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      Keeper of the Flame

      Released Mar 20, 1944 1 hr. 40 min. Drama List
      Reviews 68% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Steven O'Malley (Spencer Tracy) expects his reporting assignment to be a run-of-the-mill story. He is to cover the death of Robert Forrest, a hero in World War I, who died when a bridge collapsed under his car. The press conference given by Forrest's secretary (Richard Whorf), however, does not satisfy O'Malley, who decides that questioning his widow (Katharine Hepburn) could expose a richer story. The lies continue to build, until he discovers an estate building that may hold the true story. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Nov 21 Buy Now

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      Shadowman4710 One of the rare Tracy/Hepburn films that is not a romantic comedy. Tracy plays a well known reporter who begins to investigate the death of a famous political/social figure. During his investigations he becomes involved with the widow (Katherine Hepburn) and discovers some unsettling facts about the "great man." This is classic film noir, heavy on atmosphere, not necessarily heavy on plot. It received mixed critical reviews and didn't do particularly well at the box office but I enjoy it quite a lot and would recommend it to any Tracy/Hepburn fans. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/06/23 Full Review j f It's good, except that kid is pretty annoying. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/01/23 Full Review Steve D There are a number of films like it but few better. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Any film with Hepburn and Tracy is worth seeing. In this one, they save our country from a megalomaniacal popular figure who is ready to use any means necessary to take control and make our nation "great". A believable story line in 1942. But eighty years later...??? Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member As relevant today -- fascist movements take root all over the globe, as well as within the United States -- as it was in the 1930s when Charles Lindbergh's political connections to the Third Reich became too close. . Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member a poorly constructed, heavy handed, absurd melodrama, but Spencer Tracy does his best to try and save it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Answers are kept from the audience for too long; even as the truth draws nearer, it's shrouded in enough obscuration that the big reveal can't possibly satisfy the hype. Rated: 3/10 Aug 13, 2020 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Director Cukor thought the plot was fraudulent, and the film is the worst collaboration of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in her first role as a "mature" woman. Rated: C Aug 8, 2006 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An ill-conceived political melodrama modeled after Citizen Kane. Rated: C Jan 24, 2005 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Middle-brow MGM variant on Citizen Kane. More interesting than good. Rated: 3/5 Aug 2, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Steven O'Malley (Spencer Tracy) expects his reporting assignment to be a run-of-the-mill story. He is to cover the death of Robert Forrest, a hero in World War I, who died when a bridge collapsed under his car. The press conference given by Forrest's secretary (Richard Whorf), however, does not satisfy O'Malley, who decides that questioning his widow (Katharine Hepburn) could expose a richer story. The lies continue to build, until he discovers an estate building that may hold the true story.
      Director
      George Cukor
      Screenwriter
      I.A.R. Wylie, Donald Ogden Stewart
      Distributor
      Loew's Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Production Co
      Loew's Inc., Metro Goldwyn Mayer
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 20, 1944, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 21, 2016
      Sound Mix
      Mono
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