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The Fallen Idol

1948

Carol Reed

Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Jack Hawkins ...

7.2

1,315

Drama. Thriller An eight-year-old ambassador’s son, left in the care of manservant Baines and his suspicious wife, witnesses what he believes to be a murder.

	Media	Author	Review
		John Patterson LA Weekly	"One of the great movies about childhood innocence accidentally violated by adults...Reed, an often inconsistent filmmaker, handles the brutal mechanics of the plot superbly"
		Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"They don't make movies like The Fallen Idol anymore, all the more reason to see it now while you can."
		Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"Of all the movies that try to take us into the mind and viewpoint of a child, Carol Reed's 1948 The Fallen Idol, adapted by Graham Greene from his short story, is one of the most ingenious."
		Michael Sragow The New Yorker	"A masterpiece of psychological suspense."
		Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"Graham Greene's screenplay is centered on the pivotal moment when a child first discovers sin, but the boy's perspective is neglected in favor of facile suspense structures and a thuddingly conventional whodunit finale."
		David Parkinson Empire	"It might be lesser known, but certainly not deservingly so. This is a cracking piece of Brit cinema."

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