A California journalist (Gregory Peck) heads to New York to
write for a liberal digest and labors over how to approach his new assignment
in exposing anti-Semitism in many variants in society until it hits him: attack
it like every one of his acclaimed exposés, by getting down to the ground
level, and feign being Jewish himself. Age shows on this Elia Kazan Best
Picture Oscar winner and it grows tiresome and overly preachy with a bland Peck
at his most rigid. The screenplay however is utterly thorough and explores its
subject through many angles and lenses.
** 1/2 out of ****
