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Carnage

Original title: Prime Cut
  • 1972
  • 12
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
5.8K
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Gene Hackman and Lee Marvin in Carnage (1972)
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A vicious Kansas City slaughterhouse owner and his hick family are having a bloody "beef" with the Chicago crime syndicate over profits from their joint illegal operations. Top enforcer Nick... Read allA vicious Kansas City slaughterhouse owner and his hick family are having a bloody "beef" with the Chicago crime syndicate over profits from their joint illegal operations. Top enforcer Nick Devlin is sent to straighten things out.A vicious Kansas City slaughterhouse owner and his hick family are having a bloody "beef" with the Chicago crime syndicate over profits from their joint illegal operations. Top enforcer Nick Devlin is sent to straighten things out.

  • Director
    • Michael Ritchie
  • Writer
    • Robert Dillon
  • Stars
    • Lee Marvin
    • Gene Hackman
    • Sissy Spacek
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    5.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Ritchie
    • Writer
      • Robert Dillon
    • Stars
      • Lee Marvin
      • Gene Hackman
      • Sissy Spacek
    • 83User reviews
    • 65Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek, and Lee Marvin in Carnage (1972)
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    Lee Marvin
    Lee Marvin
    • Nick Devlin
    Gene Hackman
    Gene Hackman
    • Mary Ann
    Sissy Spacek
    Sissy Spacek
    • Poppy
    Angel Tompkins
    Angel Tompkins
    • Clarabelle
    Gregory Walcott
    Gregory Walcott
    • Weenie
    Janit Baldwin
    Janit Baldwin
    • Violet
    Bill Morey
    Bill Morey
    • Shay
    • (as William Morey)
    Clint Ellison
    • Delaney
    Howard Platt
    Howard Platt
    • Shaughnessy
    Les Lannom
    Les Lannom
    • O'Brien
    Eddie Egan
    Eddie Egan
    • Jake
    Therese Reinsch
    Therese Reinsch
    • Jake's Girl
    Bob Wilson
    • Reaper Driver
    Gordon Signer
    Gordon Signer
    • Brockman
    Gladys Watson
    • Milk Lady
    Hugh Gillin
    Hugh Gillin
    • Desk Clerk
    • (as Hugh Gillin Jr.)
    E. Lund
    • Mrs. O'Brien
    David Savage
    • Ox-Eye
    • Director
      • Michael Ritchie
    • Writer
      • Robert Dillon
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    • Trivia
      Gene Hackman accepted the secondary role of "Mary Ann" because it was his first offer of work after being unemployed for nearly six months since the end of filming on The French Connection (1971).
    • Goofs
      When Nick enters the cornfield there's a spot on the back of his jacket. Next scene the strap on the pouch is covering it.
    • Quotes

      Poppy: I never knew a man before; not even to talk to.

      Nick Devlin: Well where did they keep you?

      Poppy: In the orphanage with the other girls.

      Nick Devlin: And where was that?

      Poppy: It was in Missouri. It's the only home I really remember. It was in the country.

      Nick Devlin: Then you have nobody?

      Poppy: Just Violet.

      Nick Devlin: Who?

      Poppy: Violet, the other girl that was with me. She's my sister... well, not truly but we're closer than that. Violet and me we'd climb into each other's bed when it was really cold in the winter time and hug each other really close. Sometimes we'd touch each other and dream how a man's hands would feel on us. I'd talk to her in a really deep voice and I'd say, "I love you Violet." Then I'd kiss her so she wouldn't cry. We tried to run away once. But the old woman caught us. She said we couldn't leave that we were being raised up special. But that when we were done there would be lots of handsome men loving us forever.

    • Crazy credits
      In all of the marketing media, Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman were both billed above the title. However, in the opening credits, only Marvin is.
    • Connections
      Featured in Discovering Film: Sissy Spacek (2019)

    User reviews83

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    Underrated
    It helps if you are a big Lee Marvin fan to enjoy this movie - but even if you're not especially, there's still enough in here to raise it above run-of-the-mill.

    The cinematography is first-rate; lots of use of natural light and dingy locations of the city contrasted with the golden Kansas sunshine. Both Marvin and Gene Hackman are terrific and each exude good screen presence as gangsters at odds with each other, culminating in the shoot-out in the sunflower field and cattle house.

    The film is slightly let down by the sentimental and unnecessary last scene at the orphanage, which feels grafted on, although the very final shot of the children running into the countryside hints at some kind of hope for the future (post Vietnam), not least between Nick Devlin (Marvin) and his new girl Sissy Spacek.

    Worth watching
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    • jbarnett76
    • Aug 9, 2004

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 8, 1972 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Prime Cut
    • Filming locations
      • Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Production company
      • Cinema Center Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $520,493
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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