Good concept, poorly executed.

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

The problem often met with such films is quite simple.As the viewer, we're all ready to indulge into the plot we're given and absolutely ready to give into all that's been worked on and built for us to discover.But even without any natural inclination for skepticism or a critical bias, having a narrative like Gregory Peck is the lead character and suffers from amnesia and means to unearth his past at the very start seems to weigh heavy for a whole nearly two hour experience.The story works fine, and there is globally a strongly produced bit of cinema with good acting and dialog and what not that are surely enjoyable, but there doesn't seem to be enough content to challenge the viewer in a way he needs to be. There's an effect of obviousness and predictability to where the film is going as soon as it introduces its premises.6/10.

Yeah, OK, the IMDb rating system only goes to 10, but I was trying to make a point. The point is that this film is one of the most unusual, technically perfect, and entertaining suspense thrillers ever made, and deserves to be remembered as such. I also "get" that for the younger generation, the fact that it is B&W, and the fact that it stars a guy who in his later years used to hang around the Oscars a lot, backstage, is not a sterling endorsement. Tough. This little gem, directed by the incomparable Edward Dmytryk, is a thrill ride from the open. Not a thrill ride with CGI, but with acting, and personality. Within moments off the top, you, the viewer, are "sympatico" with Peck, and you begin the voyage of discovery he is on, trying to figure out what is what, and who is who. Walter Matthau in a rare non-comic part, wonderfully menacing, and Diane Baker being feminine and mysterious without disrobing .... this is one not to be missed.

Wow!! A real treat this one turned out to be! I was quite underwhelmed by Edward Dmytryk's (who's a Ukrainian by the way - like me!) THE CAINE MUTINY but Dmytryk really impressed me with this obscure gem. I already sang quite a bit of praise for Stanley Donen's mystery/spy/comedy films like CHARADE and ARABESQUE but I gotta say that Dmytryk's MIRAGE actually trumps them both! It's now one of my favorites from 1965 - only THUNDERBALL, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, and FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE are better. Anyhoo, Gregory Peck does a great job playing an amnesiac while Walter Matthau delivers another superbly humorous performance (as he did in CHARADE) as a private investigator whose first case just happens to be Peck. Throw in a solid supporting cast consisting of Diane Baker, Kevin McCarthy, Leif Erickson, Jack Weston, and George Kennedy and a nice jazzy score by Quincy Jones and you've got one heck of a mystery thriller!!

Once you watch this movie about a mysterious amnesiac you will never forget it. It has some of the snappiest dialog this side of Casablanca. The script is fantastic and the imagery is iconic. In this and other respects it follows in the Hitchcock tradition, most of all North by Northwest, in which Cary Grant Grant must figure out who he is, or rather who the bad guys think he is. And, like Mirage, there is a beautiful femme fatale who is on the side of the bad guys, more or less. A key part of this Hitch formula is to take a fairly normal guy and put him in James Bond's shoes, so to speak, and see how long he stays alive. This shows up again in Silver Streak.As the viewer watches this unfold, the movie lays down a challenge: How could these seemingly impossible things have happened in a way that makes sense? Behind it all is the maguffin, the spy deus ex machina. I see some posters have complained about the weak ending, but I think the maguffin in Mirage is actually much stronger and relevant than that in North by Northwest which was nothing more than some xxxxxxx. (No, I'm not going to tell.)Every character is strongly etched, without becoming caricatures, like some more recent movies, particularly the menacing George Kennedy as Willard, and the often comedic Jack Weston as Lester. And who can forget House Jameson as the senior citizen hit man? But it is Walter Matthau who steals the show as newbie private eye with common sense and a conscience. Talk about avoiding stereotypes! He tries to give back half his fee, saying he's not worth it. This is one of Matthau's earliest major film roles, and still one of his most memorable. Another reason I love this film is the setting in Manhattan in the mid- 1960s, perhaps at its most picturesque point in recent history. I lived in a suburb, and often came into the city back then. The movie brings back the feel of the city at the time. And then there is the allusion to the great Northeast Blackout, a strange nightmarish experience that really happened.Obviously, I am trying to avoid giving away the plot, but don't worry, even after you know the ending, you will still enjoy watching the movie again. If you are lucky enough to find this on DVD, buy it because this is a rare movie, and one of those rare movies that you can watch over and over again over the years.