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Odd Man Out

An adventure in unbearable suspense!

1947 · 1h 56m · NOT RATED Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by Carol Reed

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Overview

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

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100%
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Fresh

The movie has a vaunted place in the context of British cinema, and deservedly. Today, what Odd Man Out most suggests is a desperate endgame, the potentials of a long life snuffed out in a moment of impulsiveness.

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Fresh

This may be Reed's most pretentious film, but it also happens to be one of his very best, beautifully capturing the poetry of a city at night.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Carol Reed has made his film with deliberation and care, and has achieved splendid teamwork from every member of the cast. Occasionally too intent on pointing his moral and adorning his tale, he has missed little in its telling.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

Carol Reed's first great postwar film.

Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh

Odd Man Out is a picture to see, to absorb in the darkness of the theatre and then go home and talk about.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times

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