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Mar 24, 2012Monolith rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Man, everybody's got issues in this one! Magnificent, groundbreaking 1955 Otto Preminger film, very controversial for that period. Sinatra was outstanding, and this was his favorite role of his career. It earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. The entire cast was superb - the ravishing Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker, the late great Darren McGavin, Arnold Stang (the voice of cartoon character 'Top Cat'!), etc. Junkies & strippers; petty thieves & drug pushers; card sharks & drunks... Doesn't get much more BLEAK. Hopeless, lost souls, trapped in a vicious circle, dreaming of escape, of something 'better'... Terrific dramatic jazz score by Elmer Bernstein, also. FIVE STARS.