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'Odd Man Out"
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shrinks into protective, dark corners, endeavors to harbor his waning strength in a horse-driven cab, falls in the rain and mud and snow, makes his way to the haven of a saloon. He is picked up by an underworld character who is prepared to turn him over to police or friends, depending upon the greater reward, gets sorely tieedid aid from a medical student, stumbles out to meet Kathleen Ryan, who loves him and has been appealing to W. G. Fay, the parish priest, for information and assistance. In the final few minutes, the girl and Mason meet. Escape cut off, she fires two shots at the police advancing across a snow-covered square. In the returning fusilade, and as she had planned, both are killed.
■• Here are the essentials of taut and vigorous drama, compounded with exacting expertness in the screen play by R. C. Sheriff and R. L. Green, from a novel by another Green — F. J. But the bigger job was vested in Reed. To bring to life the realistic relentlessness of the hunt, to probe and to find the soul-searching required for utter conviction, to develop the stark mood, to unfold and then to catch the uncertainities and the cross-purposes of the good and the less-than-good characters parading the screen — these are among the contributions of Reed's undeniable talents as a director. His work is magnificent.
Mason is completely convincing and touching as the illegal resistance fighter whose inner conflict finds him unable to determine if the processes of parliamentary law ought not give way to violence. Miss Ryan, whose first film this is, immediately establishes her competency as an actress of depth and professional worth. Other players, drawn principally from the ranks "of Dublin's famed Abbey Playhouse, are perfectly etched in their realism. Shading them for comparative values, the two who stand above the others are F. J. McCormick, as Shell, and Fay as Father Tom. Robert Newton, as a halfmad artist, and Fay Compton, in a minor role, are invaluable assets of a noted cast.
Commerciall}', "Odd Man Out" has Mason whose vogue in this country is on the upbeat. This film will enhance his popularity, but the measure of the attraction's ticket-selling potential perhaps is best drawn by a throwback to "The Informer", with which this bears many resemblances.
First reviewed from London in Motion Picture Daily of Jan. 30, Peter Burnup wrote : "This may well be rated in years to come among the screen's choicest masterpieces". His appraisal could prove correct.
Tinkering with an end product of such distinguished values, moreover, may be foolhardy yet the opinion of this impressed reviewer is that the film would be better served in less length. As it stands, on the other hand, "Odd Man Out" is a drama-on-film which will not be quickly forgotten.
Running time, 113 minutes. Adult audience classification. Release date, not set.
Red Kann
It will be coming to you soon, backed by a tremendous newspaper, magazine and radio advance campaign.