- Actors: James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, Frank Ferguson, Curt Bois
- Directors: Max Ophüls
- Writers: Arthur Laurents, Libbie Block
- Producers: Wolfgang Reinhardt
- Language English
- Classification: U
- Studio: Second Sight
- VHS Release Date: 14 July 1997
- Run Time: 88 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CUNW
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 10,507 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
No pun intended, quite the reverse. Ophuls was one of the best, and he stamped quality on most everything he did in cinema. This film tells the not-unusual story of a young woman caught in a disastrous marriage. Forget everything you have seen in many other cinematic passes at the subject-matter, and come to this drama ready to be intrigued and entertained. You won't be disappointed. Robert Ryan is powerful and menacing in the interesting psychological (much in the fashion of contemporary and later Hitchcock films) portrait of a man who must be obeyed. Barbara Bel Geddes is also excellent - another of Ophuls' self-absorbed victim-heroines. And James Mason provides the perfect foil for them both in a convincing character study of a doctor with a social conscience but no sociability. The transfer to DVD is excellent, and it comes with useful extra material (an intelligent discussion of the film, providing insights into Ophuls' methods and relating this production to some of his other work). Well worth having in the home video library.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This movie stars the great James Mason, Robert Ryan and Barbara Bel Geddes. Barbara plays the new wife of a millionaire played by Robert Ryan who treats her very badly, so to get away from him she leaves her luxury surroundings to move to another low class town, she gets a job of a Doctors receptionist to Dr.Quinada played by James Mason,the obvious happens(they fall in love),only she can't stay with him as something happens that makes it out of the question! The whole cast is good especially James Mason,but I feel he should have played Robert Ryan's role of the evil millionaire rather than that of the wimpy angelic Doctor.The movie could have been a little better but is very entertaining and has it's moments!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Being one of Ophuls few American films I was hoping for a clearer print. Most of the time it was a bit off focus. The best part was the additional short describing the aspects of Ophuls' other works in comparison to Caught. Even the clips showed are far sharper than Caught's video. Also my PAL converter created annoying speed up, slow down shudders during any fast movement. This was the first film to have this effect.
A truly great film,Caught [1948] [DVD] its print was far below standard.
A truly great film,Caught [1948] [DVD] its print was far below standard.
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