Time Limit (1957)
Chances are you’ve never heard of Time Limit. I hadn’t heard of it either, but I’m so glad I got my hands on a copy and watched it. In this tense military drama similar to The Rack, Richard Basehart is facing a court-martial for collaborating with the enemy. Richard Widmark is an investigator assigned to the case, and he’s not content with Basehart’s mute defense. He simply refuses to give any details about the situation or testify in his own defense. All Widmark (and the audience) knows is that while being held as a POW during the Korean War, Basehart made anti-American radio broadcasts and signed similar documents. As the clocks ticks closer to the trial, Widmark makes it his mission to force Basehart to talk.
Richard Basehart couldn’t have been any better. He’s coiled so tightly with emotion, he’s in control of every muscle in his body, from his toes to his nostrils. He’s a powder keg of anguish and guilt, and we hope he explodes before the end of the movie. I would have loved to see him get his second Rag Award, but there was so much competition for Supporting Actor of 1957. They were all winners, and I’m very happy for Richard to get such a meaty role.
The other Richard is also very good, but everyone else in the movie (Martin Balsam, June Lockhart, Rip Torn) pales in comparison to Basehart. Widmark has tons of compassion and interest, but he has a definite agenda and knows he has a limited time (pun intended) in which to achieve it. He co-produced the movie and suggested his friend Karl Malden direct it, which gives him an extra heart attachment to the project and its subject matter. I highly recommend this intense emotional drama that will really make you think, and if you like it, check out Paul Newman’s version from the previous year, The Rack.
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Richard Basehart couldn’t have been any better. He’s coiled so tightly with emotion, he’s in control of every muscle in his body, from his toes to his nostrils. He’s a powder keg of anguish and guilt, and we hope he explodes before the end of the movie. I would have loved to see him get his second Rag Award, but there was so much competition for Supporting Actor of 1957. They were all winners, and I’m very happy for Richard to get such a meaty role.
The other Richard is also very good, but everyone else in the movie (Martin Balsam, June Lockhart, Rip Torn) pales in comparison to Basehart. Widmark has tons of compassion and interest, but he has a definite agenda and knows he has a limited time (pun intended) in which to achieve it. He co-produced the movie and suggested his friend Karl Malden direct it, which gives him an extra heart attachment to the project and its subject matter. I highly recommend this intense emotional drama that will really make you think, and if you like it, check out Paul Newman’s version from the previous year, The Rack.
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thanks "Juhi Thaker" for posting!
More Martin Balsam movies here!
More Richard Basehart movies here!
More Richard Widmark movies here!