FILM FORUM CORONADO: “State Secret”

Coronado Public Library, in partnership with the Coronado Island Film Festival, presents FILM FORUM CORONADO, taking place the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the library’s Winn Room. Film expert Ralph DeLauro provides a brief introduction to each film and leads a discussion afterwards, often including pointers about how lighting or camera angles contribute to a scene’s mood or propel the story.

August 5: State Secret (1950, PG-13, 100 min)

Saucy noir thriller from Hitchcock screenwriter Sidney Gilliat stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as a celebrated surgeon tricked into traveling to a Balkan country to treat the nation’s leader. He soon finds himself a hunted man when he learns a secret that could crumble the government. With Glynis Johns and Jack Hawkins.