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Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out

7,3 /10 (231 Votes)
1947 EN 116 min

Overview

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

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Release date

30/01/1947

Votes

231

Popularity

1.8

An adventure in unbearable suspense!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

116 min

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John Chard

John Chard

2013-11-02

⭐ 9

That's the duty of all of us. Johnny McQueen is an IRA leader who breaks out of prison and for 6 months hides out at the house of adoring Kathleen. Here he plots a robbery of a Belfast mill to fund his underground organisation, the robbery doesn't go to plan and Johnny kills a man in a struggle outside the mill, he himself is shot and fails to make the getaway with his accomplices... If ever there was a film that defines the statement of film on canvass then this is it, it's a gorgeous piece of work relying on striking imagery and dialogue driven smartness to realise the demise of Johnny…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-07-07

⭐ 7

This is very much an example of less is more from Carol Reed. James Mason is super as ("Johnny") who leads an IRA cell that decides to rob a textile mill to secure continued funding for their operations. As they make good their escape, he is shot, seriously wounded and has to try to secure medical care whilst being pursued by a determined constabulary and by his loving gal "Kathleen" (Kathleen Ryan). What helps this film to stand out, it that it attempts to deal in a far more sophisticated fashion with the goings-on, brutal at times from both sides, as the net tightens around the fugitive. The…

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