STATE SECRET has some very good sequences and a clever use of flashback. Capable direction by Sidney Gilliat. Acting is not that high quality: Fairbanks Jr in unlikely to feature on anyone's favorite actors list and here he portrays a somewhat indecisive figure until events force him to act.
The great Hawkins has a meatier part but he spends 70% of the time speaking in what sounds like Roumanian, which is as disconcerting as it is unnecessary, and damages communication with the spectator .
Good photography.
The great Hawkins has a meatier part but he spends 70% of the time speaking in what sounds like Roumanian, which is as disconcerting as it is unnecessary, and damages communication with the spectator .
Good photography.