Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

vincentlynch-moonoi I should begin by saying that I'm a tremendous fan of Spencer Tracy...second only to Cary Grant. But even having said that, I think this is a very fine film noir which interestingly combines courtroom drama with back alley thugs.Spencer Tracy plays a criminal defense lawyer who demoted himself to civil law after alcoholism took its toll. But then a family he has long known pleads with him to take their son's (a young James Arness) murder case. Tracy starts out strong in court, but his inner doubts soon begin to take their toll and he begins to romance liquor again...and looses the case. But he won't stop, and ultimately proves his client innocent, but at the cost of his life as he is gunned down on a dark street. You'll almost certainly see that coming, but there is a high degree of suspense here.The acting in this film is quite good. Tracy is dependable as he almost always was, and this must have been a difficult film for him, considering his own problems with alcoholism. Maybe that's why he plays it so convincingly. Pat O'Brien plays a cop friend just about the way you'd expect him to. John Hodiak is very good as the District Attorney...too bad his life as an actor was cut short. Diana Lynn, who never really made it big, is very convincing here as the daughter concerned with the pressure her father will be under during the trail, as well as the alcoholism problem.One for the DVD shelf? Yes, if you're a Tracy fan! Maybe, even if you're not.

lsu1958 The People Against O'Hara was enjoyable to watch mainly because of the great list of actors. Spencer Tracy will always be good to see in any role, from Bad Day to Mohicians to this movie. They don't make actors like Tracy and Bogart any more. It was nice to see an old favorite, James Arness at such a young age of 29. For a huge man of 6'7" he does a commendable job of not appearing out of place and acting the necessary age of his character. Throw in all time favorite, Charles Buchinski, better known as the Pennsylvania coal mine, better known as Charles Bronson, and one has a decent film devoid of modern-day vulgar language. If you have a chance to see this movie you should do so. sit back and enjoy acting as it should be done.

blanche-2 An excellent performance by Spencer Tracy in "The People Against O'Hara" lifts this all too familiar plot line to a different level. Tracy is an alcoholic who, for the sake of his health and sobriety, becomes a civil attorney, only to be drawn back into criminal work when neighborhood friends need him to defend their son. The son is played by a pre-Gunsmoke, blond James Arness, and it was a pleasure to see him do something besides the one-note Matt Dillon. Diana Lynn does an excellent job as Tracy's protective daughter, and a pathetically young Richard Anderson is her patient fiancé.Tracy's performance drives the film, which is really just an excuse for a character study, and who better to essay it. He beautifully shows the man's torment and loss of abilities. The ending is tense and suspenseful.There is a fine cast, including the above, Pat O'Brien John Hodiak, Eduardo Cianelli, and William Campbell (who in real life was for a time married to Judith Exner, the woman who went public with her affair with JFK).I think Spencer Tracy is always worth watching, and this film is no exception.

David (Handlinghandel) This character and the film's ambiance seem closer to what is written about Tracy's life than anything else he ever made.(His "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde" was dark -- Ingrid Bergman is sensational in it. But his switch from good to bad is so tacky it's literally laughable -- though not his fault.)The last line of this dark movie is one of the bleakest in movie history. Listen for it.In many ways he plays a character similar to the title role in "Father of the Bride," made around the same time. Everyone in that movie boozed it up, but that was thought natural and/or comical. Here is a sad semi-reformed alcoholic with a guilty conscience.The only real flaw is the Jay C. Flippen character with the ludicrous Scandinavian accent used. The rest is a great noir.