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Name: The Strange One
Released: 1957-4-12
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Pat Hingle, Peter Mark Richman

The Strange One

NR
1h 40m
1957

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Legendary actor Ben Gazzara made his feature film debut in The Strange One, recreating his Broadway role in Calder Willingham's gripping "End as a Man." Gazzara stars as Cadet Sgt. Jocko DeParis, a sadomasochistic bully in a Southern military academy who uses his magnetism and the school's own military code to manipulate his fellow cadets and officers. When he engineers the expulsion of a hated rival, his reign of terror begins to unravel. The film features a solid cast drawn from The Actor's Studio in New York, including Pat Hingle, Mark Richman, George Peppard (also in his film debut) and Larry Gates, and is directed by Jack Garfein and scripted by Willingham, based on his novel. Censored in its original theatrical release for its homosexual undertones, The Strange One is presented restored and uncut.

Director:

Jack Garfein

Cast:

Ben Gazzara, Pat Hingle, Peter Mark Richman

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Sean Axmaker

It’s a stagebound adaptation with only a few scenes outside of the barracks but the intense and dynamic performances carry the film and become a showcase for the work of the Actors Studio in the fifties.

...an absolutely disastrous opening stretch...

It must be admitted that while the events are happening they are often very compelling - and this in spite of the clumsy shape of the narrative.

Fascinating in the way that a killer cobra is fascinating, this is a nasty story about life in a Southern military academy... The central role of a cadet who is a monstrous sadist is skillfully played by Ben Gazzara.

Nobody in the film behaves or speaks like a real person.

June 22, 2017

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