1959 · drama · courtroom · mystery
Libel
Directed by Anthony Asquith1h 40m1959
A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The Canadian is convinced that the baronet is a fraud, and he is actually a look-alike actor named Frank Welney.
Our read: Libel (1959) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · courtroom · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / courtroom, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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