Cornered

Note 3: Review of "Cornered," Hollywood Reporter, November 14, 1945, in Cornered Production File, AMPAS. back

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Cornered is genuine drama, illuminating reality in a most telling way. 40

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

In Murder, My Sweet the search for a jade necklace opens the door to an exploration of the collision of the criminal underworld and a corrupt upper class; in Cornered, a soldier's search for revenge opens the door to exploration of the persistence of fascism in the postwar world.

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Note 29: Review of Cornered, Variety, November 14, 1945, in Cornered Production File, AMPAS. back

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Note 30: Review of Cornered, Cue, December 29, 1945, in Cornered Production File, AMPAS. back

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Cornered is an exciting batch of melodramatic international intrigue ....

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

I was opposed to fascism (I had said so by participating in Cornered).

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Note 33: Review of Cornered, New Yorker, December 29, 1945, in Cornered Production File, AMPAS. back

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Scott's plans to address problems of fascism and race prejudice in Cornered and Crossfire were also duly noted by the FBI agents. 77

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Unlike the Raymond Chandler yarn, Cornered is not designed as a mere melodrama.

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007