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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Fritz Lang |
| Stars: |
Robert Ryan |
| Actors: |
Julius Tannen |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Romances · Love Triangles · Essential Cinema · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
053939724820 |
| Release Date: |
1952 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 45min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 45min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (July 05, 2005)
UPC: 053939724820 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 45min
Release Company: Turner Home Entertainment (February 03, 1998)
UPC: 053939639131 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
David Dortort |
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Professional Reviews
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(09/06/1996, p.85, Lawrence O'Toole): "...This black-and-white beauty remains grow-up after all these years." -- Rating: B+ |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Barbara Stanwyck and Marilyn Monroe star in Fritz Lang's CLASH BY NIGHT, based on a play by Clifford Odets. Lang (M, METROPOLIS, THE BIG HEAT) stays true to form with this disturbing yet subtle portrait of the dangerous undercurrents of everyday life and the push and pull of greed and loyalty in modern relationships. The film begins with Mae Doyle (Stanwyck) returning to the safe haven of her hometown, a small fishing community in Monterey, California. Upon her arrival, she is befriended by a newly married young woman working in the canneries, played by Monroe. Mae also finds a friend in a kindhearted fisherman whom she quickly marries. But before too long Mae has thrown herself into a tumultuous affair with another man. <br> <br> In the second half of the movie, which takes place a year after the first, Mae willingly abandons her husband and child to pursue her affair. But she quickly learns that her new lover is a bitter, angry man. With him she's not the person that she used to be. She regrets her d... |
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