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Actors: Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, James Mason, Curt Bois, Frank Ferguson
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Caught |
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CAUGHT is a movie directed by Max Ophüls in 1949. The picture is a little jewel of the Film Noir genre.
Leonora Eames's desire is to marry a wealthy man, that's why she takes lessons at Mrs. Dales's school of charm. She'll meet the millionaire Smith Ohlrig and accepts to marry him after a few weeks. Ohlrig's behaviour is rather weird and even his psychiatrist can't handle this man who is unable to accept any contradiction. It soon appears that he married Leonora only to prove that his psychiatrist was wrong. Now his wife enjoys a millionaire's life but is regularly publicly humiliated by her husband. As he doesn't agree to divorce her, she leaves him and is hired as a medical secretary by Doctor Quinada. Leonora and Quinada fall in love but she's expecting a child from Ohlrig and her husband won't accept the divorce unless she gives up the future child's custody. Desperate, Leonora returns home but will endure a terrible pregnancy as a quite insane Ohlrig savors his victory over his wife.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Caught |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
- spurned lover goes for revenge
Lover is...
- domineering
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- model
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- school
- theater
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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