Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Rich Richardson is a hard-driving, dedicated submarine officer with a single-minded purpose -- to seek out and smash the Japanese destroyer he believes sunk his former ship. Given a new command, Richardson drills his men and first officer Jim Bledsoe to point of mutiny as he relentlessly trains them for the battle ahead. At last, word comes of the destroyer's position, and disobeying orders, Richardson finally confronts his foe, unaware that an even...
Series
Criterion collection volume 555
Language
English
Formats
Description
A powerful film about a ruthless journalist and an unscrupulous press agent who'll do anything to achieve success, this fascinating story cuts deep and sends a chilling message. It's late at night in Times Square, and everything's buzzing with nervous energy. But press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) is oblivious to it all as he nervously waits for the early edition of The Globe. Whose career did gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster)...