By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: E. G. Marshall | Ed Begley | Edward Binns | George Voskovec | Henry Fonda | Jack Klugman | Jack Warden | John Fiedler | Joseph Sweeney | Lee J. Cobb | Martin Balsam | Robert Webber
Country: united_states
Year: 1957
Running time: 96
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/reference
Chris says: “I don’t know why it took me so long to watch this. Sure, you can adequately summarize it in one or two sentences, but how it gets from point A to point B conveys Sidney Lumet’s mastery of pacing, blocking and framing to transform what is essentially a single-set play into cinema. While obviously dated in its racially and sexually uniform cast, it’s best viewed as a period piece that intrigues most when it offers occasional glimpses of self-recognition. And Henry Fonda is perfectly cast in that you both want to slap him and shake his hand, maybe even tell his character your real name. 5 cats“