Cloak and Dagger

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2003 Filmcritic.com

I love spy movies, honestly. Too bad then that Fritz Lang's Cloak and Dagger has all the thrills of a merry-go-round. Gary Cooper is woefully miscast as an American superspy -- considering Cooper doesn't even have the emotional presence to be able to raise his eyebrows, it's hard to feel for either his mission (investigating German A-bomb capabilities during WWII) or his romantic dalliance (with a mysterious yet ultimately pedestrian Lilli Palmer). Sure enough, we're stabbed in the back.

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Rating

2.0 out of 5 Stars

Cast and Crew

  • Director: Fritz Lang
  • Producer: Milton Sperling
  • Screenwriter: Ring Lardner Jr., Albert Maltz
  • Stars: Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer, Robert Alda, Vladimir Sokoloff
  • MPAA Rating: NR