Crisis (1950) | |
| Director(s) | Richard Brooks |
| Producer(s) | Arthur Freed |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Doctors |
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Crisis (1950) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Richard Brooks and produced by Arthur Freed.
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“Little Man, What Now?”: A Test of Love in the Shadow of Crisis
By Stephen Reginald on Aug 19, 2026 From Classic Movie Man“Little Man, What Now?”: A Test of Love in the Shadow of Crisis Little Man, What Now? Directed by Frank Borzage, Little Man, What Now? (1934) stars Margaret Sullavan as Emma “L?mmchen” Pinneberg and Douglass Montgomery as Hans Pinneberg. Set in early 1930s Germany agai... Read full article
Legends of Tomorrow (2016) s06e01 – Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five
on Jan 17, 2020 From The Stop ButtonGiven how much work these Arrowverse crossover events make for the show?s creative teams?just imagine if they had to bother with good writing, better direction (though this episode isn?t too bad), and good guest stars?you?d think they wouldn?t have wasted twenty-percent of Crisis on Infinite Earths ... Read full article
Arrow (2012) s08e08 – Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four
on Jan 16, 2020 From The Stop ButtonSo. Confession time. During the harder-than-normal sci-fi opening to part the fourth of Crisis on Infinite Earths, I thought the crossover might have a chance. I thought if they split the first three into the one arc, then the second two into another? I thought it might work. For a few seconds in th... Read full article
The Flash (2014) s06e09 – Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three
on Dec 12, 2019 From The Stop ButtonCrisis: Part Three is a scant handful of okay moments surrounded by truly godawful dialogue, sometimes so bad it?s impressive the actors are keeping it together?points to Grant Gustin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Cress Williams, and Candice Patton?one inventive plotting point, a couple big nostalgia deep-div... Read full article
Batwoman (2019) s01e09 – Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two (1)
on Dec 10, 2019 From The Stop ButtonSo ?Batwoman??s Crisis crossover is rather instructional, at least in understanding what?s going to go wrong with it (the crossover). The writing. ?Batwoman??s script is all right. Not great, but leaps and bounds over the previous one. Even if the performances get a little shaky and they?re trying t... Read full article
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[Farago is about to be operated by Eugene]
Raoul Farrago: Doctor, do many people die in an operation like this?
Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson: Under the best conditions, about 12 percent. These are not the best conditions.
Raoul Farrago: You don't like me, do you?
Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson: I try to regard my patients impersonally.
Raoul Farrago: Can you?
Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson: No.
[after a rehearsal for Farrago's surgery]
Raoul Farrago: Well, doctor, did the operation go well?
Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson: Fine. You just died.
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Facts about
Although great pains were used to disguise the name of the country in the film, Dr. Ferguson mentions that Pres. Farrago should go to a neurological hospital (which he mentions is just across the border) in Chile - which narrows the country down to either Argentina, Bolivia, or Peru. Other hints include: Peso/Dollar law, the blankets worn on the train, license plates on vehicles.
Director Richard Brooks was as the Santa Anita race track where he met Cary Grant and struck up a conversation about this film; Brooks wrote the story but also wanted to direct but none of the studios would let him, but Grant asked for a copy of the script and loved it - so much so that Grant himself went to MGM and said he would love to do the movie but only if Brooks was the director.
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