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The Big Knife (1955) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 15, 2002
Running Time
1 hour, 51 minutes
Country USA
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Other Titles
• The Big Knife
• Hollywood-Story (1956)
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Genre: Film-Noir, Drama, Suspense, Murder
Plot: THE BIG KNIFE, adapted from Clifford Odets's gripping play, is a dark, cynical probing of the film industry's behemoth studio system. When matinee idol Charlie Castle (Jack Palance) refuses to renew his studio contract, his career begins to take a turn for the worse. As autocratic movie mogul Stanley Hoff (Rod Steiger) stoops to blackmail to force him back onto the lot, Castle must also deal with being supported by his angry ex-wife, Marion (Ida Lupino). Director Robert Aldrich (THE DIRTY DOZEN) enfolds his critique of Hollywood's warped dream factory in a melancholic and mysterious psychodrama, and Palance is unnervingly convincing in the part of the washed-up Tinseltown star.
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| Directed by |
Robert Aldrich
The Dirty Dozen, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Flight of the Phoenix |
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| Written by |
Clifford Odets
Sweet Smell of Success, The Country Girl, Clash by Night | James Poe
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Around the World in Eighty Days, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
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| Cast |
Ida Lupino
High Sierra, They Drive by Night, On Dangerous Ground |
 | Rod Steiger
Mars Attacks!, End of Days, On the Waterfront |
 | | | Jean Hagen
Singin' in the Rain, Adam's Rib, The Asphalt Jungle | | Ilka Chase
Ocean's Eleven, Now, Voyager, It Should Happen to You | |
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| Music By |
Frank De Vol
The Dirty Dozen, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Pillow Talk |
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