The Big Knife (1955)
- 6.8
- 111 mins
- Drama
Storyline
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.—Thomas Robbin
Plot Keywords
actor, wife, agent, tabloid reporter, producer, gripping, frenetic, brooding, hollywood, calif., movie studio, blackmail, movies, scandal, marriage, hit and run, escape, temptation, wretched excess, rivalry, 1950s
Short Review
Its critique of the Hollywood's studio system is as sharp as a knife. [Full review in Spanish]
Trailer
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