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The Scarf (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Scarf' is a 1951 American drama, suspense, crime, psychological, thriller film noir directed by Ewald Andr Dupont and starring John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, James Barton, and Emlyn Williams.. The screenplay concerns a man who escapes from an insane asylum and tries to convince a crusty hermit, a drifting saloon singer, and himself that he is not a murderer.
Plot
John Ireland stars as John Barrington, an escapee from an institution for the criminally insane. Actually, Barrington is not insane, but the victim of a plot orchestrated by a clever murderer. The only person who believes Barrington's story is Ezra Thompson (James Barton) a turkey farmer who hides him from the authorities. Then a singing waitress named Cash-and-Carry Connie (Mercedes McCambridge) unwittingly provides the clue that will prove Barrington's innocence. Emlyn Williams co-stars as a psychiatrist.
Cast
* John Ireland as John Howard Barrington
* Mercedes McCambridge as Connie Carter
* James Barton as Ezra Thompson
* Emlyn Williams as Dr. David Dunbar
* Lloyd Gough as Asylum Dr. Gordon
* Basil Ruysdael as Cyrus Barrington
* David Bauer as Level Louie (as David Wolfe)
* Harry Shannon as Asylum Warden Anderson
* Celia Lovsky as Mrs. Cyrus Barrington
* David McMahon as State Trooper
* Chubby Johnson as Feed Store Manager
* Frank Jenks as Tom - Drunk cowboy
* Emmett Lynn as Jack the Waiter
* Dick Wessel as Sid - Drunk cowboy
* Frank Jaquet as Town Sheriff
* Iris Adrian as the floozy at Level Louie's Place
Reception
Critical response
Film critic Bosley Crowther panned the film, "For a picture so heavily loaded with lengthy and tedious talk, talk, talk, 'The Scarf', the new tenant at the Park Avenue, has depressingly little to say. As a matter of fact, it expresses, in several thousand words of dialogueand in a running-time that amounts to just four minutes short of an hour and a halfperhaps the least measure of intelligence or dramatic continuity that you are likely to find in any picture, current or recent, that takes itself seriously."[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E05E3D8163EE63BBC4B51DFB266838A649EDE Crowther, Bosley]. 'The New York Times', film review, April 23, 1951. Accessed: August 10, 2013.References
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