Stranger in the House (1967) Synopsis & Summary
Synopsis
Cop-Out is a distressingly "mod" remake of the 1941 French film Strangers in the House. Taking over the role originally played by Raimu, James Mason stars as a retired, scotch-swilling attorney residing in France. Mason disapproves of his daughter's (Geraldine Chaplin) new boy friend (Bobby Darin), but rises to the young man's defense in court when the boy is arrested on a suspicious murder charge. The casting of Chaplin and Darin was meant to "reach" the youth market, but both are way too old for their characters. Cop-Out would have worked better (especially with audiences of the 1990s) without its trendy camerawork and wearisome generation-gap propaganda. - Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Movie Info
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Run Time:
95 min.
Distributor(s):
J. Arthur Rank Productions
Production Co.:
J. Arthur Rank Productions
Director(s):
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery, Drama, Thriller
Themes:
Haunted By the Past, Miscarriage of Justice, Redemption
Tone:
Confrontational, Moody, Reflective
Keywords:
alcoholism, boyfriend, dating, daughter, defense [military], evidence, expose [revelation], false-accusation, family-disapproval, generation-gap, investigation, killing, lawyer, love, murder, retirement, seclusion
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