Crack-Up came on BBC2 one afternoon and as I was out, I recorded this and was pleased I did.
An art curator gets a phone call claiming his mother is unwell, so he gets the first train to New York and it turns out this call was a lie and he gets the idea the train has crashed, which it hasn't. He then takes part in a forgery involving fake paintings. Two women are also involved in this but the police catch up with them at the end.
Crack-Up is rather atmospheric in parts, especially the New York dockside sequence. It is also light-hearted at times.
The cast includes a good performance from Pat O'Brien and is joined by Clare Trevor (Key Largo), Herbert Marshall (The Secret Garden), Wallace Ford and Ray Collins.
This is worth viewing at least once. Enjoyable.
Rating: 3 stars out of 5.
An art curator gets a phone call claiming his mother is unwell, so he gets the first train to New York and it turns out this call was a lie and he gets the idea the train has crashed, which it hasn't. He then takes part in a forgery involving fake paintings. Two women are also involved in this but the police catch up with them at the end.
Crack-Up is rather atmospheric in parts, especially the New York dockside sequence. It is also light-hearted at times.
The cast includes a good performance from Pat O'Brien and is joined by Clare Trevor (Key Largo), Herbert Marshall (The Secret Garden), Wallace Ford and Ray Collins.
This is worth viewing at least once. Enjoyable.
Rating: 3 stars out of 5.