Journey Into Fear Reviews

Roger Moore
Movie Nation
October 13, 2020
Its interest lies in Welles the performer, much like his turn in Huston's "Moby Dick," a film worth seeing for "the good parts," those being Welles as Col. Haki, and flashes of the leading man Joseph Cotten quickly became after its release.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5
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TIME Magazine
March 12, 2013
Welles shows himself a careful student of Alfred Hitchcock, but he falls far short of the Old Master.
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TV Guide
August 29, 2006
A visually arresting film with a nod to the quirky that just can't be beat in terms of the bizarre.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
September 9, 2005
Original Score: 2/5
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
June 30, 2005
Original Score: 3/5
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television
January 21, 2005
Visually inventive thriller.
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Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion
October 12, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat
June 23, 2004
Original Score: 4/5
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
May 23, 2004
First-rate noir thriller that was somewhat compromised by post-production tampering.
Original Score: 5/5
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 22, 2003
Original Score: 3/5
Film4 Staff
Film4
May 24, 2003
Almost too casually, it is a classic.
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Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
April 22, 2002
An exciting wartime spy film with film noir overtones.
Full Review | Original Score: B-
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Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
January 1, 2000
Unfortunately, RKO cut it almost as badly as The Magnificent Ambersons, which was in production at the same time, and what survives is basically a lot of claustrophobic atmosphere and some fair-to-middling suspense.
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