IMDb plot summary: An accountant suddenly suffers from amnesia. This appears related to the suicide of his boss. Now some violent thugs are out to get him. They work for a shadowy figure known simply as The Major.
Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Starring Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, and Walter Matthau.
Mirage is a psychological thriller starring Gregory Peck as a man who begins to have strange encounters with people he's never met who swear they know him, as well as odd resurgence of memories he's never had before. He begins to wonder if he's developed amnesia and sets out to discover the past that has been lost to him. Gregory Peck is especially good at playing this sort of smart-but-slightly-paranoid thriller hero, and he grounds the movie when its plot loses me. Walter Matthau is also very enjoyable in his smaller role as the private investigator Peck hires to help him. Those good things being said about the actors, I was never fully satisfied in how the mystery played out and felt myself constantly second-guessing the plot decisions, but if you're here more for atmosphere than anything else, this really works. It's got a good paranoid vibe to it and does a good job of selling these terrifying moments when his whole world spins out of control. Definitely worth a watch.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Mirage > Ripley's Game
Mirage > La La Land
Mirage < The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Mirage < Stowaway
Mirage < Kismet
Mirage > The Man in the Iron Mask
Mirage < A Boy and His Dog
Mirage > Boy A
Mirage > Little Women (1994)
Mirage < The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Mirage < Twins
Mirage > The Impostors
Final spot: #829 out of 3637, or 77%.
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