Cloak and Dagger - Gary Cooper

USA 1946

Of all the Fritz Lang films I have seen, this may be the one that I was least enamored with. Gary Cooper seems miscast as an atomic scientist (Prof. Alvah Jesper), who is sent to Europe by the OSS to rescue other scientists who are being forced to cooperate with the Nazi atom bomb project. During his mission, he becomes involved with the Italian resistance, falling for plucky Gina (Lilli Palmer). I've read that Lang originally shot this film emphasizing the dangers of atomic power, but Warner re-edited and it fails to have any direction. It still shows a few Lang-esque moments, but this is only recommended for his most devout following as it really lacks any punch... or his signature panache. out of

Gary W. Tooze

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Theatrical Release: September 28th, 1946

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DVD Review: Artisan - Region 1 - NTSC

DVD Box Cover		CLICK to order from:
Distribution	Artisan - Region 1 - NTSC
Runtime	1:26:24
Video	1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.4 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
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Audio	English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Subtitles	None
Features	Release Information: Studio: Artisan Aspect Ratio: Original aspect Ratio 1.33:1 Edition Details: • none DVD Release Date: May, 2001 Keep Case Chapters: 23

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Not a film really representative of Lang and an even poorer quality DVD. This is bottom of the discount barrel. A very inconsistent image with some edge enhancement and contrast boosting. Poor audio, no subtitles, no extras - they should be giving this away. We do NOT recommend unless you can buy for under $5 somewhere.