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Crisis

Play trailer Poster for Crisis 1950,  1h 35m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 67% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 46% 50+ Ratings Popcornmeter
67% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 46% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
Vacationing in a Latin American country, American brain surgeon Eugene Ferguson (Cary Grant) and his wife, Helen (Paula Raymond), get caught in a revolutionary uprising against dictator President Raoul Farrago (Jose Ferrer). Kidnapped by the military and ordered to operate on Farrago, who has a life-threatening brain tumor, Eugene hesitates, believing he might reason with Farrago to stop the imminent civil war. The situation is heightened when Helen becomes a pawn of the revolutionaries.

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Bosley Crowther New York Times Mar 25, 2006
2/5
With such a penny-dreadful story, it is remarkable that Mr. Brooks has been able to get any substance of even passing consequences on the screen. Go to Full Review
Trevor Johnston Time Out Feb 9, 2006
Brooks is adept at maintaining the tension. Go to Full Review
Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Oct 18, 2019
A rather garrulous script does not prevent this from being, in the main, a competent and intelligent suspense story. Go to Full Review
Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Apr 22, 2006
4/5
Demonstrando segurana j em sua estria como diretor, Brooks cria um filme de moral complexa que se torna mais fascinante sempre que Ferrer e Grant dividem a tela. Go to Full Review
Film4 Staff Film4 May 24, 2003
An interesting product of Dore Schary's more Reithian regime at MGM. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews May 5, 2003
C-
A heavy-handed and dour political melodrama. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Richard Brooks

Director

Cary Grant

Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson

José Ferrer

Raoul Farrago

Paula Raymond

Helen Ferguson

Signe Hasso

Senora Isabel Farrago

Ramon Novarro

Colonel Adragon

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Crisis

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Movie Info

Synopsis Vacationing in a Latin American country, American brain surgeon Eugene Ferguson (Cary Grant) and his wife, Helen (Paula Raymond), get caught in a revolutionary uprising against dictator President Raoul Farrago (Jose Ferrer). Kidnapped by the military and ordered to operate on Farrago, who has a life-threatening brain tumor, Eugene hesitates, believing he might reason with Farrago to stop the imminent civil war. The situation is heightened when Helen becomes a pawn of the revolutionaries.
Director
Richard Brooks
Producer
Arthur Freed
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 7, 1950, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 22, 2009
Runtime
1h 35m
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