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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Alexander Mackendrick |
| Stars: |
Burt Lancaster |
| Actors: |
Edith Atwater |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Personal Triumph · Film Noir · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
027616862969 |
| Release Date: |
1957 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 38min |
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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 36min
Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (June 19, 2001)
UPC: 027616862969 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 38min
Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (January 04, 2000)
UPC: 027616143433 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Ernest Lehman |
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Professional Reviews
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(10/12/1997, p.5, Roger Ebert): "...The film lives on -- sharp-edged, merciless. The performances of Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis have not dated or grown soft..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"I love this dirty town."--Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) to Falco (Tony Curtis)
"Sidney, conjugate me a verb; for instance--to promise. You promised to break up that romance."--Hunsecker to Falco
"The cat's in the bag, and the bag's in the river."--Falco to Hunsecker
"What does this mean, integrity?"--Hunsecker to Falco
"A pocketful of firecrackers waiting for a match."--Falco
"I'd hate to take a bite out of you. You're a cookie full of arsenic."--Hunsecker to Falco
"Maybe I left my sense of humor in my other suit."--Falco |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Director Alexander Mackendrick breaks away from black comedy (THE LADYKILLERS) and goes for full-fledged noir in this spectacular hard-boiled tale of greed, corruption, and brutality. In the flashing neon nighttime of NYC, grasping press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) trawls the city's toniest nightspots--21,the Elysian--searching for the king of celebrity columnists, J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Falco is on the outs with Hunsecker because he hasn't successfully broken up the romance between Hunsecker's sister, Susie (Susan Harrison), and straitlaced jazz guitarist Steve Dallas (Martin Milner). The all-powerful Hunsecker is punishing Falco's failure by not printing any of the publicist's items. Desperate to make a living, Falco reveals a dirty plan to separate weak-willed Susie from her beau. While disgusted by Falco's slimy trade, the threatening, malicious columnist is determined to keep Susie for himself, so he agrees. In this jazzily scored, seamy nocturnal world, everyone is expendable as Huns... |
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