The Big Knife
The Big Knife

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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.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Big Knife:

Jack Palance
Ida Lupino
Wendell Corey
Jean Hagen
Rod Steiger
Shelley Winters

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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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n+1 - 8/10 by A.S. Hamrah[Steiger] explodes like a neutron bomb, leaving the set standing but obliterating the people.
Film Threat - 8/10 by Paul ParcellinFortunately, an outstanding cast helps make the transition from stage to screen a success.
CinePassion - 6/10 by Fernando F. CroceA Tinseltown exposé like a manicured hand clenched into a fist
User Review - 10/10 by Jacky LI loved this movie from start to finish. Enthralled by how well casted, well directed and well scripted this movie is. Jack Palance at his finest.
User Review - 8/10 by monsieur rJack Palance is just awesome in this role of an actor forced to decide between crap movies and supporting his well off celebrity life. This film should be viewed by any drama lover interested in fifties Hollywood. Black and white. Hollywood superstar Charlie Castle (Palance) has it all except a way out. When he tries to leave show business, his tyrannical studio boss Stanley Hoff (Steiger) blackmails him with a lethal, covered-up secret that could land him in jail. A loose-lipped starlet (Winters) also knows too much, and when she starts talking, Hoff plans murder. Now Charlie is more cornered than everon the brink of losing his wealth, his power and his soul. Cast Jack Palance Ida Lupino Ilka Chase Wendell Corey Jean Hagen Rod Steiger Shelley Winters Crew Director: Robert Aldrich Producer: Robert Aldrich Composer: Frank De Vol Cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo Editor: Michael Luciano Screenplay: James Poe Story Adapted by: James Poe Based on a Work by: Clifford Odet Sensitive Palance (for a change) wants to do the right thing by his estranged wife and everyone else, but he gets no honest support by his agent or anyone else. A tragic story.
User Review - 8/10 by Cory AOne of my favorite Jack Palance performances! So sad, heartwarming, very Shakespearean.
User Review - 8/10 by Paul DI thought this was a excellent gripping movie. I dont normally like dramas but Palance is great in this as were some of the other actors. Some of the dialogue is brilliant and Palances voice makes him sound almost poetic. Also its shot very originally. Lots of long scenes. Almost like a stage play. Kinda like the way Hitchcocks Rope was filmed. If you like classic movies and dont mind it been a drama then this is a interesting movie and probably quite true aswell !!!
User Review - 8/10 by Julien GBitter tale of a Hollywood star who has let his ideals lapse on the road to success and now wishes to reassert his moral integrity...but the studio won't let him. Jack Palance gives an anguished and intense performance (the opening credits simply show him with his head in his hands) but he is supported by a well-cast array of other stars and character actors. Clifford Odets wrote the original play and the dialogue can get wild and woolly -- ultimately, it might be a bit stage-bound but director Robert Aldrich and especially the psychotronic soundtrack by DeVol keep things punchy.
User Review - 8/10 by Steve GThe Realist, the Philistine and the Idealist....You figure it out.
User Review - 8/10 by Erik GWow..if you thought The Player was anti-Hollywood, you haven't seen Jack Palance in The Big Knife. The photography is great (all shot in 2 weeks!) There is some melodramatic acting, but that fits the themes and style of the movie. Throw in a great turn by Shelly Winters and Rod Steiger as the studio Exec and you've got a winner!

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