Monday, Aug. 19, 1957
CURRENT & CHOICE
A Hatful of Rain. Horror in a humdrum living room; with the wifely love of Eva Marie Saint pitted against the dope addiction of Don Murray (TIME, Aug. 5).
Fire Down Below. Lust, betrayal and revenge in the Caribbean--all slanted by Scriptwriter Irwin Shaw's eye for irony; with Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, Jack Lemmon (TIME, July 22).
Sweet Smell of Success. A nauseous whiff of the rat-tat-tattling of a megalomaniacal Broadway columnist and his fawning hatchetman; with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis cracking whiplash dialogue (TIME, June 24).
Twelve Angry Men. An enthralling battle of minds in which the right to trial (and error) by jury is cleverly cross-examined by Scriptwriter Reginald Rose, Actor Henry Fonda (TIME, April 29).
The Strange One. From Calder Willingham's novel (End As a Man)--a slick, sadistic thriller about a Southern military academy and a notable film debut for Actor Ben Gazzara (TIME, April 22).
Men in War. A relentless glimpse of the Korean war, directed with restraint by Anthony Mann, but hitting every theater seat with the shock of a grenade in a foxhole; with Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray (TIME, April 8).
Fear Strikes Out. Psychiatry and Actor Anthony Perkins tangling in a red-hot biographic inning with the troubled career of Red Sox Outfielder Jim Piersall (TIME, March 18).
The Spirit of St. Louis. A good movie about Charles A. Lindbergh's great flight from New York to Paris; with James Stewart (TIME, March 4).
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