Crime and Punishment U.S.A.
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Release date | November 1, 1959 |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Crime and Punishment U.S.A. is a 1959 American
The New York Times called the film "a
Plot summary
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A California law student murders a pawnbroker, then matches wits with the detective on the case.
Cast
- Mary Murphy as Sally Marmon
- Frank Silvera as Lt. Porter
- Marian Seldes as Debbie Cole
- John Harding as Fred Swanson
- Wayne Heffley as Rafe
- Toni Merrill as Mrs. Cole
- Lew Brown as Sgt. Samuels
- Barry Atwater
- Sid Clute as Doctor
- Ken Drake as Hendricks
- Magda Harout
- Jim Hyland as Man in Coffee Shop
- Len Lesser as Desk Officer
- George Saris
- George Hamilton as Robert Cole
Production
According to George Hamilton, director Denis Sanders "saw his project as a tragedy for the Beat Generation" and cast Hamilton because of his similarity to Tony Perkins.[4]
The film was completed early in 1958 but was released more than one year later.[4]
Reception
In a contemporary review for The New Republic, Stanley Kauffmann commented that "modern versions of classics are generally more clever than convincing because the very term 'classic' means a timeless work ... that need not be transplanted. ... [B]y reason of its attendant skills and an innocent, unpretentious earnestness of address, [the film] is a moderately interesting attempt to state the material of a vast symphony with a small jazz combination."[5]
Roger Corman later said that the film "lost me a lot of money."[6]
See also
References
- ^ C. Gerald Fraser, obituary of Denis Sanders in New York Times, Dec. 15, 1987. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/88130/Crime-and-Punishment-USA/overview Archived 2012-07-09 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ C. Gerald Fraser, obituary of Denis Sanders, New York Times (December 15, 1987)
- ^ Eleanor Mannikka (2012). "New York Times movie database". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09.
- ^ a b George Hamilton & William Stadiem, Don't Mind If I Do, Simon & Schuster 2008 p 122
- ^ New Republic 140:24 (June 15, 1969), pp. 22–23.
- ^ Nasr, Constantine (2011). Roger Corman: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series). University Press of Mississippi. p. 7.
External links
- Crime and Punishment U.S.A. at IMDB
- Crime and Punishment U.S.A. at AllMovie
- Crime and Punishment U.S.A. at the TCM Movie Database
- Crime and Punishment U.S.A. at the American Film Institute Catalog