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MOVIE REVIEWS
by Jonathan kilbourn
picture of the month
Atomic scientist (Ray Milland) receives instructions from enemy agent (Martin Gabel) as he enters his guarded Government laboratory.
He microfilms records of his own work secrets, and of fellow scientists; starts them on their way to Russia.
By accident the FBI uncovers the theft. They are hot on Milland's trail as the spy ring engineers his escape from Washington and the U.S.
He meets mysterious Rita Gam in a New York tenement: and near death atop the Empire State building.
THE THIEF
This is the story of a traitor, a trusted and respected atomic scientist (Ray Milland) who operates out of Washington's cloistered government laboratories as finger man for the Communist spies. The story is starkly simple: You watch the spies in action from the delivery of orders to Milland. through his microfilming of the secret data, watch it as it passes through a chain of agents until the final courier takes off by trans-Atlantic plane. Suddenly the fantastic precision is broken when one of the links falls into police hands, and the FBI goes into action. Up to this point the plot roughly parallels the case of Britain's Klaus Fuchs. but to say that this is a story out of today's headlines would be trite understatement, because The Thief goes far beyond the headlines into the mind of the traitor himself, his split loyaltoe.. his growing doubts, his shame and naked fear. As a thriller, this Harry M. Popkin production is unsurpassed. The undiminished tension builds from the first scene through the spine-tingling chase across the wind-whipped parapets of the Empire State tower. You know by this time that the screenplay by Clarence Green and Russell Rouse has no dialogue, no talking. The sound track is otherwise normal with a fine musical score. Occasionally you may feel that the muteness is forced (-street noises should include the hum of voices) but on the whole you 11 never miss the conversation. Milland handles his very difficult role with Academy-award perfection, and Martin Gabel is superb as the Communist contact man. Rita Gam. a very seductive young lady plays a very seductive young lady in a way you 11 never forget. The Thief is a great achievement as well as an important milestone in motion picture making. You won't want to miss it. pleased through United ArUsts.