The Big Knife

1955 NR 1h 51m 6.8

Hollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.

Charles Castle is a successful Hollywood actor who has opted for screen success over art. He must make critical decisions regarding his career, his marriage, his art & morality. In this screen adaptation of a Clifford Odets play, Castle is pressured by his studio boss and manipulated into a potentially murderous cover-up to protect his career. An indictment of the amoral world of 50's Hollywood and its corrosive effect upon the artist.

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Info about The Big Knife

Studio(s): The Associates & Aldrich Company, United Artists

Originally Released: United States on Oct 25, 1955

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Budget: $423,000.00

Genres: Drama, Film-Noir, Crime

Currently you are able to watch "The Big Knife" streaming on The Criterion Channel, Kanopy.