Absolutely bewildered by the amount of high ratings for this film. Just because it's old and has the great Ralph Richardson in it doesn't make it a good film! As a couple of others have mentioned I had no idea this film is supposedly set in Newcastle as I could not detect one single Geordie accent. Even Mr Richardson seems to employ three of four different ones and not one of them as a native of the North East. The story is preposterous - a seemingly meek and mild law abiding fellow decides to steal some money because it was there and later even commits murder. Another ridiculous aspect is his wife racking up a debt of £84 on clothes which had to be a huge sum of money when the film was set considering her husband was only charging pennies for a haircut and shave! There is so much over acting personified by Mary Clare's dreadful performance as the nutjob Lizzie and to a lesser extent Dave Crowley as boxer Jim. And the way the film depicts the working class as a thick, violent, ignorant mob is disgraceful and insulting. The only redeeming aspect of this film is that there is some effective and moody lighting at times but that doesn't save it from a mark of one from this reviewer!
Review of The Fugitive
