Director: Robert Aldrich

Writer: James Poe

From a play by: Clifford Odets

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Wendell Corey	Actor	20-Mar-1914	8-Nov-1968	Desert Fury
Jean Hagen	Actor	3-Aug-1923	29-Aug-1977	Singin' in the Rain
Ida Lupino	Actor	4-Feb-1914	3-Aug-1995	The Man I Love
Jack Palance	Actor	18-Feb-1919	10-Nov-2006	Performed one-handed push-ups
Everett Sloane	Actor	1-Oct-1909	6-Aug-1965	Patterns
Rod Steiger	Actor	14-Apr-1925	9-Jul-2002	In The Heat of the Night
Shelley Winters	Actor	18-Aug-1920	14-Jan-2006	Method actress and camp queen

REVIEWS

Review by Laurent Ruisseaux (posted on 17-Jun-2007)

Jack Palance's layered, nuanced performance should have won him an Oscar. Rod Steiger was the quintessence of evil; he made my stomach churn and my skin crawl. Ida Lupino was totally believable as the long-suffering wife who had finally had enough of playing second fiddle to her husband's acting career and his infidelity. Shelley Winter's agonizing portrayal of the used, abused, and refused Hollywood tramp nearly brought me to tears. Her character's hatred of film producers and the studio system drew sympathy for her reckless, destructive behavior. This film is a classic sleeper, one of the best of the film noir genre.

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