The Thief (1952)
This Cold War spy film stars Ray Milland and is directed by Russell Rouse. A nuclear physicist is working as a spy for an unnamed foreign power, will he be caught or can he get away?
What is unique about this film is that there is not a single line of dialogue in the whole film. While the film works as a coherent story even without the dialogue it does appear to be just a gimmick in this case and wears thin pretty quickly. The only way you can hold the attention of the audience if you are doing an experiment like this is to fill the film with atmosphere and tension which is unfortunately lacking in the execution of this film. Maybe certain film makers are over indulgent when it comes to the use of dialogue in their films but I was just waiting for this one to end barely 20 minutes into it.
2/5
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