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Fans of Cary Grant should see this under appreciated film. It proves that Grant could indeed act - and that he has far greater range than his standard light comedy fare would indicate.This is not a great movie, but it is a very well made movie. It has high production values. The film features three of the major "Latin Lovers" from the Silent era - Gilbert Roland, Ramon Novarro, and Pedro De Cordoba. Jose Ferrer and Signe Hasso play a Latin American Dictator and his wife. They are the weakest points in the production - Ferrer insists on "Acting" through every scene. His performance comes across as very dated and unbelievable. Hasso, normally a fine actress, comes across as wooden and barely lifelike.The weakest point in the production is the script. It insists on being very "politcal" and this detracts from the enjoyment value. Yet, because of this political viewpoint, it treats Latinos with much more respect and consideration than other movies filmed during this era.

Cary Grant stars as a famous neurosurgeon who is vacationing in a South American country with his new bride. The pair are subject to a "friendly abduction" when the current president of that country, Raoul Farrago (Jose Ferrer), learns of his presence. You see, the president has a brain tumor, and due to the fact that his country is on the verge of civil war, he dares not travel to another country for the operation he needs to save his life.Farrago is a tyrant who claims that he must be so because democracy would never work in his country. His people are illiterate children, he says, and wouldn't know what to do with freedom if they had it. However, being a national "father image" doesn't prevent the president from stealing everything in the country that isn't nailed down. The president's wife does a great job of emulating Evita Peron before much was really known about her. Then there is Gilbert Roland as the leader of the opposition. He wants to make his people free, as long as he gets to be the new dictator. Roland does a great job with this role. How far he has progressed here since his early days as an actor at the dawn of sound.So the question is - does Grant owe a service to the dictator by saving his life with a delicate operation only so that patient can go on being a killer and a thief, or would the death of this tyrant better serve mankind? If you throw the safety of his wife into the balance - what decision does the doctor make?

While vacationing in South America, brain surgeon Cary Grant (as Eugene Ferguson) is railroaded into operating on his host country's despotic dictator, Jose Ferrer (as Raoul Farrago). El Presidente Ferrer has a brain tumor, and won't let Dr. Grant leave the country unless he agrees to operate. As a show of good faith, Ferrer grants pretty Mrs. Paula Raymond (as Helen), Grant's wife, permission to leave the country early, so she can go shopping. Things get complicated when Ms. Raymond is kidnapped en route, by revolution-minded Gilbert Roland (as Gonzales).This is most notable as the first film for director Richard Brooks, who went on to have a very impressive career. "Crisis" is a well-intentioned and thoughtful, but labored, political drama. Ferrer does well in his role; but, Grant's persona doesn't quite fit the scrub cap, surgical gown, and latex gloves. TCM's Bob Osborne reported that Mr. Brooks' original script gave Grant a 12-year-old daughter, but, MGM wanted Grant to have a romantic partner. Watch for former silent film stars, like Ramon Novarro (Col. Adragon) and Antonio Moreno (Dr. Nierra).***** Crisis (7/3/50) Richard Brooks ~ Cary Grant, Jose Ferrer, Paula Raymond, Ramon Novarro

Renown brain surgeon, vacationing in an unnamed Latin American country with his wife, is stopped from leaving by the president's wife and minions after the savage dictator falls ill. The doctor reluctantly agrees to operate, not knowing that his spouse has been kidnapped by the Revolution, who want the leader's head on a plate. Although he stays in a somber low-key throughout (with the exception of a comic teeth-brushing bit), Cary Grant is just as interesting in a dramatic film as he is in more lighthearted fare--though the lack of offhand humor makes itself felt. Debuting director Richard Brooks, who also adapted the script from George Tabori's story, provides a steady pace which is neither gripping nor dawdling, and he handles his actors efficiently enough. A curious vehicle for its star and studio (MGM), the picture fails to unnerve us with its staged violence (which seems derivative of Fritz Lang) and angry, shouting mobs. What it does do well is present two important men on opposing sides reaching a temporary truce through medicine and illness. In this regard, "Crisis" is unusual and occasionally effective. ** from ****