There are just too many Complicated Issues on Display in this Well Meaning but Ultimately Frustrating and Meandering Film to make it anything more than a Confusing Curiosity of its Time.
Bigotry, Greed, Communism, the Flawed Judicial System, Liberalism, Conservatism, Inter Racial Relationships, Corrupt Politicians and Law Enforcers, Martyrdoms, and Academia are all Touched on here with Varying Degrees of Insights and Outright Stereotypes.
The Movie is just too Heavy and is brought down by its own Weight of Wondering about so Many Things that it Rarely Attains any Valuable Views on its Multitude of Controversial Subjects.
Well Acted, with some Unsure Directing by the Occasionally Brilliant Mark Robson (see 1943's The Seventh Victim), the Problem here is a Convoluted and Overloaded Script that, in the end, does no Justice to the Myriad of Matters it Explores.
There are Hispanics and Blacks in Major Roles and there are Things On Screen that did not Juxtapose Easily with the Conservative Fifties, so the Film is at least Credited for Trying to Shed some Light on Wrongs in Search of a Remedy.
Bigotry, Greed, Communism, the Flawed Judicial System, Liberalism, Conservatism, Inter Racial Relationships, Corrupt Politicians and Law Enforcers, Martyrdoms, and Academia are all Touched on here with Varying Degrees of Insights and Outright Stereotypes.
The Movie is just too Heavy and is brought down by its own Weight of Wondering about so Many Things that it Rarely Attains any Valuable Views on its Multitude of Controversial Subjects.
Well Acted, with some Unsure Directing by the Occasionally Brilliant Mark Robson (see 1943's The Seventh Victim), the Problem here is a Convoluted and Overloaded Script that, in the end, does no Justice to the Myriad of Matters it Explores.
There are Hispanics and Blacks in Major Roles and there are Things On Screen that did not Juxtapose Easily with the Conservative Fifties, so the Film is at least Credited for Trying to Shed some Light on Wrongs in Search of a Remedy.