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The Good Die Young: Directed by Lewis Gilbert. With Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Richard Basehart, Joan Collins. In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Lewis Gilbert
- 1954-11-01
The Good Die Young is a 1954 British crime film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Joan Collins, Stanley Baker, Richard Basehart and John Ireland. [1] It was made by Remus Films from a screenplay based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Richard Macaulay. It tells the story of four men in London with no ...
Feb 24, 2003 · In Reply to: Origin: Only the good die young posted by ESC on February 24, 2003. : : Looking for the origin of this phrase. : THE GOOD DIE YOUNG - " (Whom the gods love dies young; Best go first.) The long history of the saying began with the ancient version, 'Whom the gods love dies young,' and a touching story of how the proverb originated.
May 9, 2012 · Billy Joel’s “Only the Good Die Young”. “When I wrote ‘Only the Good Die Young,’ the point of the song wasn’t so much anti-Catholic as pro-lust,” Billy Joel said. The object of Joel’s affections was one Virginia Callahan, an unrequited crush from his high school days in Levittown, Long Island. In 1999, the piano man reminisced ...
Apr 27, 2004 · Good Die Young, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Leave Me To Die! American Joe (Richard Basehart) just arrived in London, has been worried about his Brit wife Mary (Joan Collins, only 21 at the time), but finds out his mum-in-law (Freda Jackson) is the problem, the first back-story in director Lewis Gilbert's The Good Die Young, 1954.
- Lewis Gilbert
- Laurence Harvey
With an exceptional (and large) cast from both sides of the Atlantic at his disposal, English director Lewis Gilbert created a riveting heist film in The Good Die Young, one that brilliantly narrates the personal drama of the accomplices a la The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Rififi (1955), etc., leading to a crescendo of film noir greatness in the final third.
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Phil Ramone. Billy Joel singles chronology. "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" (1978) " Only the Good Die Young ". (1978) "She's Always a Woman". (1978) " Only the Good Die Young " is a song written and recorded by Billy Joel from his fifth studio album The Stranger, released in 1978 as its third of four singles.
