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The Big Knife is a 1955 American melodrama film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by James Poe based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets. The film stars Jack Palance , Ida Lupino , Wendell Corey , Jean Hagen , Rod Steiger , Shelley Winters , Ilka Chase , and Everett Sloane .
The Big Knife is an American play by Clifford Odets. The original production was directed by Lee Strasberg, who had worked with Odets at the Group Theatre, and starring fellow Group Theatre alumnus John Garfield. The play debuted at Broadway's National Theatre on 24 February 1949 before closing on May 28 after 109 performances.
He had the star part in I Died a Thousand Times (1955), a remake of High Sierra, and was cast by Robert Aldrich in two star parts: The Big Knife (1955), from the play by Clifford Odets, as a Hollywood star; and Attack (1956), as a tough soldier in World War II. In 1955, he had an operation for appendicitis. [27]
The Big Knife is an allegory about the damaging effects of fame and money on the character of the artist; it also alludes indirectly to the politics of the early Cold War period. The play's harsh critique of Hollywood mores was interpreted as ingratitude on the part of Odets, who had by this time made a significant amount of money writing films.
Richard Bruce Kind (born November 22, 1956) is an American actor and comedian. His television roles include Carol & Company (1990–1991), Dr. Mark Devanow in Mad About You (1992–1999, 2019), Paul Lassiter in Spin City (1996–2002), Andy in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002–2021), and Captain Stan Yenko in East New York (2022–2023).
Petty Knife: Shuu uses his hand as a knife, like how Toriko uses his "Knife." But, Shuu's "Petty Knife" has much less power, and can only cut clothing and hair, but it is incredibly fine and delicate, and can cut off the sleeves of clothes without touching a person's skin and shave off a person's faintest amounts of facial hair in the middle of ...
Big Knife may refer to: The Big Knife, 1955 American film; The Big Knife, 1949 American play by Clifford Odets; Big Knife Provincial Park, a small provincial park in central Alberta, Canada; Osla Big Knife, an Anglo-Saxon King of Kent, 6th century; Sami knife, a long, wide blade traditionally used by the Sami people
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series. An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed. A indicates an appearance through archival footage or audio. C indicates a cameo role.