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Storm Warning
Drama · Thriller · 1951
A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
Movie details
Storm Warning
“Behind this burning cross... Behind the loopholes in the law... Behind their cowardly hoods... They hide a thousand vicious crimes!”
1951 Drama · Thriller 1h 33m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.6 / 10
Community rating
A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Storm Warning?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Stuart Heisler
Written by
Daniel Fuchs · Richard Brooks
Ginger Rogers
Marsha Mitchell
Ronald Reagan
Burt Rainey
Doris Day
Lucy Rice
Steve Cochran
Hank Rice
Hugh Sanders
Charlie Barr
Lloyd Gough
Cliff Rummel
Raymond Greenleaf
Faulkner
Court is in session
Put Storm Warning on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.