The Big Knife

The Big Knife

1955 · 1 hr 51 min · Approved

Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Directors

Robert Aldrich

Actors

  • Jack Palance
  • Ida Lupino
  • Wendell Corey

Credits: 4

Summary

Hollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.

More about this movie

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 & morality. In this screen adaptation of a Clifford Odets play, 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 50's Hollywood and its corrosive effect upon the artist.

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