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25 November 1955 (USA) morePlot:
Charles Castle is a successful Hollywood actor who has opted for screen success over art. He must make critical decisions regarding his career... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Slightly better than average melodrama moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Jack Palance | ... | Charles Castle |
 | Ida Lupino | ... | Marion Castle |
| Wendell Corey | ... | Smiley Coy |
| Jean Hagen | ... | Connie Bliss |
 | Rod Steiger | ... | Stanley Shriner Hoff |
 | Shelley Winters | ... | Dixie Evans |
| Ilka Chase | ... | Patty Benedict |
| Everett Sloane | ... | Nat Danziger |
| Wesley Addy | ... | Horatio "Hank" Teagle |
| Paul Langton | ... | Buddy Bliss |
| Nick Dennis | ... | Mickey Feeney |
| Bill Walker | ... | Russell |
| Michael Winkelman | ... | Billy Castle (as Mike Winkelman) |
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111 minCountry:
USALanguage:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Sutherland Studios, Los Angeles, California, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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Smiley Coy: What do you think of women, kiddie?Charlie Castle: Oh, there's room in the world for 'em.
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A charged, stage-bound melodrama, with Palance as a movie star in servitude to the studio boss (Steiger) who's blackmailing him. His wife (Lupino) won't agree to live with him until he's his own man again, which means not renewing his 7 year contract.
Palance does his best, but he's not the kind of actor who can show a character going through real transitions and hold the audience's attention for an entire film. Steiger is allowed to go over the top a few too many times, but Corey provides some of the film's best moments as his more ruthless, and at the same time gentlemanly, henchman. Sloane provides an unusual characterization as a somewhat sissified agent.
Ultimately, too cramped in its one room location (which may have been done deliberately to show the character's isolation from the world, but still produced a stagey effect that bind the film too tightly).