Friday, March 12, 2010

Mar 11th
Journey Into Fear**
US 1942. RKO. 71m. bw

An American armaments trader in Istanbul is hounded by sinister German agents, and given little help by the local authorities.
Tense and atmospheric but curiously artificial intrigue thriller, supposedly co-directed by Orson Welles but with only suggestions of his influence, and a typically challenging rain-swept finale.

Written by: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, from the novel by Eric Ambler.
Producer: Orson Welles.
Director: Norman Foster.
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Jack Moss, Orson Welles, Ruth Warrick, Dolores Del Rio, Everett Sloane, Agnes Moorehead, Eustace Wyatt.
Photography: Karl Struss.
Music: Roy Webb.

Preceded by:
Bugs Bunny in
Super-Rabbit*
(US 1943. Warner Bros. 8m.; d: Chuck Jones; voices: Mel Blanc.)

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