Now watching:

'Odd Man Out'

- directed by the great Carol Reed
- written by R.C. Sherriff, F. L. Green
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- with James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, F.J. McCormick, Kathleen Ryan, William Hartnell, Fay Compton,.W.G. Fay, Denis O'Dea, Maureen Delaney, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Robert Beatty, Kitty Kirwan.....

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@neve
How to create intentional awkwardness in a scene?

Short ans: Howard (MC's handler)

Longer ans: Howard's somewhat naive approach (given that he is directing a government spook) is both endearing and dangerous. While my MC is a field agent, Howard has been behind a desk for a . . . while. He just doesn't fit in Beaumont, TX of the late 1950s and doesn't want to be "set up."

He sticks out--the proverbial odd man out.

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