The Fight for Life was documentary filmmaker Pare Lorentz' first "dramatic" film, utilizing the talents of several top New York stage actors. A tribute to the Chicago Maternity Center and its efforts to provide the best possible care for destitute mothers, the film is based on the book of the same name by Paul de Kruif. Myron McCormick plays the largest role as a dedicated intern, while others in the cast include such theatrical heavywrights as Will Geer, Dudley Digges and Dorothy Adams. The film's many vignettes range from the tragic (a mother dying in childbirth in the opening scene) to the exultant (another mother rescued from the brink of death in a disease-ridden tenement). Filmed in Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland, Fight for Life is a worthwhile effort, though Lorentz seems more comfortable with the "actuality" scenes than with the dramatized passages.
Clockwork Bananas
Comedy
6.3
King Tweety
Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
6.9
Q
Documentary
7.0
The Ex
Horror, Thriller
6.7
Ivan Tsarevich & the Grey Wolf 2
Animation, Adventure, Family
6.1
Disney Presents: Main Street Electrical Parade - Farewell Season
Documentary, Family
5.5
Kshanam
Crime, Thriller
6.9
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
Documentary
6.9
Polvotron 500
Science Fiction
6.0
Suzi Q
Documentary, Music
6.2
Guimoon: The Lightless Door
Horror, Thriller
6.7
Untold: The Murder of Air McNair
Documentary, Crime
5.7
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
TV Movie, Mystery, Drama
5.7
Who Framed Santa Claus?
Comedy, Family
5.4
Sweet 20
Comedy
7.0
Q
Crime, Horror, Mystery
5.8
Navalny
Documentary
7.3
Q
Horror
6.3
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
Comedy
5.0
Not Here to Be Loved
Romance, Drama
6.8
Wintersleepers
Drama, Romance
7.1
Persona
Drama
8.2
Pearl Harbor
War, History, Romance, Drama, Action
6.9
The Seventh Commandment
Drama
1.0
Doctor Zhivago
Drama, Romance, War
7.5
Dawn of the Dead
Action, Horror, Drama, Science Fiction
7.1
Lonely Hearts
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
6.0
The King of Comedy
Drama, Comedy
7.8
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Drama
8.4
The Secret Life of Words
Romance, Drama
7.0
Away from Her
Drama, Romance
7.0
The Princess and the Warrior
Romance, Drama
6.9
The Skeleton Key
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
6.6
Dying Young
Drama, Romance
6.7
Dead Eyes of London
Crime, Thriller, Drama
6.1
Target Unknown
War, Drama
0.0
The Honeymoon Killers
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
6.6
Patch Adams
Comedy, Drama
7.3
The Red Baron
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
6.6