Pushed out

Movie
German title	Pushed out
Original title	Odd man out
Country of production	Great Britain
original language	English
Publishing year	1947
length	111 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Carol Reed
script	FL Green , RC Sherriff
production	Carol Reed
music	William Alwyn
camera	Robert Krasker
cut	Fergus McDonell
occupation
James Mason : Johnny McQueen Robert Newton : Lukey Cyril Cusack : Pat Kathleen Ryan : Kathleen Sullivan FJ McCormick : Shell William Hartnell : Fencie Fay Compton : Rosie Denis O'Dea : Inspector Flat share Fay : Father Tom Maureen Delaney : Theresa O'Brien Dan O'Herlihy : Nolan

Launched is a British feature film from 1947. It is based on the novel The Terrorist ( Odd Man Out ) of FL Green , who along with RC Sherriff also wrote the screenplay.

action

The film is set in Northern Ireland . Johnny McQueen is an IRA fighter. He and his comrades plan a bank robbery to provide his group with the necessary financial means to continue the fight against the British occupation. Johnny is hiding with Kathleen Sullivan and her mother. In the bank robbery, Johnny shoots a person and is seriously wounded himself. He has to flee from the British police. A manhunt for Johnny begins, which drives him across Belfast at night . His friends try to support him and bring him to safety. But the overwhelming number of police officers corner him and he is finally hit by a bullet again, this time fatally.

background

Director Roman Polański has called Outcast his favorite film several times.

Reviews

"The clever dramaturgical conception of the film is implemented tightly and grippingly by the excellent photography and a convincing leading actor."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

The film took part in the competition at the Venice International Film Festival in 1947 , but did not receive any awards. In 1948 he received an Oscar nomination for best editing and in the same year was honored with the first ever British Film Academy Award for best British film of the year.

Soundtrack

• William Alwyn : Odd Man Out. Suite . On: The Film Music of William Alwyn . Chandos, Colchester 2000, audio carrier no. CHAN 9243 - digital re-recording of excerpts from the film music by the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Richard Hickox

literature

• FL Green : The terrorist. Political Thriller (Original Title: Odd Man Out ). German by Alfred Dunkel . Heyne, Munich 1974, 156 pp., ISBN 3-453-82002-9

Web links

• Launched in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Film information, criticism, poster at der-film-noir.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Roman Polanski: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi, 2005. ISBN 978-1-57806-800-5 . P. 159, 189.