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By Dustin G (630) on 18 Jun 2011

A fierce satire. Beautiful technicolor cinematography…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Lessons of Darkness (465) on 07 Jun 2011

A masterful melodrama whose aesthetic beauty works in service of a stinging social critique…

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By Andrew B (2,971) on 21 May 2011

If you think about it hard enough there might be some unhealthy implications made with this film, but nevertheless it's a thrilling and engrossing…

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By Amanda C (916) on 13 Mar 2011

Oh, yeah, that's going to all work out just fine…

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By Billie W (80) on 13 Mar 2011

Oh, yeah, that's going to all work out just fine…

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By Chris B (2,902) on 10 Mar 2011

Amazing symbolic and the case of psychosis gets to insane levels nearing the end of the film making tension build throughout the movie…

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By Noah B (300) on 23 Jan 2011

This is one of those times when I wonder how a great classic film could go so long without any dvd release and I'm extremely thankful for the…

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By Russell G (1,053) on 10 Jan 2011

James Mason masterly depicts drug abuse in a way that goes from pathetic to truly terrifying…

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By Bob S (742) on 30 Dec 2010

Cortisone addiction in the 50s. James Mason as the addicted one. Hard to watch if you know any addicted people since this is raw. Good one…

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By Steve M (1,420) on 29 Dec 2010

A film far ahead of its time…

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By Mike T (1,122) on 16 Dec 2010

An unnerving, fervently cinematic masterpiece from Nicholas Ray…

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By Stephen C (1,119) on 13 Dec 2010

Nicholas Ray was one of the most outstanding directors of the golden Hollywood period,and this film has become one of his most higly regarded…

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By James-Masaki R (237) on 29 Nov 2010

Nicholas Ray already made his mark with Rebel Without A Cause, redefining movies about school life of kids and their complications, but for…

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By Erik K (224) on 14 Nov 2010

In this interesting tale of the dangers of prescribed meds, a fatally ill schoolteacher gets addicted to a miracle cure that quickly drives…

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By Dustin J (179) on 07 Nov 2010

Must Own Drama What a perfectly acted movie. I thought this was a great movie filled with drama and suspense…

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By Mark H (1,764) on 15 Oct 2010

It seems like a very heavy movie for the time, but doesn't hold up well…

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By Samuel B (481) on 30 Sep 2010

So I suppose that the moral of the story is don't do drugs, or maybe don't take more than you are prescribed by your physician…

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By Victor P (169) on 26 Sep 2010

Holy mess on a cross! This one of the most impressive and daring films I've seen come out during this era of American film…

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By Joe L (766) on 24 Sep 2010

It's sad how a family can be torn apart by something as simple as psychosis inducing drugs…

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By Ben S (1,411) on 21 Sep 2010

GOD WAS WRONG!!! Insert clever filmy thing here…

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