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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 film stars Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters, Ilka Chase, and Everett Sloane.
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.
- (4.4K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Robert Aldrich
- 1955-11-24
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...
- (11)
- Jack Palance
- Robert Aldrich
- Drama
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.
- 3 min
- 8.8K
- HD Retro Trailers
A movie producer uses blackmail to force a star to sign a new contract in this adaptation of Clifford Odets' play. The film features Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, and Rod Steiger in a dark and cynical story of Hollywood.
- Robert Aldrich, Bob Justman, Nate Slott
- Jack Palance
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.
Sep 10, 2012 · A 1955 film directed by Robert Aldrich, based on a play by Clifford Odets, about a Hollywood star's dilemma. The film features Jack Palance, Rod Steiger, Ida Lupino and others in a drama of survival and redemption.
