The Big Knife (1955)

Directors

Robert Aldrich

Cast

Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters

The story

In Los Angeles, movie actor Charlie Castle (in voice-over narration) admits he "sold out his dreams but can't forget them." Studio publicist Buddy Bliss alerts him that Patty Benedict, an influential gossip columnist, has arrived. The two discuss Charlie's rumored separation from his wife, Marion. Charlie declines to discuss the matter, and Patty instead inquires about a years-old scandal, involving a fatal accident that sent Buddy to jail.

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