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Movie critics combined give Act of Violence (1948) a score of 2.9667 out of 4
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EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
One of MGM's best film noirs and one of Zinnemann's early films to deal with what would become a recurrent issue in his owrk: Men tormented by moral conscience, here in the context of a WWII revenge medlodrama...read the complete Act of Violence (1948) review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
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Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Despite that momentum-killing middle section, this is still an above-average noir. Zinnemann shows a knack for suspense and moral ambiguity that he unfortunately abandoned in his later Oscar-mongering prestige pictures, and the set design and...read the complete Act of Violence (1948) review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
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Act of Violence (1948) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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2.9667
Act of Violence (1948) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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