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ODD MAN OUT

Cannes Classics

Directed by :: Carol REED

Country:: UNITED KINGDOM

Year:: 1947

Duration:: 115.00 minutes

Synopsis

Johnny is the idealist leader of an illegal organisation who has escaped from prison while serving a sentence for gun running. He now plans to hold up a linen mill in order to obtain funds. During the hold-up he is shot and badly wounded. Pat, the driver of the car, panics and drives away too fast and Johnny falls into the roadway. From then on he is hunted without mercy.

Carol REED

Credits

Carol REED - Director
F.L. GREEN - Screenplay
R.C. SHERIFF - Screenplay
ROBERT KRASKER - Cinematography
RALPH BRINTON - Set Designer
William ALWYN - Music
Fergus MCDONELL - Film Editor
HENRY MILLER - Sound

Actors

Fay COMPTON - ROSIE
Cyril CUSACK - PAT
William HARTNELL - FENCIE
JAMES MASON - JOHNNY MCQUEEN
ROBERT NEWTON - LUKEY
KATHLEEN RYAN - KATHLEEN SULLIVAN

Contacts and useful links

Production

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Distribution

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International press

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Foreign sales

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