The Big Knife (1955)
1955
Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
The Big Knife (1955)
1955
Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
6/10
Plot summary
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.—Thomas Robbin