ahicks-2 Review of Outcast of the Islands

Outcast of the Islands (1951)

A Carroll Reed Masterpiece and the Best Conrad Adaptation

[9/10 · 15 November 2020]

This film's ensemble performs with has all the crispness of Reed's performances in FALLEN IDOL. (And Trever Howard, Ralph Richardson and Robert Morely are all superb.) It's shot with all the atmospheric richness of his THE THIRD MAN. Its story of a man unravelling may be too dark for some but it's done with all the mastery of NIGHT AND THE CITY and LAST TANGO IN PARIS.