Interesting film dealing with family relationships and ultimate responsibility for family actions.
Successful lawyer, Wendell Corey, must come to grips when his convict brother, Van Johnson, escapes from jail and shows up at his doorstep. Corey had abandoned Johnson and a younger sister years before to get away from the poverty stricken family.
The film succeeds because it shows the eventual path that must be taken by a sudden ethical turn in the life of Corey. I am my brother's keeper is the theme of this well-played film.
Ruth Roman is wonderful as the sympathetic sister-in-law to Johnson. While it is true that the film ultimately turns into a modern day posse-like hunt for Johnson, it succeeds because of its redeeming quality of family relationships above all else.
Successful lawyer, Wendell Corey, must come to grips when his convict brother, Van Johnson, escapes from jail and shows up at his doorstep. Corey had abandoned Johnson and a younger sister years before to get away from the poverty stricken family.
The film succeeds because it shows the eventual path that must be taken by a sudden ethical turn in the life of Corey. I am my brother's keeper is the theme of this well-played film.
Ruth Roman is wonderful as the sympathetic sister-in-law to Johnson. While it is true that the film ultimately turns into a modern day posse-like hunt for Johnson, it succeeds because of its redeeming quality of family relationships above all else.