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MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, and Sam Levene
A 35mm print re-release of Alexander Mackendrick's 1957 film-noir tale of greed and corruption in New York City.
| GENRE(S): | Drama |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Clifford Odets
Ernest Lehman (also novel) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Alexander Mackendrick |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 19, 2001 Video: January 4, 2000 Theatrical: March 15, 2002 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 96 minutes, B/W |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
John B. gave it a10:
A script that crackles. Burt and Tony at the top of their game. Tension, menace and pitch-black humour. And Susan Harrison. What's not to like?
Kevin E. gave it a10:
A terrificly smart film, superbly written, exquisitely acted, just about perfect in every way. I rented it because it is referred to in a book I'm reading as a major, defining cultural icon of 1957, capturing the dawn of a new, darker and larger ego, and meanness of that day; and the promotion of celebrity for it's own sake - a forerunner of all that is exasperating about current pop culture. So it's got all that going on in addition to being a good story well told.
Dan C. gave it a 10:
JJ Hunsecker is one of the greatest on screen villains ever! Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster deserved Oscar noms (the academy foolishly ignored them).

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