Odd Man Out

Presents an excerpt from the feature film Odd Man Out and discusses the sequence with reference to establishing mood through lighting and camera work. Narrated by Basil Wright, filmmaker and critic.

The film's opening intertitle reads: The city and the organisation are never explicitly named, but the protagonist, Johnny McQueen (James Mason), is the IRA-like group's leader in the city. Johnny has been hiding the past six months since his escape from prison in a house occupied by Kathleen Sullivan (Kathleen Ryan) and her grannie.

Credits

Cast
James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack
Complete catalog record
Presents an excerpt from the feature film Odd Man Out and discusses the sequence with reference to establishing mood through lighting and camera work. Narrated by Basil Wright, filmmaker and critic. , ODD MAN OUT. Released by General Film Distributors, Ltd., c1947. Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 113 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Two Cities film. From F. L. Green's novel. Credits: Producer and director, Carol Reed; story, F. L. Green; screenplay, F. L. Green, R. C. Sherriff; continuity, Olga Brooks; music, William Alwyn; cameraman, Robert Krasker; editor, Fergus McDonell. Cast: James Mason, Kathleen Ryan, Robert Newton, Robert Beatty, Cyril Cusack. © General Film Distributors, Ltd.; 11Apr47; LP1016., ODD MAN OUT. Released by General Film Distributors, Ltd., c1947. Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 113 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Two Cities film. From F. L. Green's novel. Credits: Producer and director, Carol Reed; story, F. L. Green; screenplay, F. L. Green, R. C. Sherriff; continuity, Olga Brooks; music, William Alwyn; cameraman, Robert Krasker; editor, Fergus McDonell. Cast: James Mason, Kathleen Ryan, Robert Newton, Robert Beatty, Cyril Cusack. © General Film Distributors, Ltd.; 11Apr47; LP1016., ODD MAN OUT. Released by General Film Distributors, Ltd., c1947. Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 113 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Two Cities film. From F. L. Green's novel. Credits: Producer and director, Carol Reed; story, F. L. Green; screenplay, F. L. Green, R. C. Sherriff; continuity, Olga Brooks; music, William Alwyn; cameraman, Robert Krasker; editor, Fergus McDonell. Cast: James Mason, Kathleen Ryan, Robert Newton, Robert Beatty, Cyril Cusack. © General Film Distributors, Ltd.; 11Apr47; LP1016., ODD MAN OUT. Released by General Film Distributors, Ltd., c1947. Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 113 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Two Cities film. From F. L. Green's novel. Credits: Producer and director, Carol Reed; story, F. L. Green; screenplay, F. L. Green, R. C. Sherriff; continuity, Olga Brooks; music, William Alwyn; cameraman, Robert Krasker; editor, Fergus McDonell. Cast: James Mason, Kathleen Ryan, Robert Newton, Robert Beatty, Cyril Cusack. © General Film Distributors, Ltd.; 11Apr47; LP1016., ODD MAN OUT. Released by General Film Distributors, Ltd., c1947. Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 113 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Two Cities film. From F. L. Green's novel. Credits: Producer and director, Carol Reed; story, F. L. Green; screenplay, F. L. Green, R. C. Sherriff; continuity, Olga Brooks; music, William Alwyn; cameraman, Robert Krasker; editor, Fergus McDonell. Cast: James Mason, Kathleen Ryan, Robert Newton, Robert Beatty, Cyril Cusack. © General Film Distributors, Ltd.; 11Apr47; LP1016.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

More in Critic and Film Series

  1. The Overlanders 1946
  2. Odd Man Out 1947
  3. Twelve Angry Men 1957

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