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The Big Knife is a 1955 melodrama directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by James Poe based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets. The film stars Jack Palance , Ida Lupino , Wendell Corey , Jean Hagen , Rod Steiger , Shelley Winters , Ilka Chase , and Everett Sloane .
- $460,000 or $400,000
- Frank De Vol
- Robert Aldrich
The Big Knife: Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen. Hollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Robert Aldrich
- 1955-11-24
Russell. Michael Winkelman. ... Billy Castle (as Mike Winkelman) Shelley Winters. ... Dixie Evans (as Miss Shelley Winters) Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Richard Boone.
Jul 27, 2021 · The Big Knife. Movie star Charlie Castle (Jack Palance) draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff (Rod Steiger) when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low ...
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- Jack Palance
- Robert Aldrich
- Drama
That line of dialogue from producer/director Robert Aldrich's rancid Hollywood skewering The Big Knife (1955) may as well be placed on Hollywood city limit signposts. It is an axiom in the film by which the characters live and die. Now available on DVD from MGM/UA home video, The Big Knife was adapted by James Poe from a play by Clifford Odets.
- Robert Aldrich, Bob Justman, Nate Slott
- Jack Palance
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Charles Castle is a successful Hollywood actor who has opted for screen success over art. He must make critical decisions regarding his career, his marriage, his art and morality. Castle is pressured by his studio boss, and manipulated into a potentially murderous cover-up to protect his career. An indictment of the amoral world of Hollywood ...
