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The Big Knife is a 1955 American melodrama film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by James Poe based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets.
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.
The Big Knife (1955) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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 quality of the...
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.
The Big Knife is an American play by Clifford Odets. The original production was directed by Lee Strasberg, who had worked with Odets at the Group Theatre, and starring fellow Group Theatre alumnus John Garfield.
An unscrupulous movie producer blackmails an unhappy star into signing a new contract.
The original trailer in high definition of the big knife directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen and Rod Steiger.
Overview. Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's films and wants to start a new life.
Sep 10, 2012 · Aldrich coaxes independent, intense performances from Clifford Odets' wordy and stagebound script, which is left to wrestle with its own rather precious liberal conscience while Aldrich ...
