Crisis (1950)

      "...brittle and diamond-brilliant... His sincerity in the story's guts is its premise for being believed..."

With Paula Raymond.

Crisis - Review is taken from 'The Films of Cary Grant' by Donald Deschner (1973):

"Crisis is a bold piece of movie adventuring.  Under Dore Schary's progressive administration at MGM, we are now considered adult enough to enjoy an unbuttoned screenplay on the violent temperature that erupts in Latin-American civil war and dictatorship.  

Cary Grant is more brittle and diamond-brilliant than before as the enlightened doctor.  His sincerity in the story's guts is its premise for being believed.  Jose Ferrer is cunning to the point of evil genius." 

- Reed Porter,  The Mirror (Los Angeles)

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Number 55 - Crisis (Lobby Card Style)

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Quote From Today... Crisis (1950)

   "These are not the best conditions."

With Paula Raymond and José Ferrer.

Crisis was Cary Grant's 55th full length feature film.

[Farago is about to be operated by Eugene]

Raoul Farrago: Doctor, do many people die in an operation like this?

Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson: Under the best conditions, about 12 percent. These are not the best conditions.

Raoul Farrago: You don't like me, do you?

Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson: I try to regard my patients impersonally.

Raoul Farrago: Can you?

Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson: No.

On This Day...Crisis (1950)

Crisis was Cary Grant's 55th full length feature film.

Grant plays a famous brain surgeon who, along with his wife, is kidnapped.

He is told to operate on a sick dictator, Raoul Farrago, played by Jose Ferrer.

The good doctor is then told he must kill Farrago, whilst on the operating table!

With Paula Raymond.

With Paula Raymond and Jose Ferrer.

"Crisis is a bold piece of movie adventuring...Grant is more brittle and more diamond-brilliant than before as the enlightened doctor. His sincerity in the story's guts is its premise for being believed." 

- The Mirror (Los Angeles)

With Jose Ferrer (Lying on the floor).

With Ramon Novarro, Paula Raymond and Leon Ames.

Cast:

Dr. Eugene Ferguson                Cary Grant

Raoul Farrago                          Jose Ferrer

Helen Ferguson                        Paula Raymond

Senora Isabel Farrago              Signe Hasso

Col. Adragon                            Ramon Novarro

Gonzales                                  Gilbert Roland

Sam Proctor                             Leon Ames

Dr. Emilio Nierra                     Antonio Moreno

Rosa Aldana                            Teresa Celli

General Valdini                       Mario Siletti

Cariago                                   Vincente Gomez

Senor Magano                          Martin Garralaga

Father Del Puento                    Pedro de Cordoba

Senora Farrago                        Soledad Jimenez

Rubio                                       Jose Dominguez

Marco Aldana                          Robert Tafur

Luis                                          Maurice Jara

Lobby Cards:

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Directed by Richard Brooks.

Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Running time: 95 minutes

The 1950's...

During the 1950's Cary Grant turned in some classic performances, 13 in total, from romance comedy to thrillers!

1950:

Crisis 1950

1951:

People Will Talk 1951

1952:

Room For One More 1952

Monkey Business 1952

1953:

Dream Wife 1953

1954:

No film released in this year.

1955:

To Catch A Thief 1955

1956:

No film was released in this year.

1957:

The Pride and The Passion 1957

An Affair to Remember 1957

Kiss Them For Me 1957

1958:

Indiscreet 1958

Houseboat 1958

1959:

North By Northwest 1959

Operation Petticoat 1959