When a suburban teacher and father (James Mason) is prescribed cortisone for a painful, possibly fatal affliction, he grows dangerously addicted to the experimental drug. This Eisenhower-era throat-grabber, shot in expressive CinemaScope, is an excoriating take on the nuclear family.
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James Mason is simply enchanting.
Cannibalization 7 months ago
It's a brilliant film. Absolutely stunning.
click4randomness 7 months ago
oooohhhh. nice opening camera move. very fancy.
tejaspics 11 months ago
I just watched this again last night. Fantastic Blu-ray, kudos to all of the fine people at Criterion. This one's a genuine masterpiece, yet another reason why Nicholas Ray was the greatest director of the 1950s.
JonasEBothun 1 year ago
What a film! You watch this trailer alone and you realize why James Mason was recently chosen by a British film magazine as perhaps the finest British actor in films on both sides of the pond. He made this right after appearing with Judy Garland in "A Star Is Born" and it was directed by Nicholas Ray, who directed James Dean in "Rebel Without A Cause".
poughkeepsiejohn1 1 year ago
try the english transcribed subtitles. They're just awful :D
TheNEWfilmfanatic99 2 years ago