
One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter caught in dead-end Albuquerque who happens upon the story of a lifetime and will do anything to ensure he gets the scoop.
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Kirk Douglas | Chuck Tatum |
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Jan Sterling | Lorraine Minosa |
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Robert Arthur | Herbie Cook |
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Porter Hall | Jacob Q. Boot |
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Frank Cady | Al Federber |
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Richard Benedict | Leo Minosa |
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Ray Teal | Sheriff Gus Kretzer |
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Lewis Martin | McCardle |
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John Berkes | Papa Minosa |
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Frances Dominguez | Mama Minosa |
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Gene Evans | Deputy Sheriff |
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Frank Jaquet | Sam Smollett |
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Harry Harvey | Dr. Hilton |
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Bob Bumpas | Radio Announcer |
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Geraldine Hall | Nellie Federber |
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Richard Gaines | Nagel |
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Roy Regnier | Nagel - New York Editor (replaced by Richard Gaines) |
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Oscar Belinda | Barker |
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Martin Bendleton | Barker |
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Timothy Carey | Construction Worker |
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Basil Chester | Indian |
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Ken Christy | Jessop |
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Stewart Kirk Clawson | Federber Boy |
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Iron Eyes Cody | Indian Copy Boy |
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Francisco Day | Photographer |
Director | Billy Wilder |
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Writer | Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman, Victor Desny | |
Producer | William Schorr, Billy Wilder | |
Musician | Hugo Friedhofer | |
Photography | Charles Lang |
Edition | Criterion Collection |
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Packaging | HD Case |
Nr Discs | 2 |
Screen Ratios | Academy Ratio (1.37:1) Fullscreen (4:3) |
Audio Tracks | PCM Stereo [English] |
Subtitles | English |
Distributor | Criterion Collection |
Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
Edition Release Date | May 06, 2014 |
Regions | Region 1 | Region A |
Watched | |
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Quantity | 1 |
Index | 1882 |
Added Date | Dec 26, 2016 01:12:54 |
Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:34:25 |
Christmas 2016 gift from Mom & Dad
Disc Features
New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary by film scholar Neil Sinyard
Portrait of a “60% Perfect Man”: Billy Wilder, a 1980 documentary featuring interviews with Wilder by film critic Michel Ciment
Interview with actor Kirk Douglas from 1984
Excerpts from a 1986 appearance by Wilder at the American Film Institute
Audio excerpts from an interview with Wilder’s coscreenwriter Walter Newman
Video afterword by filmmaker Spike Lee
Stills gallery
Trailer
PLUS: Essays by critic Molly Haskell and filmmaker Guy Maddin
New cover by F. Ron Miller