The Scarf (film)

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For the 1955 chamber opera, see The Scarf.
The Scarf
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byEwald André Dupont
Screenplay byEwald André Dupont
Story byIsadore Goldsmith
E.A. Rolfe
Produced byIsadore Goldsmith
StarringJohn Ireland
Mercedes McCambridge
James Barton
Emlyn Williams
CinematographyFranz Planer
Edited byJoseph Gluck
Music byHerschel Burke Gilbert
Production
company
Gloria Productions Inc.
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • April 6, 1951 (1951-04-06) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Scarf is a 1951 American drama, suspense, crime, psychological, thriller film noir directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, James Barton, and Emlyn Williams.[1] The screenplay concerns a man who escapes from an insane asylum and tries to convince a crusty hermit, a drifting saloon singer, and himself that he is not a murderer.

Plot[]

John Ireland stars as John Barrington, an escapee from an institution for the criminally insane. Actually, Barrington is not insane, but the victim of a plot orchestrated by a clever murderer. The only person who believes Barrington's story is Ezra Thompson (James Barton) a turkey farmer who hides him from the authorities. Then a singing waitress named Cash-and-Carry Connie (Mercedes McCambridge) unwittingly provides the clue that will prove Barrington's innocence. Emlyn Williams co-stars as a psychiatrist.

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Critical response[]

Film critic Bosley Crowther panned the film, "For a picture so heavily loaded with lengthy and tedious talk, talk, talk, The Scarf, the new tenant at the Park Avenue, has depressingly little to say. As a matter of fact, it expresses, in several thousand words of dialogue—and in a running-time that amounts to just four minutes short of an hour and a half—perhaps the least measure of intelligence or dramatic continuity that you are likely to find in any picture, current or recent, that takes itself seriously."[2]

References[]

  1. ^ The Scarf at the American Film Institute Catalog.
  2. ^ Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, film review, April 23, 1951. Accessed: August 10, 2013.

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