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The Big Knife

The Big Knife (1955)

Crime, Drama | United States
Director: Robert Aldrich

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Rating: 6.9/10
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Charles Castle is a successful Hollywood actor who has opted for screen success over art. He must make critical decisions regarding his career, his marriage, his art & morality. In this screen adaptation of a Clifford Odets play, Castle is pressured by his studio boss and manipulated into a potentially murderous cover-up to protect his career. An indictment of the amoral world of 50's Hollywood and its corrosive effect upon the artist.

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RUNTIME: 111 min

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