The Scarf (film)

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The Scarf
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ewald André Dupont
Produced by Isadore Goldsmith
Screenplay by Ewald André Dupont
Story by Isadore Goldsmith
E.A. Rolfe
Starring John Ireland
Mercedes McCambridge
James Barton
Emlyn Williams
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert
Cinematography Franz Planer
Edited by Joseph Gluck
Production
company
Gloria Productions Inc.
Distributed by United Artists
Release dates
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  • April 6, 1951 (1951-04-06) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Scarf is a 1951 American thriller film noir directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, James Barton and Emlyn Williams.[1]

Plot

A man escapes from an insane asylum and tries to convince a crusty hermit, a drifting saloon singer and himself that he is not a murderer.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Film critic Bosley Crowther panned the film, "For a picture so heavily loaded with lengthy and tedious talk, talk, talk, The Scarf, the new tenant at the Park Avenue, has depressingly little to say. As a matter of fact, it expresses, in several thousand words of dialogue—and in a running-time that amounts to just four minutes short of an hour and a half—perhaps the least measure of intelligence or dramatic continuity that you are likely to find in any picture, current or recent, that takes itself seriously."[2]

References

  1. The Scarf at the American Film Institute Catalog.
  2. Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, film review, April 23, 1951. Accessed: August 10, 2013.

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