☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
The Big Knife (1955) -- R. Aldrich
Bitter 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.
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