The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 87% of the 95 1960s mystery movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
After a blackout in his office building, accountant David Stillwell emerges outside to find out a man he did not know either jumped or was pushed out a window to his death — and that he can't remember the past two years of his life. Enlisting the help of a rookie private eye and a reluctant old flame, Stillwell uncovers the mystery detail by unexpected detail.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
121 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter StoneScreenplay
- Edward DmytrykDirector
- Quincy JonesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gregory PeckDavid Stillwell
- Diane BakerShela
- Walter MatthauTed Caselle
- Robert H. HarrisDr. Broden
- Kevin McCarthySylvester Josephson
- Leif EricksonThe Major
- Walter AbelCharles Stewart Calvin
- George KennedyWillard
- Jack WestonLester
- Anne SeymourFrances Calvin
- House JamesonBo
- Hari RhodesLt. Franken
Movies like Mirage
Themes
new york cityamnesiaidentity crisisworld peacenuclear scientistchemistphilanthropistradiation sicknesssuppressed memorycorporate conspiracyresearch scientistfalling out window
The Best Movies of 1965
Mirage is #15 of 60
