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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 3259130131925
Format: Full Screen, NTSC
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 88 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: February 17, 1949
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
Max Ophüls's dark 'Cinderella' melodrama belongs as much to the murky world of film noir as to the polished European dramas of high-society power games. Barbara Bel Geddes is a carhop who puts her hopes in a charm-school education and a modeling gig. When cold, demanding industrialist millionaire Robert Ryan suddenly proposes, her fashion magazine fantasies come true, but her loveless marriage makes her new mansion home a lonely gilded cage where she's more servant than wife. She runs off and becomes a white-collar receptionist (in furs and Saks gowns). James Mason, an idealistic doctor, hires her and slowly wins her heart, but her monstrous husband responds with a campaign of blackmail and psychological torments. Ophüls fights a script that all too often puts its themes into the mouth of Mason, whose constant harangues against the pursuit of money for money's sake sound increasingly like a broken record, but the director's delicate style beautifully captures both the surface elegance and emptiness of the millionaire lifestyle. Bel Geddes undergoes the transformation from a callow, naïve kid to a woman of strength and moral fortitude, while Mason tempers his saintliness with moments of doubt. Ryan reveals himself as a chillingly cruel manipulator whose only goal is to 'win' at all costs. Ophüls beautifully twists the American dream into a nightmare where even the happy ending feels just a bit tarnished. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - "Caught (1949) ... James Mason ... Republic Pictures Film Noir"
MGM / Wolfgang Reinhard Productions present "CAUGHT" (1949) (90 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- Starring James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan & Frank Ferguson --- Directed by Max Ophuls and released in February 17. 1949, our story line and film, Leonora Eame had married a man worth millions ... But her innocent dream became a tormented nightmare once she realized the truth about her husband. He is power mad and insane! ... Since he will not give her a divorce, she leaves ... Read More
Rating: - I'm Partial To Barbara Bel Geddes So.......
.......I might overrate this film because of her. However, there are at least eight reviewers here who are more impartial in this matter and you can read how highly they thought of this film.
Perhaps that is because:
1 - There are three classy actors in lead roles: Bel Geddes, James Mason and the always-evil (it seems) Robert Ryan; 2 - some really nice film-noir cinematography with a lot of dark atmospheric scenes but faces lit up so can see them clearly; 3 - a feeling of impending ... Read More
Rating: - Noir for Noir Fans
"Caught" is solid though slightly offbeat film noir. It certainly drives home the notion that money will not solve all your problems! As C unfolds, a very young Barbara Bel Geddes dreams of marrying a rich guy. That's the way to happiness! Barbara gets her wish and soon is in a loveless marriage to tycoon Robert Ryan. She has made her deal with the devil. Finally, she leaves him and takes a job as a receptionist for an idealistic Doctor, James Mason. She falls quickly in love but can't ... Read More
Rating: - Thank God For James Mason
What we have here is a well directed film (some great camera work and lighting in this), an engrossing plot (although not entirely clear and believable at times - why does she love robert ryan? - I don't get it), and a pitch perfect performance from James Mason that pretty much saves the film from melodramatic hooey and turns it into a halfway decent domestic angle on film noir. The ending is a little abrupt too. I viewed the film because it had been an influence on Rainer Werner Fassbinder's suspense ... Read More
Rating: - Money isn't everything...
Leonora (Barbara Bel Geddes) marries a rich man (Robert Ryan) and gets wealth but not happiness. To get away from her pointless life and the husband, who regards her as an employee, rather than a wife, she moves away and gets a job as a secretary for a doctor (James Mason).
This movie is not only well-written, well directed and well acted. It also has great cinematography and a good Noir atmosphere. The story isn't unique, but the combination of all these things result in a very good movie. Film ... Read More
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