Odd Man Out

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

Cast

James Mason

as Johnny McQueen

Robert Newton

as Lukey

Cyril Cusack

as Pat

F.J. McCormick

as Shell

Kathleen Ryan

as Kathleen Sullivan

William Hartnell

as Fencie - the barman

Fay Compton

as Rosie

W.G. Fay

as Father Tom

Denis O'Dea

as Inspector

Maureen Delaney

as Theresa O'Brien

Reviews

John Chard

That's the duty of all of us. Johnny McQueen is an IRA leader who breaks out of prison and for 6 months hides out at the house of adoring Kathleen. Here he plots a robbery of a Belfast mill to fund his underground organisation, the robbery doesn't go to plan and Johnny kills a man in a struggle o...

CinemaSerf

This is very much an example of less is more from Carol Reed. James Mason is super as ("Johnny") who leads an IRA cell that decides to rob a textile mill to secure continued funding for their operations. As they make good their escape, he is shot, seriously wounded and has to try to secure medical c...

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