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The Shadows Fade: Last Night of TCM Fest Brings My Son John

The Shadows Fade: Last Night of TCM Fest Brings My Son John

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Jan 27, 2010
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All right, so if you recorded absolutely nothing else for this festival, My Son John, at 8 pm EST, is the one to take a look at. Leo McCarey's impassioned anti-communist film is half a great movie, and better than you think it will be, I'll wager. Even the second half, cobbled together from Strangers on a Train outtakes after Robert Walker's terrible de…

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