Summary
A friendly schoolteacher turns violent when he becomes addicted to a painkiller he is prescribed for a painful health problem.Additional Information
| Series | Criterion collection ; 507. |
| Subjects |
Drug addicts
-- United States
-- Drama.
Teachers -- United States -- Drama. Families -- United States -- Drama. Fathers and sons -- United States -- Drama. Cortisone -- Drama. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [Irvington, N.Y.?] :The Criterion Collection,2010 |
| Edition | Special ed., widescreen version. |
| Contributors |
Hume, Cyril,
1900-1966. Maibaum, Richard. Ray, Nicholas, 1911-1979. Mason, James, 1909-1984. Rush, Barbara, 1927- Matthau, Walter. Roueché, Berton, 1911-1994. Cinemascope (Firm) Criterion Collection (Firm) Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. |
| Participants/Performers |
James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Joe MacDonald ; music, David Raksin ; editor, Louis Loeffler. |
| Language |
English In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Based on an article in the New Yorker by Burton Roueché. Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. DVD release date: Mar. 23, 2010. Bonus features: audio commentary by Geoff Andrew, "Profile of Nicholas Ray", new video appreciation of "Bigger than life" by Jonathan Lethem, new video interview with Susan Ray, theatrical trailer. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC ; Dolby digital mono ; widescreen format (2.55:1 aspect ratio) ; region 1 encoding. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 19 cm) |
| ISBN | 9781604652468 1604652462 |
| Other | Classic View |