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- 1942
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 40 m
- 1942
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Journalist Steve O'Malley wants to write a biography of a national hero who died when his car ran off a bridge. Steve receives conflicting reports and tales that make him question what the truth about the hero is.
Directed By: George Cukor
Written By: I.A.R. Wylie, Donald Ogden Stewart
- 1942
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 40 m
- 1942
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 40 m
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Summary Journalist Steve O'Malley wants to write a biography of a national hero who died when his car ran off a bridge. Steve receives conflicting reports and tales that make him question what the truth about the hero is.
Directed By: George Cukor
Written By: I.A.R. Wylie, Donald Ogden Stewart
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
61
50% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
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0% Negative
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A courageous and timely drama which touches frankly upon a phase of American life that is most serious and pertinent today. And in it Mr. Tracy and Miss Hepburn perform with a taut solemnity that is in decided contrast to their previous collaborative roles.
It gets awfully corny toward the end ("Print -- choke, gasp -- the truth."), but director George Cukor keeps the atmosphere spooky, and Darryl Hickman is good as a cute little brown-shirt. [12 Sep 1982, p.8]
Watching the couple embroiled in a drama that’s less romp and more mystery is a worthy treat for any Hepburn/Tracy fans.
This is an offbeat gothic drama with elements of mystery, that would be nothing more than a muddle if not for the compelling presence of Tracy and Hepburn.
It works well if rather stiffly for a while, with excellent performances (Wycherly and da Silva are outstanding), but blows up into absurd histrionics and naive propaganda.
In spite of the creative team—Hepburn, Tracy, and director George Cukor—this curiously flat 1943 melodrama redeems itself only from moment to moment.
Tracy and Hepburn, but not a comedy, and not good, either.
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