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Director:
Ranald MacDougall
Writers:
Jack Kerouac (novel)
Robert Thom (writer)
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Release Date:
23 June 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
These are The Subterraneans Today's Young Rebels - Who live and love in a world of their own this is their story told to the hot rhythms of fabulous jazz!
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Stagey melodramatic tosh more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Leslie Caron ... Mardou Fox

George Peppard ... Leo Percepied
Janice Rule ... Roxanne

Roddy McDowall ... Yuri Gilgoric
Anne Seymour ... Charlotte Percepied
Jim Hutton ... Adam Moorad
Scott Marlowe ... Julien Alexander
Arte Johnson ... Arial Lavalerra
Ruth Storey ... Analyst
Bert Freed ... Bartender
Gerry Mulligan ... Reverend Joshua Hoskins
Carmen McRae ... Herself
André Previn ... Himself
Shelly Manne ... Himself
Red Mitchell ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the novel, the character of Mardou Fox is African American and Cherokee, as was the actual woman Jack Kerouac based the character on. more
Quotes:
Mardou Fox: Our town changed hands six times. My mother changed hands more often than that. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM (1996) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Coffee Time more

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1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Stagey melodramatic tosh, 16 April 2006
4/10
Author: Benzyl from Albania

Hooray I thought, another San Francisco movie that TnT shows from time to time and I can't think of a better place to set a beat generation based production than here. The good news is that there is plenty of location shots set around the North Beach/Telegraph Hill exteriors but bad that most of the interiors are the usual Paramount style back lots that just oozes, well, not authenticity anyway. the acting style is labored and theatrical almost like pantomime and if you think of a less plausible West Side Story with the singing removed you would be pretty close to what can be seen here. The acting particularly from the female lead is over the top whiny and mostly unsympathetic making this a movie to watch but with the sound turned down.

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