Youngblood Hawke (1964)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Delmer Daves

Writers:

Delmer Daves (writer)
Herman Wouk (writer)

Release Date:

4 November 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The International Jet Set...and Youngblood Hawke belonged. All the way from a Kentucky shack to the black-tie intimacies of a Fifth Avenue penthouse.

Plot:

Youngblood Hawke is a truck driver from Kentucky who comes to New York City to become a hot-shot writer...

Plot Keywords:

Publishing | Glamorous Lifestyle | Jetset | Author | Beautiful Woman

Cast

James Franciscus	...	Youngblood Hawke
Suzanne Pleshette	...	Jeanne Green
Geneviève Page	...	Frieda Winter
Eva Gabor	...	Fannie Prince
Mary Astor	...	Irene Perry
Lee Bowman	...	Jason Prince
Edward Andrews	...	Quentin Judd
Don Porter	...	Ferdie Lax
Mildred Dunnock	...	Mrs. Sarah Hawke
Kent Smith	...	Paul Winter Sr.
John Dehner	...	Scotty Hawke
John Emery	...	Georges Peydal
Mark Miller	...	Ross Hodge
Hayden Rorke	...	Mr. Givney
Werner Klemperer	...	Mr. Leffer

Runtime:

UK:137 min | USA:137 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:18 (f) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

This film was originally going to be shot in color. However, budget cuts made in the film by Warner Brothers executives hindered its chances of being shot on color stock.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Hawke arrive at a New York City adjacent airport on the day before Christmas--traditionally one of the busiest travel days of the year--yet appears to be only traveler in entire terminal.

Quotes:

Frieda Winter: [to Youngblood, after a big-wig literary critic cracks a cruel joke] The first rule is to always laugh at a joke made by Quentin Judd. He can make you... or break you. Shall we exit laughing?

One of the cinema's finest female performances ever

Genevieve Page sets the screen alight with one of the most scintillating, passionate, humorous, and intense performances ever seen in a Hollywood movie. What an original! This film is excellently scripted and directed, and all of the cast are superb. I cannot understand why it is not for sale on DVD in every major shop. The word 'classic' is often used to describe a film, but in this case the word 'classic' is if anything inadequate. The film ranks with SHIP OF FOOLS as one of the greatest world cinematic achievements of the 1960s. And as in the case of that film as well (Simone Signoret and Oscar Werner), it is the performances which put it over the top. Without Genevieve Page, this film would have been very good, but with her it is a triumph. She really ranks at the very top of screen actresses in the history of the cinema, for this amazing performance. The sophistication of her technique and the subtlety of her work are a lesson to all aspiring actresses, and the film is pure delight.