Release Date: Dec 2, 1962 Wide
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Unable to get through to a particularly hostile patient, psychiatrist Peter Falk goes to gray-haired senior shrink Sidney Poitier for advice. This prompts Poitier to recall his experiences during World War II. While working on behalf of the government, Poitier was assigned the case of psycho Nazi sympathizer Bobby Darin. A complex flashback structure reveals the various influences that led to Darin's warped state of mind and to his life of crime. Poitier perceives that Darin is potentially
Dec 2, 1962 Wide
Jan 20, 2004
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This was Bobby Darin's fourth film and perhaps the best in his brief career.
Mostly dull except when the volatile Darin was on the screen and created real tension.
A 'stylized' presentation of racism that says a little more about the enormous talents of Sidney Poitier than it does about the ignorance of inequality and bigotry. *NOTE: Bobby Darin shines in a very unsympathetic role.
February 7, 2009
Super Reviewer
Not a bad film but a little too melodramatic. What makes this film interesting is how disturbing and dark the flashbacks are. Poitier is good as always but a suprise performance from Bobby Darin.
September 8, 2008Super Reviewer
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