Regie:
Robert AldrichCamera:
Charles LangMuziek:
Hans J. SalterActeurs:
Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene, Ruth Donnelly, Shepperd Strudwick, Selmer Jackson, Jim Backus, Maurice Manson, Bess Flowers (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Butch-bobbed, bug-eyed career gal spinster Crawford meets shy Cliff Robertson and grabs for love, gets a schizo. Released a year after the nihilist film noir classic KISS ME DEADLY, the film recaptured the twisted qualities of the human mind. Labeled a "woman's picture," AUTUMN LEAVES is an intense melodrama about loneliness, despair, and mental illness. Taking a pleasant romantic tale and plunging it into a whirlwind of schizophrenic violence has the same effect as seeing a hammer shatter a shiny piece of glass. Almost like a nightmare going on in Crawford's mind, the film's visual style gets more and more distorted and the lighting very harsh as Robertson's schizophrenia builds. Joan's performance is on the money and the Crawford cult will enjoy her "reading" Lorne Greene and Vera Miles as she chases them down the street ("And you, ya slut!"). The lady later said Robert Aldrich "likes evil things, twisted things." The title song, penned by Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, and Johnny Mercer, was a big hit for Nat King Cole. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
Joan Crawford
USA
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Cliff Robertson
USA
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Vera Miles
USA
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The Wrong Man (1956)
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Lorne Greene
Canada
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Ruth Donnelly
USA
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Shepperd Strudwick
USA
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Selmer Jackson
USA
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Jim Backus
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Maurice Manson
Canada
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Bess Flowers
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Paul Bradley
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USA
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Marjorie Bennett
Australië
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Tina Menard
Mexico
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Giant (1956)
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USA
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Autumn Leaves (1956)
Ralph Volkie
USA
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
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Frank Gerstle
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Bullitt (1968)