Film Preview – Bognor Regis Observer – Saturday, 21 February 1948

PAVILION, SELSEY. A drama of genuine strength and character is due at the Pavilion on Monday. It is the 20th Century-Fox success, "BOOMERANG," which gives Dana Andrews the finest role of his career. It is a taut story of the administration of justice in small New England town, where politics and the law become entangled and, but for one man’s courage and honesty, death would have been the lot of a young man who fell foul of the system. Intense realism makes every scene dynamic with impact, for the story is true, the characters are real people and, since the whole film was made on location in just such a town as they saw the events in real life, there is no suggestion of the artificiality of the studio. Louis de Rochemont, the producer who gave us "The House On 92nd Street" and "13 Rue Madeleine", must claim credit for the astonishing realism of this film, for he has again employed his uncompromisingly factual method. He was fortunate, too, in his director, Elia Kazan, the remarkably talented recruit from the Broadway stage who directed "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn". A strong cast supports Dana Andrews, including Joe Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams and Arthur Kennedy. Public and critics alike have roundly applauded "BOOMERANG" wherever it has been shown. It is a film experience that none should miss. On Thursday "GREAT EXPECTATIONS" is presented starring John Mills, Valerie Hobson and a strong supporting cast.