The Big Knife

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1955-11-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2244 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Genres:

Drama Film-Noir

Cast:

Jack Palance Ida Lupino Wendell Corey Jean Hagen

Writer:

James Poe (adapted for the screen by)

Clifford Odets (stage play)

Fullplot:

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 & morality. In this screen adaptation of a Clifford Odets play, Castle is pressured by his studio boss and manipulated into a potentially murderous cover-up to protect his career. An indictment of the amoral world of 50's Hollywood and its corrosive effect upon the artist.

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