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Ahead of its time?

posted 13 years ago by kapnkirk
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This film felt like it was filmed 10 - 15 years later. From the beginning shot of them running to catch the train and then to the opening credits on the train door. Its subject matter felt like one of those 1950s TV shows like a Playhouse 90. I'm sure audiences of the time probably hated the tragic tone of the film. What I really can't understand is how Hal Roach was involved in this.

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[–] muito-merda 11 years ago

I agree. It's like something Elia Kazan could have made in the early fifties. The Copland score and a rare for the time serious portrayal of a black man add to this.

[–] lynda618 11 years ago

My thoughts exactly. Toward the end, I checked to see the year it was made and was very surprised to see it was 1939.