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The Lost Man is a 1969 American crime film, written and directed by Robert Alan Aurthur, loosely based on British author F.L. Green's 1945 novel Odd Man Out, which was previously made into a 1947 film directed by Carol Reed and starring James Mason.

The Lost Man
Directed by	Robert Alan Aurthur
Screenplay by	Robert Alan Aurthur
Based on	Odd Man Out by F.L. Green
Produced by	Edward Muhl Melville Tucker
Starring	Sidney Poitier Joanna Shimkus Al Freeman Jr. Michael Tolan
Cinematography	Gerald Perry Finnerman
Edited by	Edward Mann
Music by	Quincy Jones
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	June 25, 1969 (1969-06-25) (New York City, New York) July 11, 1969 (1969-07-11) (United States)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.85 million (US/ Canada rentals)[1]

Plot

Former US Army lieutenant Jason Higgs (Sidney Poitier), after becoming a black militant during the 1960s Black Revolutionary Movement, is wounded as he pulls a payroll heist to help imprisoned brothers, and has to hide from the police. Social worker Cathy Ellis (Joanna Shimkus) falls in love with Higgs while helping him elude capture.

Cast

• Sidney Poitier as Jason Higgs
• Joanna Shimkus as Cathy Ellis
• Al Freeman Jr. as Dennis Lawrence
• Michael Tolan as Inspector Hamilton
• Richard Dysart as Bernie
• David Steinberg as The Photographer
• Paul Winfield as Orville Turner
• Beverly Todd as Sally Carter / Dorothy Starr
• Vonetta McGee as Diane Lawrence
• Frank Marth as Warren

Critical response

The New York Times gave the film a lukewarm review upon its release,[2] though a review by Roger Ebert was more positive, albeit with reservations.[3]

Production

Poitier met his second wife, Joanna Shimkus, during the making of this movie.

Musical score and soundtrack

The Lost Man
Soundtrack album by Quincy Jones
Released	1969
Recorded	1969
Genre	Film score
Length	33:54
Label	Uni UNI 73060
Producer	Quincy Jones, Stanley Wilson
Quincy Jones chronology
The Italian Job (1969) The Lost Man (1969) Walking in Space (1969)

The film score was composed by Quincy Jones and conducted by Stanley Wilson, and the soundtrack album was released on the Uni label in 1969.[4][5]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]

Allmusic's Brandon Burke said the soundtrack had "In the strict sense of the word, The Lost Man was not a blaxploitation film, but its soundtrack (arranged by Quincy Jones) might lead you to think otherwise. ... Jones takes the sparse, groove-oriented route heard on the J.J. Johnson scores for Cleopatra Jones and Across 110th Street. This is most evident on downtempo numbers like the sultry "Sweet Soul Sister" (featuring Nate Turner & the Mirettes) and the opening theme. "Main Squeeze," however, is a funk bomb if ever there was one and, thankfully, its bass-driven motif runs throughout the LP. Recommended if you can find it".[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Quincy Jones except where noted

1. "The Lost Man (Main Title)" (Lyrics by Dick Cooper, Ernie Shelby) − 2:35
2. "Sweet Soul Sister" (Lyrics by Cooper, Shelby) − 2:48
3. "Slum Creeper" − 3:22
4. "Rap, Run It on Down" (Lyrics by Cooper, Shelby) − 2:31
5. "He Says He Loves Me" (Lyrics by Diane Hilderbrand, Cooper, Shelby) − 3:45
6. "Main Squeeze" − 2:48
7. "Try, Try, Try" (Lyrics by Cooper, Shelby) − 2:46
8. "Need to Be Needed" − 4:46
9. "Up Against the Wall" − 4:20
10. "He'll Wash You Whiter than Snow" (Cora Martin) − 2:15
11. "End Title" − 1:58

Personnel

• Unidentified orchestra arranged by Quincy Jones and conducted by Stanley Wilson including:
  • Ernestine Anderson (track 5), The Church Choir (track 10), Venetta Fields (tracks 4 & 7), Geraldine Jones (track 11), The kids from PASLA (track 1), The Mirettes (tracks 2, 4 & 7), The Pree Sisters (track 5), Nate Turner (tracks 2 & 4) − vocals
  • Ray Brown − bass (track 11)
  • Arthur Adams − guitar (track 11)
  • Emil Richards − percussion
  • Carol Kaye − electric bass
  • Bud Shank − saxophone

See also

• List of American films of 1969

References

External links

• The Lost Man at IMDb
• The Lost Man at the TCM Movie Database
• The Lost Man at AllMovie

На других языках

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[de] The Lost Man – Es führt kein Weg zurück

The Lost Man – Es führt kein Weg zurück (Originaltitel: The Lost Man) ist ein US-amerikanischer Spielfilm in Farbe aus dem Jahr 1969 von Robert Alan Aurthur. Auch das Drehbuch stammt von ihm. Es beruht auf dem in Nordirland spielenden Roman „Der Terrorist (Odd Man Out)“ von Frederick Lawrence Green. Für diesen Film wurde die Handlung in das Milieu der amerikanischen Black-Power-Bewegung verlagert. Die Hauptrollen sind mit Sidney Poitier und Joanna Shimkus besetzt. Die Weltpremiere hatte das Werk am 25. Juni 1969 in New York City. In Deutschland kam der Film erstmals am 5. September 1969 ins Kino.

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- [en] The Lost Man

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