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With Van Johnson, Joseph Cotten, Ruth Roman, Jack Carson. In the border town of Nogales, Arizona, a wealthy attorney and rancher is solicited by his escaped convict brother in aiding him to cross the border into Mexico where his wife and children are living in poverty.
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- Drama
- Henry Hathaway
- 1956-05-19
The Bottom of the Bottle Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. André Bazin L'Obs (France)
While not quite a masterpiece or a classic, The Bottom Of The Bottle is involving, suspenseful, and watchable. Like many movies of the era filmed on location, especially those made by director Henry Hathaway, it uses the atmosphere and landscape to get you involved.
Reviews 43% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Donald (Van Johnson), an escaped convict, seeks help from his brother, Pat (Joseph Cotten), who owns land in Arizona. Donald claims that his wife and son ...
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- Henry Hathaway
- Drama
- Van Johnson
Review by sakana1 ★★★★ 5. Based on a novel by Georges Simenon and with a screenplay by Sydney Boehm (among other things, he wrote The Big Heat, Violent Saturday and the little seen and terribly underrated The Raid ), The Bottom of the Bottle comes by its depth honestly.
- Henry Hathaway
- 20th Century Fox
An escaped convict’s desperate efforts to reach his wife and three children in Mexico add up to 88 minutes of melodrama in The Bottom of the Bottle, based on the Georges Simenon novel.
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The Bottom of the Bottle Reviews. 1956. 1 hr 28 mins. Drama, Family. NR. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Alcoholism and family conflicts are themes in this tale of an escaped convict determined...