Synopsis
Joseph Losey's remake of Fritz Lang's M moves the hunt for a child murderer from Berlin to Los Angeles, where the underworld tracks him down before the police do.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 88 minutes
- Collection
- Film Noir, Feature Films
- Internet Archive item
- m1951_202002
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Joseph Losey
- David Wayne
- Howard Da Silva
- Raymond Burr
- 1950s
- Crime
- Thrillers
- Black & White
- FN01R
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · So-so · halifax3k · 2022-12-28
This movie held my attention, but I don't think I'd watch it again. I'm not sure that the concept of the underworld working to catch the perpetrator translated plausibly (culturally speaking) from the German original.
★★★ · I think it's totally plausible · madjaxx · 2026-01-25
halifax3k : Considering what guys like that do to guys like him in prison, it's probably one of the more plausible aspects of the story. I think it translates just fine, but the talent, overall, is inferior to the original .. not bad, just not nearly as good.
