{"id":3237,"date":"2007-05-21T02:06:33","date_gmt":"2007-05-21T09:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2021-01-15T23:44:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T06:44:27","slug":"crack-in-the-mirror-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3237","title":{"rendered":"Crack in the Mirror (1960)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Sure, sure, kill me&#8230; Just be quick about it, or I&#8217;ll kill you first!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Poster-118x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Poster-118x300.jpg 118w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Poster-50x128.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn ambitious young lawyer (Bradford Dillman) in love with the wife (Juliette Greco) of his renowned mentor (Orson Welles) defends a lower-class woman (also Greco) accused of killing the father (also Welles) of her children in order to marry her younger lover (also Dillman).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Courtroom Drama<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Lawyers<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Richard Fleischer Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis melodramatic courtroom thriller is primarily notable for its gimmicky use of lead actors in dual roles. Director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/topic\/richard-fleischer\">Richard Fleischer<\/a> tries hard to make an overt comparison between the two parallel love triangles, ostensibly to demonstrate that class is irrelevant (who knew?!) when it comes to deception and matters of the heart. But ultimately this cinematic device is more distracting than revealing; when listening to Dillman&#8217;s lawyer commenting glibly to his lover that her lower-class counterpoint &#8220;isn&#8217;t pretty&#8221;, or upper-class Greco reacting with horror upon hearing that her lower-class doppelganger has carved up Welles&#8217; body, one simply wants to groan. <em>Crack in the Mirror<\/em> is partially redeemed by its performances &#8212; Juliette Greco in particular is a joy to watch, and Welles&#8217; final courtroom speech is stunning &#8212; but the clunky script makes it more frustrating than thrilling. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Juliette Greco as Eponine<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Greco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Greco.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Greco.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Greco-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Greco-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Greco-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Orson Welles as Lamerciere<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Welles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Welles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Welles.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Welles-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Welles-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Crack-in-the-Mirror-Welles-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. This melodramatic murder mystery is a minor disappointment. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0053735\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1960\/05\/20\/archives\/crack-in-the-mirror-courtroom-drama.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sure, sure, kill me&#8230; Just be quick about it, or I&#8217;ll kill you first!&#8221; Synopsis: An ambitious young lawyer (Bradford Dillman) in love with the wife (Juliette Greco) of his renowned mentor (Orson Welles) defends a lower-class woman (also Greco) accused of killing the father (also Welles) of her children in order to marry her younger lover (also Dillman). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Courtroom Drama Infidelity Lawyers Love Triangle Murder Mystery Richard Fleischer Films Review: This melodramatic courtroom thriller&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3237\"> 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-3237","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\/3237","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=3237"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63644,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237\/revisions\/63644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}