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Act of Violence

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Act of Violence (1948)

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Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 7  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 6.7/10

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Genre: Dramas, Thriller, Film Noir

Starring: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Phyllis Thaxter, Mary Astor

Director: Fred Zinnemann

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It is strong meat for the heavy drama addicts, tellingly produced and played to develop tight excitement.

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11/01/07
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3.5/4

Grim, exciting film noir.

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11/01/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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One of MGM's best film noirs and one of Zinnemann's early films to deal with what would become a recurrent issue in his owrk: Men tormented by moral conscience, here in the context of a WWII revenge medlodrama

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10/26/06
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Zinnemann shows a knack for suspense and moral ambiguity that he unfortunately abandoned in his later Oscar-mongering prestige pictures.

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07/04/06
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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3/5

Technically Act of Violence touches all the bases in its circuit chase. But it is as though it were doing it on the strength of a long, foul ball.

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03/25/06
Bosley Crowther
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Zinnemann's film noir is a rather cynical dig at post-war triumphalism, which questions ideas of heroism.

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05/24/03
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A complex, fascinating noir that exposes the grim truths behind the shiny, fragile façade of post-war America.

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03/31/03
Mark Freeman
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A tense melodrama...

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03/31/03
Dennis Schwartz
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