{"id":21563,"date":"2012-01-04T11:09:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T18:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21563"},"modified":"2020-12-17T01:50:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T08:50:42","slug":"cloak-and-dagger-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21563","title":{"rendered":"Cloak and Dagger (1946)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;If anyone&#8217;s going to develop the atom bomb, you want it to be us &#8212; not the Nazis.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Poster.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn American scientist (Gary Cooper) sent to Europe as a secret agent tries to help a fellow nuclear scientist (Vladimir Sokoloff) escape from a brutal Fascist regime, with the help of a beautiful Italian Resistance fighter (Lilli Palmer).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/genres.html#fritzlang\">Fritz Lang Films<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/genres.html#garycooper\">Gary Cooper Films<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/genres.html#nuclearthreat\">Nuclear Threat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/genres.html#scientists\">Scientists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/genres.html#spies\">Spies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/genres.html#wwii\">World War II<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary lists no less than 26 Fritz Lang films in his <em>GFTFF<\/em>, including (naturally) all of Lang&#8217;s best-known works, as well as a handful of his lesser-known titles &#8212; such as this one. <em>Cloak and Dagger<\/em> &#8212; based on a non-fiction book about the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Office_of_Strategic_Services\">O.S.S.<\/a> &#8212; remains an undistinguished but competently made war-era spy thriller, featuring a memorable performance by Lilli Palmer as the female lead:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Palmer2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Palmer2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"496\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Palmer2.png 676w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Palmer2-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Palmer2-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Palmer2-368x270.png 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and a storyline which, at the very least, keeps one engaged while watching. Cooper acquits himself reasonably well (people have complained that he doesn&#8217;t look like a nuclear scientist; what, pray tell, <u>does<\/u> a &#8220;nuclear scientist&#8221; look like??):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Cooper.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Cooper.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"496\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Cooper.png 676w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Cooper-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Cooper-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Cooper-368x270.png 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>but unfortunately his character&#8217;s transformation from bookish lab rat to gallant spy isn&#8217;t particularly convincing; however, if you accept this mild implausibility, it&#8217;s easy enough to get caught up in his adventures. The best scene, taking place in a hallway, is a wordless one, reminiscent of the infamously dialogue-free &#8220;oven murder&#8221; scene in Hitchcock&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19518\"><em>Torn Curtain<\/em> (1966)<\/a>; it shows clear evidence of Lang&#8217;s directorial vision. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s850cloak.html\">DVD Savant&#8217;s article<\/a> to read more about &#8220;one of the most interesting post-production alterations ever done to an American film&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lilli Palmer as Gina<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Palmer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Palmer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"496\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Palmer.png 676w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Palmer-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Palmer-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The wordless hallway fight sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Fight.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Fight.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"496\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Fight.png 676w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Fight-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cloak-and-Dagger-Fight-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038417\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1951\/08\/19\/archives\/cloak-and-dagger.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s850cloak.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/cloak-and-dagger\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If anyone&#8217;s going to develop the atom bomb, you want it to be us &#8212; not the Nazis.&#8221; Synopsis: An American scientist (Gary Cooper) sent to Europe as a secret agent tries to help a fellow nuclear scientist (Vladimir Sokoloff) escape from a brutal Fascist regime, with the help of a beautiful Italian Resistance fighter (Lilli Palmer). Genres: Fritz Lang Films Gary Cooper Films Nuclear Threat Scientists Spies World War II Review: Peary lists no less than 26 Fritz Lang&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21563\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21563"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58220,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21563\/revisions\/58220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}