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Jun 30, 2024 · Scandal Sheet is a film noir released in 1952. Directed by Phil Karlson, the film stars Broderick Crawford and Donna Reed in the lead roles. The movie is based on the 1944 novel “The Dark Page” by Samuel Fuller.
Jul 9, 2024 · A newspaper publisher hires a reporter to dig up dirt on a Hollywood couple. Starring Burt Lancaster (From Here to Eternity), Pamela Reed (Jericho), Robert U...
Jun 28, 2024 · In 1952 Karlson directed Scandal Sheet, a film noir based on Samuel Fuller’s novel The Dark Page. The taut thriller, which centres on a newspaper editor (played by Broderick Crawford) who accidentally kills his estranged wife, is the first in which Karlson’s signature style is fully realized.
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Jul 17, 2024 · The film depicts the real-life 1954 assassination of Albert Patterson, who had just been nominated as the Democratic candidate for Alabama Attorney General on a platform of cleaning up Phenix City, a city controlled by organized crime.
4 days ago · William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Willie Stark in the film All the King's Men (1949), which earned him an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Often cast in tough-guy or slob roles, he later achieved recognition for his starring role as Dan Mathews in ...
2 days ago · A list of American films released in 1952. The Greatest Show on Earth won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Jul 1, 2024 · The core of the book is a detailed list of 300 films (see below), with production credits for each entry, a précis of each story and a short critical essay. “Big” is an apposite term; many of these films involve big characters, big passions, big crimes and big predicaments, the latter invariably matters of life or death.
