Face to Face (1952)

Directors:

John Brahm, Bretaigne Windust

Writers:

James Agee (adaptation), Joseph Conrad (book),

Stars:

James Mason, Gene Lockhart, Michael Pate

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview:
James Mason	...	The Captain ('The Secret Sharer')
Gene Lockhart	...	Capt. Archbold ('The Secret Sharer')
Michael Pate	...	Leggatt ("The Secret Sharer")
Albert Sharpe	...	First Mate Brown ('The Secret Sharer')
Sean McClory	...	Second Mate Robinson ('The Secret Sharer')
Alec Harford	...	Smithers ("The Secret Sharer")
Robert Preston	...	Sheriff Jack Potter ('The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky')
Marjorie Steele	...	Bride ('The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky')
Minor Watson	...	Scratchy' Wilson ("The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky")
Dan Seymour	...	Drummer ('The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky')
Olive Carey	...	Laura Lee ('The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky')
James Agee	...	Frank ("The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky")

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on book

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Genres:

Western | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

November 1952 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky

Company Credits

Production Co:

Theasquare Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

A very cool film, but why are these movies stuck together?

Face to Face is quite good, but it is, essentially, two different movies based on two different books, stuck back-to-back for no apparent reason. Personally, I think the two stories share a sneaky anti-Christian undercurrent, but other than that they don't share a lot of similarities. The first story is based on a book by Joseph Conrad (Heart of Darkness), which is about a first-time navel officer who, while on watch, finds a murderous refugee from another ship swimming in the ocean. It had a thoughtful and steady pace, and was fairly serious in its storytelling, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. The second story is based on a Stephen Crane book about the gunslinging Marshall of a small western town who gets married in San Antonio. It's a more light-hearted story which is surprisingly funny at times, especially when the town drunk puts on his 6-shooters and decides to stumble around town raising heck. I don't know why these two 40-odd minute movies were stuck together in order to make a feature length film, but it seemed to work pretty well because it told two complete short stories in under 90 minutes. A neat and enjoyable film. Whee!