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5.8/10   48 votes
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Director:
Richard Thorpe
Writers:
Charles Lederer (writer)
Irwin Shaw (novel)
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Release Date:
28 March 1958 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
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Title beats content by many furlongs more (4 total)

Cast

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Robert Taylor ... Lloyd Tredman
Dorothy Malone ... Phyllis Tredman
Marcel Dalio ... Toto del Aro

Martin Gabel ... Bert Smith
Gia Scala ... Paquita Heldon

Jack Lord ... Jimmy Heldon
Hayden Rorke ... J.R. Nichols
Joyce Jameson ... Sue Fan Finley
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Time for Action
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Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

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1 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Title beats content by many furlongs, 22 October 2002
3/10
Author: art_27 from Texas

A wooden treatment of a shell shocked Korean war vet expatting it in Madrid. Malone barely registers ennui, disillusionment, or any other weight of the world characteristics; he acts more like the suburban dad opting not to shave all weekend. Dalio, the Casablanca croupier, is reduced to playing Malone's colorful sidekick, but a little goes a long way. Jack Lord and his Kennedyesque hairdo go through the motions. Bits of the script, co-written by Shaw, stand out, especially Malone comparing his domestic situation to a Balzac story, "too many people." The title drew me in, and I got a pig in a poke.

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