THE FALLEN IDOL d: Carol Reed
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Direction: Carol Reed
Screenplay: Graham Greene, from his short story "The Basement Room"; additional dialogue by Lesley Storm and William Templeton
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Bobby Henrey, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Denis O’Dea, Jack Hawkins, Walter Fitzgerald
Michèle Morgan, Ralph Richardson in The Fallen Idol
By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica:
The 1948 drama The Fallen Idol is the third film I’ve seen by British filmmaker Carol Reed. I’d previously watched the dreadful Oscar-winning musical Oliver! (1968) and the stolid Charlton Heston biopic of Michelangelo, The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965). True, I’ve also seen The Third Man, the 1949 thriller attributed to Reed, though I’ve always hedged upon taking the stance that it was Reed’s film alone and not an Orson Welles [...]
by Dan Schneider | January 10, 2008
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Tags: Bobby Henrey, Carol Reed, Classic Movies, Film Reviews, Graham Greene, Michèle Morgan, Oscar 1949, Oscar Movies, Psychological Drama, Ralph Richardson, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man
