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Actors: Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters, Wesley Addy, Wendell Corey
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Big Knife |
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Adapted from a Clifford Odets stage play, THE BIG KNIFE is a movie produced and directed by Robert Aldrich in 1955. The picture won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Jack Palance is tormented. Rod Steiger, the head of the studio he's working for, wants him to sign another 7 years long contract while his wife, Ida Lupino, has been clearly telling him that she would definitively leave him if he signs it. But Steiger, a few years ago, has saved Palance from serving time in prison and is now threatening him to reveal it if the contract is not signed. Lupino, still loving him, hesitates to divorce.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Big Knife |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- rekindling lost love/marriage
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- actor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- producer/director
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- play
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