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The Sniper (1952)

Crime | 87 minutes
3,34 49 votes

Genre: Crime / Filmnoir

Duration: 87 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Edward Dmytryk

Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Arthur Franz and Marie Windsor

IMDb score: 7,1 (4.202)

Releasedate: 9 May 1952

The Sniper plot

"To the police -- Stop me."

Probably because he has been rejected by women all his life, a lonely man with a gun embarks on a series of assassination attempts. The police are perplexed, because it seems that the murders are completely random, until their psychologist comes up with an idea.

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scorsese

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Good movie about a man who randomly shoots women. One part of the film focuses on a psychologically disturbed man who knows how to function in everyday life. And then there's the police and other agencies looking for a killer who shoots women for no apparent reason. All quite realistic, but also with some tension.

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clubsport

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After seeing the scene in which the police, the press and the mayor have consultations and emotions run high from a social psychological point of view, the question arises, is a woman's life in our society worth so much more than a man's life? because if you're honest the riot would have been a lot less if the sniper had only targeted men.
The answer is of course yes , credit to the film that the psychological aspect of the man still gets attention if it is a bit sketchy .
The film is also well put together , unfortunately we get too little backstory about the motives of the perpetrator although there is a nice hint at his relationship with his mother who would not be too good , flashbacks would have been very welcome here but here is so unfortunately not chosen , too bad .

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