Out of the Fog
Summary:
Out of the Fog is the film version of the Irwin Shaw play +The Gentle People, refashioned to mollify the Hollywood censors by expert wordsmiths Robert Rossen, Jerry Wald, and Richard Macaulay. Humphrey Bogart lobbied strenuously to play the leading role of charming but ruthless waterfront loan shark Harold Goff, but in the end Warners chose the more "bankable" {... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Ida Lupino - (Stella Goodwin)
John Garfield - (Harold Goff)
Thomas Mitchell - (Jonah Goodwin)
Eddie Albert - (George Watkins)
George Tobias - (Igor Propotkin)
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Review:
Out of the Fog has everything going for it that a great 1940s noir-ish thriller needs -- except a top-notch script. The Irwin Shaw play that serves as its basis is too symbolically didactic by half, and despite the best efforts of all involved to open it up, it still feels stage-bound and artificial. To make matters worse, the censors o... Continue >>
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