(1955) The Big Knife
PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA
Adapted from the stage play by Clifford Odets produced and directed by Robert Aldrich that has movie star, Charlie Castle (Jack Palance) facing a dilemma of signing a seven year contract with his long time producer, Stanley Hoff (Rod Steiger) and risk the chance to break up his marriage to his wife, Marion Castle (Ida Lupino), lose custody with his 7 year old son, Billy. Marion does not want him to sign except that if he doesn't sign, Charlie also risk the chance for his producer to leak some possible incriminating goods on him.
The problem is that for a movie that runs almost two hours, it was nothing but almost of two hours of talking that may have worked well on stage but not as a feature film, particularly in a housing environment.
Adapted from the stage play by Clifford Odets produced and directed by Robert Aldrich that has movie star, Charlie Castle (Jack Palance) facing a dilemma of signing a seven year contract with his long time producer, Stanley Hoff (Rod Steiger) and risk the chance to break up his marriage to his wife, Marion Castle (Ida Lupino), lose custody with his 7 year old son, Billy. Marion does not want him to sign except that if he doesn't sign, Charlie also risk the chance for his producer to leak some possible incriminating goods on him.
The problem is that for a movie that runs almost two hours, it was nothing but almost of two hours of talking that may have worked well on stage but not as a feature film, particularly in a housing environment.