Category: Boomerang

  • Boomerang! (1947, Elia Kazan)

    Boomerang! is a mess. The first half of the film is a misfired docudrama, the second half (or so) is a fantastic courtroom drama. Richard Murphy’s script is such a plotting disaster not even beautifully written scenes and wonderful performances can make up for its problems. And director Kazan doesn’t help. He embraces the docudrama…