Review of Track of the Cat (1954) by Ben G — 12 May 2009
Ann ambitious but flawed experiment. William Clothier's Scope "black and white" color cinematography is largely successful, especially in the surprisingly few location scenes, but the art direction on the all-too obviously artificial studio sets makes it feel like two distinctly different movies: a stagebound pseudo Eugene O'Neill drama about a house of secrets torn apart by a long day's journey into light and an assembly of footage of Robert Mitchum adrift in a snowy landscape as his bravado and ego break down in the face of an unseen enemy Unfortunately we get far more of the homestead theatrics than the tracking, and there's far too little menace and dripping dread.
This review of Track of the Cat (1954) was written by Ben G on 12 May 2009.
Track of the Cat has generally received mixed reviews.
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