril Cusack
F J McCormick
Fay ComptonFay Compton
Denis O'Dea
W G Fay
Maureen Delaney
Elwyn Brook-Jones
Robert BeattyRobert Beatty

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Odd Man Out