Thursday, June 16, 2011

Jun 15th
Berlin Express*
US 1948. RKO. 87m. bw

An important German peacekeeper is kidnapped, and various members of the Four Powers search through devastated post-war Germany to rescue him.
Efficient and strikingly filmed on the authentic locations, but as a thriller weighed down its message, although there are some good set pieces.

Written by: Harold Medford, from a story by Curt Siodmak.
Producer: Bert Granet.
Director: Jacques Tourneur.
Starring: Robert Ryan, Merle Oberon, Paul Lukas, Charles Korvin, Robert Coote, Roman Toporov, Fritz Kortner, Charles McGraw, Tom Keene.
Photography: Lucien Ballard.
Music: Frederick Hollander.

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