With North Korea unfortunately still generating headlines today, 'Time Limit' is a salutary reminder of just how long this eccentric little dictatorship has been exercising the concern of the West, who during the fifties it made very anxious at the conjoined issues of collaboration and the brainwashing of prisoners. Andrew Marton made an interesting drama in 1954 called 'Prisoner of War' which touched upon the apparent 'turning' of prisoners, while the presence of Khigh Dhiegh (here billed as Kaie Deei) as the beaming Colonel Kim is not the only element in this film that anticipates 'The Manchurian Candidate'.
Karl Malden's only credit as a director is gripping, well-acted and keeps you watching to find out were this is all leading; the conclusion when it comes is a somewhat grandiloquently expressed, but satisfying.
Karl Malden's only credit as a director is gripping, well-acted and keeps you watching to find out were this is all leading; the conclusion when it comes is a somewhat grandiloquently expressed, but satisfying.