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Foreign Correspondent

Name: Foreign Correspondent
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, War
Released: 1940
Duration: 120 min
Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann

Taste attributes: mysterythrillerwarjournalisticromanceactionespionagefasttried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect a conventional, fast-moving war film, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like pace over patience.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.0 /10

TMDB · 236 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow

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Synopsis

The European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Johnny Jones, an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanating from overseas, has a nose for a good story—which promptly leads him to the crime of fascism and Nazi Germany's designs on European conquest. In attempting to learn more about a seemingly noble peace effort, Jones walks into the middle of an assassination, uncovers a spy ring and—not entirely coincidentally—falls in love.

Synopsis: TMDB