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Crisis (1950)

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Cary Grant's utter credibility in the role of a brilliant, world-famous brain surgeon Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson is the single element that keeps Crisis afloat. While vacationing in a politically unstable Latin American country, Ferguson and his wife, Helen (Paula Raymond), find themselves the unwilling house guests of dictator Raoul Farrago (Jos� Ferrer). Suffering from a brain tumor, Farrago insists that Ferguson operate at once. The "crisis" of the title arises when revolutionary leader

Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Critic Reviews for Crisis

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)

With such a penny-dreadful story, it is remarkable that Mr. Brooks has been able to get any substance of even passing consequences on the screen.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

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Slow-moving script is well-executed by cerebral director Brooks, and given vitality by Rozsa's atmospheric sound-tracking.

April 8, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Demonstrando seguran�a j� em sua estr�ia como diretor, Brooks cria um filme de moral complexa que se torna mais fascinante sempre que Ferrer e Grant dividem a tela.

April 22, 2006 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

Brooks is adept at maintaining the tension.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Trevor Johnston

Time Out

An interesting product of Dore Schary's more Reithian regime at MGM.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

A heavy-handed and dour political melodrama.

May 5, 2003 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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intersting early effort from writer/director brooks which gets added weight from the 2 leads grant and ferrer

November 28, 2011

Gregory Wood

Grandious Portrait of a Latin American Country in the Permanently Fight for Power between a Mad & Ruthless Dictator and the also Mad Revolutionarys a Folk tortured from on Tyrann after another and the only Noble Person's are the Doctor and his Wife Dictators destroy Lifes Doctor saves life but sometimes they must safe

December 19, 2010

David Hofmann

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