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- Based on a stage play by Clifford Odets, the poet laureate of the working man, and adapted for the screen by James Poe, "The Big Knife" tells the story of screen star Charlie Castle (Jack Palance), who is described in voice-over narration at the beginning of the film as a man who sold his dreams but can't forget them.
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The Big Knife is a 1955 American melodrama film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by James Poe based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets. The film stars Jack Palance , Ida Lupino , Wendell Corey , Jean Hagen , Rod Steiger , Shelley Winters , Ilka Chase , and Everett Sloane .
The Big Knife is a 1955 American melodrama film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by James Poe based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets. The film stars Jack Palance , Ida Lupino , Wendell Corey , Jean Hagen , Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters, Ilka Chase , and Everett Sloane .
- Robert Aldrich
- Robert Aldrich
- Richard Boone
- James Poe
The Big Knife: Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen. Hollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Robert Aldrich
- 1955-11-24
The Arrow Blu-ray disc presents "The Big Knife" in 1.85 aspect ratio transferred with just enough grain to give the picture a real film-like quality. The black and white cinematography is as harsh and unrelenting as the story.
The Big Knife is a 1955 film noir directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by James Poe based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets. The film stars Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters, Ilka Chase, and Everett Sloane.
- Robert Aldrich
The crime-melodrama told the overheated story of actor Charles 'Charlie' Castle (Jack Palance) - a philanderer and drinker who was struggling and at a personal crossroads with his life, due to his estrangement from his idealistic wife Marion (Ida Lupino in her last great screen role), his own complete psychological and moral collapse, his ...
Charles Castle is a successful Hollywood actor who has opted for screen success over art. He must make critical decisions regarding his career, his marriage, his art and morality. Castle is pressured by his studio boss, and manipulated into a potentially murderous cover-up to protect his career.
