Keeper of the Flame

Keeper of the Flame (1942)

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If you're wondering what Citizen Kane might have looked like had it been produced by MGM, we submit for your approval Keeper of the Flame. War correspondent Spencer Tracy is assigned to write the life story of a recently deceased super-patriot. One would suppose that the much-beloved decedent's life… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By
George Cukor
Written By
Donald Ogden Stewart
Genres
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Dec 1, 1942 Wide
On DVD
Oct 23, 1991
MGM

Critic Reviews

  • 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.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    An ill-conceived political melodrama modeled after Citizen Kane.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Middle-brow MGM variant on Citizen Kane. More interesting than good.

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  • jay n


    Somewhat weird downbeat drama, definitely an oddity from Tracy/Hepburn. But still worth a viewing.

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