"Out of the Fog" is one of the better films John Garfield made during this difficult time at "Warner Bros." He is cast against type as a thoroughly evil character, that of a gangster. Garfield takes centre stage, even though Ida Lupino is billed first. She has a lot of screen time though, as the daughter of one of the local fishermen. Garfield is running a protection racket in a small town fishing community but a few of the locals refuse to pay him. The gangster demonstrates how brutal he can be if he is defied. The film is reasonably atmospheric and has some good dialogue. Garfield and Lupino give the best performances but no one in the cast is poor. Regular "Warner Bros" character actor Jerome Cowan makes an appearance as the person investigating a death in the fishing town.
Review of Out of the Fog
