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Out of the Fog

- It's lightning and thunder! It's Lupino and Garfield!

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.

Release Date : 1941-06-14

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Stella Goodwin

Original Name : Ida Lupino

Gender : Female

Character Name : Harold Goff

Original Name : John Garfield

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jonah Goodwin

Original Name : Thomas Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Watkins

Original Name : Eddie Albert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Igor Propotkin

Original Name : George Tobias

Gender : Male

Character Name : Olaf Johnson

Original Name : John Qualen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Florence Goodwin

Original Name : Aline MacMahon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Assistant D.A.

Original Name : Jerome Cowan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caroline Pomponette

Original Name : Odette Myrtil

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eddie

Original Name : Leo Gorcey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Magruder

Original Name : Robert Homans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sam Pepper

Original Name : Bernard Gorcey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Moriarty

Original Name : Paul Harvey

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Murray Alper

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Frank Coghlan Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jimmy Conlin

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Alec Craig

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Frank Darien

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Charles Drake

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jay Eaton

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Eddie Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Creighton Hale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Frank Mayo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Jack Mower

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Mayta Palmera

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Barbara Pepper

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Charles Sherlock

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Billy Wayne

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Charles C. Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Garland Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Walter Tetley

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jack Wise

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Out of the fog and into the briny. Out of the Fog is directed by Anatole Litvak and collectively adapted to screenplay by Robert Macaulay, Robert Rosen and Jerry Wald from the play The Gentle People written by Irwin Shaw. It stars John Garfield, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell, John Qualen and Eddie Albert. Music is by Heinz Roemheld and cinematography by James Wong Howe. The Brooklyn wharf-side is the setting for this melodrama tinted with noirish themes and players. The area is Sheepshead Bay and the local citizens are a gathering of people stuck in a rut they seem incapable of getting out of. Old gentlemen dreamers planning to buy a big boat and sail off to sunnier climes, the local lovely who's in a dull relationship with a dullard – who craves for something more spicy. Other patrons of Sheepshead just while away the hours playing cards in the local restaurant - that's the peak of their excitement, and others are just slaves to the grindstone. Then there's Jacob Goff (Garfield), a chiseller and racketeer, a man who stomps around the wharf like the cock of the hen-house, gathering protection money or casually setting fire to the boats of anyone who dares not to pay their dues… There's a wonderfully atmospheric feel to Out of the Fog, due to the claustrophobic setting of the story and Wong Howe's moody photography. Characterisations are enhanced by some well versed scripting that puts lyrical dialogue into the mouths of the principal players. Goff is the archetypal charming rogue, with a killer smile and sexy danger oozing from his pores, it's no wonder that frustrated Stella Goodwin (Lupino) spies an opportunity to escape her humdrum existence. Hell! Goff even does card tricks. But of course he is a sort of devil in disguise, or fascism in disguise as it happens, and as he tips the lives upside down of the Sheepshead residents, it brings threats and violence to this once quiet little waterfront. 1941 was a key year for film noir, with the likes of The Maltese Falcon and I Wake Up Screaming lighting the touch paper of a film making style that would burn brightly for the next 20 years. Out of the Fog has made its may into some noir publications, which is understandable given the essence of the story and the presence of noir legends Lupino and Garfield, but it's not what I would call essential film noir by some margin. However, it's a comfortable recommendation to like minded noirphiles regardless. 7/10