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6 days ago · Cockroach writes. [Jocko DeParis has been trapped in a restaurant he frequently visits, and led upstairs by Marquales. A large group of cadets, including several holding rank, is waiting for him in the room. The senior cadet present is Cadet Colonel Laurie Corger, the regimental commander.]
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.
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
Perhaps most frustrating are the clearly-missing scenes involving Jocko and “Cockroach” (Paul E. Richards), an obviously homosexual man with designs on Jocko and blackmail up his sleeve; he’s a fascinating character, yet shows up just a few times, and is grossly underused in the script.
Aug 20, 2024 · The Strange One. Directed by: Jack Garfein. Starring: Ben Gazzara, George Peppard, Pat Hingle, Arthur Storch, James Olson, Peter Mark Richman, Larry Gates. Genres: Drama. Rated the #128 best film of 1957.
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- Jack Garfein
One of his puppet cadets is a visually unappealing Cadet Simmons (Arthur Storch), a guy with a mouth full of conspicuous teeth, who doesn't approve of alcohol and doesn't like women. Another Cadet in Jocko's orbit is Perrin, (a.k.a Cockroach), a slightly effeminate guy, played by Paul Richards.
Jocko De Paris, cadet leader in a Southern military academy, so manipulates events that George Avery, Jr., son of the school's executive officer, is found drunk and expelled. Through various pressures, Jocko silences such involuntary accomplices as his roommate Harold Koble, football star Roger Gatt and freshmen Robert Marquales and Maynard ...
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