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Actors: Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Karl Malden, Audrey Totter
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Sellout |
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Based on a story by Matthew Rapf, The Sellout stars Walter Pidgeon as newspaper editor Haven D. Allridge. The movie opens up with Allridge driving on a quiet road where he sees Wilfred Jackson standing waiting for a bus. He backs up, hitting a pole and asks Wilfred if he needs a ride. Jackson gets in and they leave. Within minutes, they get picked up by Sheriff Kelwin C. Burke and get detained because Allridge was driving without a liscense. After spending the night in jail, Wilfred pleas not guilty and gets sent back to jail for thirty days while Allridge pays the fine and leaves. Before he does, Allridge lets Burke and his gang know that he will let the public know the injustices being committed by writing articles in his paper. And Allridge does just that until he gets threatened by Burke and takes of to Detroit. But Allridge's campaign would get picked up by prosecutor Chick Johnson, who would investigate and eventually bring Burke to trial. It all comes to a dramatic climax for Allridge and the prosecution.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Sellout |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- govt officials abusing power
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
Check here if B&W
Yes
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