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Caught
1948
After a long career in Europe making costume dramas like MAYERLING TO SARAJEVO, Max Ophuls came to Hollywood. In CAUGHT, he attempted an American-style film noir with a heavy soap opera influence. Taken from a novel, WILD CALENDAR by Libbie Block, the script is by Arthur Laurents, most famous as the co-writer of WEST SIDE STORY... Read more
| Starring | James Mason, Robert Ryan, Barbara Bel Geddes, Natalie Schafer |
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| Director | Max Ophuls |
| Genres | Drama |
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Caught
After a long career in Europe making costume dramas like MAYERLING TO SARAJEVO, Max Ophuls came to Hollywood. In CAUGHT, he attempted an American-style film noir with a heavy soap opera influence. Taken from a novel, WILD CALENDAR by Libbie Block, the script is by Arthur Laurents, most famous as the co-writer of WEST SIDE STORY. Barbara Bel Geddes plays Leonora Eames, a carhop who dreams of a better life. She enrols in a charm school and succeeds in becoming a model. When she is invited to a swanky party on a yacht she at first declines the invitation, feeling she'll be just 'one of those girls', which she definitely is not. But when she decides to go anyhow, she mistakes the millionaire host, Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan), for a deck hand. Though he is a cold, ruthless, workaholic playboy, she falls in love with him. When his psychiatrist suggests that he has a fear of commitment (no kidding), he marries Leonora in spite. She soon discovers that she's trapped in a loveless marriage. Showing pride and intelligence, she moves out and goes to work in a Lower East Side doctor's office. There she meets the handsome, dedicated doctor, Larry Quinada (James Mason), but doesn't tell him that she's still married, even as he falls in love with her. The ensuing complications are well-played and Ophuls lives up to his reputation for creative camera movement in this entertaining melodrama.
| Starring | James Mason, Robert Ryan, Barbara Bel Geddes, Natalie Schafer |
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| Director | Max Ophuls |
| Studio | SECOND SIGHT FILMS LTD. |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 25 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1948 To Rent: DVD: 08 Sep 2008 |
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A key American melodrama: draw a line between Citizen Kane and Written on the Wind, and you'll find Ophuls' noir... read more on Time Out
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I thought this a failrly mediocre film. Just a glorified soap opera with the predictable happy ending. Always liked James Mason though. And a very young, ... read more »
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I find in a lot of film noir, the lighting and sets are better than the acting and the plots. In this case, the acting wasn't too bad, as you would expect ... read more »
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I thought this a failrly mediocre film. Just a glorified soap opera with the predictable happy ending. Always liked James Mason though. And a very young, ... read more »
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Basically, a soap opera in the film noir style: looks terrific, with the odd mixture of James Mason and Robert Ryan working surprisingly well, and Barbara Bel ... read more »
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After a long career in Europe making costume dramas like MAYERLING TO SARAJEVO, Max Ophuls came to Hollywood. In CAUGHT, he attempted an American-style film noir with a heavy soap opera influence. Taken from a novel, WILD CALENDAR by Libbie Block, the script is by Arthur Laurents, most famous as ...
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