The Big Knife with Jack Palance: DVD Cover

    The Big Knife Director: Robert Aldrich Cast: Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Rod Steiger

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    • DVD Release Date: 10/15/2002
    • Original Release: 1955
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 16,685

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    Closed Caption; Original theatrical trailer; English: mono; English, French & Spanish language subtitles

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Main Title/On the Nose [10:14]
    2. A Fighting Chance [10:43]
    3. Life or Death [5:10]
    4. Speak of the Devil [14:05]
    5. What Friends Are For [8:32]
    6. Sun Stroke [1:18]
    7. Rock and a Hard Place [6:17]
    8. Turning Back [:39]
    9. Call of the Wild [7:40]
    10. Snake Pit [12:37]
    11. Fabled Man [2:34]
    12. Comedy and Tragedy [6:30]
    13. Brains Vs. Brawn [9:07]
    14. Alone Together [8:03]
    15. For Immediate Release [6:09]
    16. Fade Out/End Credits [4:12]

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    Robert Aldrich's screen adaptation of Clifford Odets' stage play reflects the quandary of the writer's later career; the golden boy of the Group Theater in the '30s, when his plays were the toast of Broadway, his talent seemed to wither after a number of years in the screenwriting trenches, and a revulsion for what he saw as hackwork combined with his capitulation to HUAC to blight his final decade. Jack Palance stars as Charlie Castle, a major film star who has refused to sign a long-term contract for big money with a studio run by the tyrannical Stanley Hoff (Rod Steiger). This has led to the return of his wife, Marion (Ida Lupino), who had left him due to his womanizing and a willingness to kowtow to Hoff in doing bad movies only for the money. After his agent, Nat Danziger (Everett Sloane), tries unsuccessfully to get him to reconsider, Hoff himself badgers Charlie, insisting on the absolute necessity of his signing. When the star continues to resist, Hoff threatens to blackmail him with an ugly incident from his past. Michael Costello, All Movie Guide

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