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Cast

Katharine Hepburn
as Ann Hamilton

Robert Taylor
as Alan Garroway

Robert Mitchum
as Michael Garroway

Edmund Gwenn
as Prof. Dink Hamilton

Marjorie Main
as Lucy

Jayne Cotter
as Sylvia Burton

Jayne Meadows
as Sylvia Lea Burton

Clinton Sundberg
as Mr. Warmsley

Dan Tobin
as Prof. Herbert Bangs

Kathryn Card
as Mrs. Foster

Leigh Whipper
as George

Charles Trowbridge
as Justice Putnam

James Westerfield
as Henry Gilson

Billy McLain
as Uncle Ben

Jean Andren
as Mrs. Davenport

Forbes Murray
as Sen. Edwards

Bert Moorhouse
as lst Man

David Cavendish
as Guest

Ernest Hilliard
as Guest

Clive Morgan
as Guest

Reginald Simpson
as Guest

Oliver Cross
as Guest

Harold Miller
as Guest

Frank Leigh
as Guest

Dick Earle
as Guest

James Carlisle
as Guest

Ann Lawrence
as Guest

Florence Fair
as Guest

Laura Treadwell
as Guest

Ella Ethridge
as Guest

Hazel Keener
as Guest

Maxine Hudson
as Guest

Bess Flowers
as Guest

Hilda Rhoades
as Guest

Milton Kibbee
as Minister

Joan Thorsen
as Guest

Barbara Billingsley
as Guest

Sarah Edwards
as Manager

Victor McLaglen
as Uncle Ben

Ellen Ross
as Gwen

Betty Blythe
as Saleswoman

Monya Andre
as Saleswoman

Helen Eby-Rock
as Fitter

Sylvia Andrew
as Nora

Eula Guy
as Housekeeper

Wheaton Chambers
as Proprietor

Robert E. O'Connor
as Stationmaster

Gordon Richards
as Headwaiter

Frank Dae
as 2nd Man

Nina Ross
as Woman

Dorothy Christy
as Woman

Jane Green
as Woman

Dan Kerry
as Elevator Man

Sydney Logan
as Model

Hank Worden
as Attendant

Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Stationmaster

Rudy Rama
as Headwaiter

William Eddritt
as Butler

Phil Dunham
as Elevator Man

Jack Murphy
as Messenger

Bill Cartledge
as Messenger

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Critic Reviews for Undercurrent

Audience Reviews for Undercurrent

• May 06, 2012

  Upon it's release in 2000, Jonathan Mostow's "U571" was panned by many for it's rewriting of World War 2 history. In Mostow's version of events the crew of an American submarine are responsible for breaking the Nazi enigma code. In reality it had been cracked by a team of British and American scientists. Hollywood's WWII revisionism began a lot earlier though. In this 1946 movie Taylor's inventor is credited with inventing a machine which won the war. It's hard to buy Taylor as a scientist, he was one of those actors whose fame seemed to be solely based around the fact he looked good in a suit. If he was any more wooden the crew would have to sweep up sawdust after each take. Pairing him with an actress so full of life as Hepburn does him no favors. You would never guess she was five years older than Taylor, a casting choice which is rare even in today's supposedly more liberated Hollywood. The movie feels somewhat like a changing of the guard, stiff actors like Taylor were dying out, being replaced by a new breed of more naturalistic performers like his costars Hepburn and Mitchum. By Minnelli's standards this is average fare, a ripoff of Hitchcock's "Suspicion" but sadly lacking a leading man of Cary Grant's charisma. Thankfully Hepburn gets the lion's share of screen time as scenes which don't feature her fall flat. Minnelli does his best to keep things interesting and in lesser hands it would be a rather plodding affair. His love of music plays a part in the form of a recurring Brahms melody which ultimately bonds Hepburn and Mitchum together. Minnelli is of course known most of all for his lavish use of color but he equally knows how to get the most from black and white. Here he works with the great cinematographer Karl Freund to produce some striking monochrome images. A scene involving a knocked over lamp is particularly impressive, creating a shadow and light dynamic which serves to heighten the scene. It pales in comparison to similar melodramatic thrillers like "Suspicion" and "Leave Her To Heaven" but fans of the sub genre will find it worthwhile.
  The Movie W Super Reviewer
• Nov 11, 2009

  I expected to really like this movie but for me, It was just something to watch
  Brody M Super Reviewer
• Jul 07, 2007

  hepburn is oddly cast in a menaced woman role but that helps make it interesting viewing.
  jay n Super Reviewer

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