CommentsXp Best movie ever!

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

dougdoepke Convoluted murder mystery. So who shot Kendall Brown from a distance as he was exiting a London airport. It wasn't Frank Prior (Bridges) who gets involved through happenstance, which wouldn't have happened if girlfriend Pauline (Lister) had met him at the airport as she was supposed to. Then there's singer Helene (Cordet) who's also implicated, that is, when she's not performing in a magic act. Anyhow, Scotland Yard's on the case, so the limping culprit better watch out. At least that's the way things appear.Bridges fans like myself may be disappointed since his role is clearly secondary to Lister's and somewhat incidental to the plot. It may be that director Endfield did him an employment favor since both were targets of the Hollywood blacklist. After all, they had worked together brilliantly on the gripping Sound Of Fury (1950). There're a number of nice touches. I especially chuckled over the randy young police inspector (Phillips) when he trades meaningful looks with the busty landlady's daughter (Marsh). It's amusingly done. Also, the magician's act is novel accompaniment to Helene's singing. Too bad, however, we don't get a better look at the effects that pass by unhighlighted. I'm guessing the bummer ending was because the plot's complexity made tying up all the loose ends darn difficult. Anyway, it's a pretty good time passer, ending or no, with a number of entertaining touches.

Theo Robertson Frank Pryor a former American GI visits London . As he gets off the plane he asks a man for a light . The man kindly does so and is shot by a sniper . The police reveal that the dead man was Kendal Brown a known criminal . Frank Pryor goes to visit an old flame Pauline French who it later transpires knew Kendal Brown I came to write up my review of THE LIMPING MAN and before did so looked through the comments on this page which are unanimously along the lines of " OMG what a terrible ending that totally ruined the film " but I can't help thinking everyone is missing the point and are tearing away at the ending without giving too much scrutiny to the rest of the film which doesn't hold up without that ending The problem I had is that it's the lead up to the ending that is the problem . A man is shot dead while an American is visiting London and yet everyone the American meets in London knew Kendal Brown in some capacity including the love interest of the American Frank Pryor . London of course is a city of several million people and yet everyone knew Kendal Brown ? Throughout the film I kept chuckling " Yeah right " then when the shock twist ending happened it did make a sense of sort within the film's own reality . It might be a cop out but how many films have you seen where everything relies on coincidence and no shock plot twist happens ? It's a bonkers ending that might cheat its audience but at least it makes sense of sorts

Cristi_Ciopron Some play with the mystery thriller form—they add, accordingly, some lyricism, or stylization, or gritty toughness.THE LIMPING MAN seems in fact a rather average mystery movie, without additives (such as the poetry of some melodramas or the stylization or the grittiness); and it's not the most exciting or suspenseful and eventful thriller. I have found this flick below its excellent reputation, yet clean. Understood as a clean, straightforward 'divertissement, it's good.Lloyd Bridges plays the leading character, perhaps he's not necessarily one of my favorite actors, Moira Lister is his girlfriend, and a beautiful one, though some might find her face a little too masculine.

GManfred Absorbing little co-feature that holds the interest. It would be worth the price of admission if not for the I-want-my-money-back ending. Nice acting jobs all around, Miss Lister in particular. Good workmanlike performance by the dependable Lloyd Bridges. The picture didn't drag and moved along at a nice clip. In truth, I didn't mind the ending as I felt the plot was starting to dig a hole for itself which made the ending rather timely. Had never seen this picture in TV listings - I had a DVD copy which was quite good. Makes you wonder how many other underrated films never made it to a format of any kind, and are now gone forever.