Ben Gazzara
Jocko De Paris
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The Strange One is a 1957 American film noir about students faced with an ethical dilemma in a military college in the Southern United States. It was directed by Jack Garfein, produced by Sam Spiegel, and was adapted from a novel and stage play by Calder Willingham called End as a Man. It marked the film debut of Ben Gazzara, George Peppard and ...
The Strange One: Directed by Jack Garfein. With Ben Gazzara, Pat Hingle, Peter Mark Richman, Arthur Storch. Students faced with an ethical dilemma about the dehumanization associated with the tradition of hazing, at a military college in the Southern United States, take matters in their own hands.
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- Drama, Film-Noir
- Jack Garfein
- 1957-09-20
The Strange One (1957), a psychological drama about military school mores and veiled homosexuality, was promoted as the first picture shot entirely by a cast and crew from New York's the Actors Studio, and the connection shows. Both the power and self-indulgence of that particular school of performing is on ample display here.
- Jack Garfein, Jack Grossberg, Arthur Steckler
- Ben Gazzara
Permalink. 7/10. A strange one indeed. preppy-3 18 June 2007. Film takes place at a military academy. Cadet Jocko DeParis (Ben Gazzara) concocts an elaborate scheme to get another cadet thrown out of the school. He has the unwilling help of two freshman--Simmons (Arthur Storch) and Robert Marquales (George Peppard).
Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/10/23 Full Review Audience Member "The Strange One" is a strange film. I missed the point, unless there was one besides the obvious: of all our ...
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- Ben Gazzara, George Peppard, Pat Hingle
- Jack Garfein
- Drama
Synopsis. At a military school in the Deep South, unrepentant sociopath Jocko DeParis engineers events leading to the expulsion of the son of the school's headmaster and officer-in-charge. DeParis attempts to terrorize, coerce and manipulate his reluctant conspirators in the crime to ensure their silence, but they ultimately turn against him ...
Sep 11, 2009 · Rating: 3.5 of 5. Censored upon its release in 1957 and largely unseen in recent years, The Strange One is a curious artifact of film history. Calder Willingham originally adapted his novel—about a sadistic cadet at a military college whose bullying reaches far beyond hazing—for a stage production at the famed Actors Studio in NYC.
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