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The Mark

  • 19611961
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  • 2h 7m
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7.2/10
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The Mark (1961)
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A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
IMDb RATING
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    • Guy Green
    • Charles E. Israel(novel)
    • Sidney Buchman(screenplay)
    • Stanley Mann(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Maria Schell
    • Stuart Whitman
    • Rod Steiger
    • Guy Green
    • Charles E. Israel(novel)
    • Sidney Buchman(screenplay)
    • Stanley Mann(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Maria Schell
    • Stuart Whitman
    • Rod Steiger
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 18User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    The Mark (1961)
    Maria Schell and Stuart Whitman in The Mark (1961)
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    Maria Schell in The Mark (1961)
    Maria Schell and Stuart Whitman in The Mark (1961)
    Donald Houston, Maria Schell, and Stuart Whitman in The Mark (1961)
    Maurice Denham and Stuart Whitman in The Mark (1961)
    Stuart Whitman in The Mark (1961)
    Maurice Denham and Stuart Whitman in The Mark (1961)
    Marie Devereux and Stuart Whitman in The Mark (1961)
    Brenda de Banzie and Stuart Whitman in The Mark (1961)
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    Maria Schell
    Maria Schell
    • Ruth Leighton
    Stuart Whitman
    Stuart Whitman
    • Jim Fuller
    Rod Steiger
    Rod Steiger
    • Doctor McNally
    Brenda de Banzie
    Brenda de Banzie
    • Gertrude Cartwright
    Bandana Das Gupta
    • Inez
    Donald Houston
    Donald Houston
    • Austin
    Donald Wolfit
    Donald Wolfit
    • Andrew Clive
    Paul Rogers
    Paul Rogers
    • Roy Milne
    Maurice Denham
    Maurice Denham
    • Arnold Cartwright
    Amanda Black
    • Janie
    Marie Devereux
    • Ellen
    Bill Foley
    • Mr. Fontaine
    Anne Monaghan
    • Mrs. Fontaine
    Josephine Frayne
    • Patricia
    Eddie Byrne
    Eddie Byrne
    • Akers
    Harry Baird
    Harry Baird
    • Cole
    John Welsh
    John Welsh
    • 1st Plain Clothes Officer
    Russell Napier
    Russell Napier
    • 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
      • Guy Green
      • Charles E. Israel(novel)
      • Sidney Buchman(screenplay)
      • Stanley Mann(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      When Stuart Whitman was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, his competition included 'Maria Schell''s brother 'Maximillian Schell' for his role in "Judgement at Nuremberg." Schell won. Maria Schell had told Whitman " I don't know who to vote for!".
    • Goofs
      When Jim is talking with Gertrude while she is knitting, as the camera is looking over his shoulder at Gertrude, his hands are down in his lap. When the scene shifts to when the camera is looking over Gertrude's shoulder at Jim, his hands are up, touching his chin.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Edmund McNally: Ego, sex, opportunity. Mix all that and you have the poet's dream; Love.

    • Connections
      Featured in Sven Uslings Bio: The Mark (2019)

    User reviews18

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    7/10
    Dated but still very good
    Stuart Whitman, Rod Steiger, and Maria Schell star in "The Mark," a 1961 film from 20th Century Fox, filmed in England.

    Whitman is Jim Fuller, who has been released from prison after being convicted of intent to molest a child. His psychiatrist, Dr. McNally, believes him to be cured and continues to see him in an attempt to help him get back into society and have some sort of a life.

    The above is what makes the film seem dated, but in the case of the Whitman character, maybe not. Today we believe that this tendency is incurable or nearly incurable. In the case of Jim Fuller, a troubled man, he took a girl for a ride in a car, but backed out of doing anything. He brought the girl home. Seen in that light, it's possible this incident came out of something in his past (as we're told in flashbacks) and wasn't the result of some sort of perversion and therefore could be eradicated.

    Jim has a job from a sympathetic employer and proves himself excellent at it. He rents a room from an older couple. And he meets a woman in his office, Ruth (Maria Schell) whom he tentatively starts to date. They fall in love, and he is introduced to her young daughter, Janie (Amanda Black), who is crazy about him.

    When a young woman is kidnapped, Jim is brought in by the police but he has an alibi. Unfortunately a reporter who knows who he is starts stalking him. When he sees Jim at an amusement park with Janie acting completely above board, he writes a lurid story.

    This is a well-done film with a sympathetic performance by Whitman, who received an Oscar nomination. He does a beautiful job as a sad, insecure, sometimes angry man who doesn't quite have the confidence in himself that his doctor has, but wants to believe he's okay. Rod Steiger is simply great, low-key (unlike The Big Knife where he chewed any scenery available) -- a perfect psychiatrist, patient, friendly, supportive.

    Maria Schell was supposed to be a star in the U.S., but it didn't happen. A friend of mine recalls the night that Schell and Audrey Hepburn were given a party to introduce them to Hollywood. Norma Shearer, retired for over ten years by then, came with her ski instructor husband. She took off her gown's evening jacket and danced the night away. Audrey and Maria sat up against the wall all night.

    At any rate, Schell is lovely here. Ruth, too, is afraid of love after being widowed. She falls for Jim knowing he was in prison -- but not why -- and trusts him with Janie. Can she stick with him once the story is published? Some trivia: Whitman lost the Oscar to Schell's brother Maximillian for his marvelous performance in Judgment at Nuremburg.

    Excellent film. You're really pulling for Jim all the way through. A lost film well worth seeing.
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    • Release date
      • January 26, 1961 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Ardmore Studios, Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Buckman
      • Raymond Stross Productions
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    • 2 hours 7 minutes
      • Black and White

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