The Big Knife
“A Journey to the Dark Heart of Hollywood”
1955•NR•1h 51m•6.0•Released
CrimeDrama
Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's films and wants to start a new life. While his estranged wife supports him in the decision, Castle's talent agent urges him to reconsider. When Castle continues to be uncooperative, Hoff resorts to blackmail in order to get his way.
Director
Robert Aldrich
Writer
James Poe
Languages
English
Studio
The Associates & Aldrich Company
Cast
Jack Palance
Charles Castle
Ida Lupino
Marion Castle
Wendell Corey
Smiley Coy
Jean Hagen
Connie Bliss
Rod Steiger
Stanley Shriner Hoff
Shelley Winters
Dixie Evans
Ilka Chase
Patty Benedict
Everett Sloane
Nat Danziger
Wesley Addy
Horatio "Hank" Teagle
Paul Langton
Buddy Bliss
Nick Dennis
Mickey Feeney
Bill Walker
Russell
Michael Winkelman
Billy Castle
Richard Boone
Narrator (Voice)
Nick Cravat
Nick
Production
Company
The Associates & Aldrich Company
Company
United Artists
Producer
Robert Aldrich
Recommended
6.8
Pitfall
1948
6.7
Force of Evil
1950
7.1
The Web
1947
7
The Big Combo
1955
6.9
No Man of Her Own
1950
6.3
Private Hell 36
1954
6.3
Johnny O'Clock
1947
7.4
The Set-Up
1949
6.9
Nightfall
1956
6.6
The Dark Corner
1946
6.6
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947
7.2
An Inspector Calls
1954
6.5
Framed
1947
7
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
6.9
Plunder Road
1957
6.9
While the City Sleeps
1956
7.5
Victim
1961
7.3
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
6.5
Blackmail
1929
7.6
Mildred Pierce
1945
Similar Movies
6.1
Men in Her Life
1931
6.8
Night World
1932
7.7
The Secret Call
1931
7.2
Les Misérables
1998
7.3
Gone Baby Gone
2007
6.5
Cry Terror!
1958
5.5
Fuzz
1972
6.4
Jury of One
1974
8.8
Murderers Club of Brooklyn
1967
6.8
Revolver
1973
6.4
The Day of the Locust
1975
6.7
Burn After Reading
2008
6
The Grey Gentlemen
2013
10
No Love 1/2
2026
5.5
Jade
1995
9
Fragment 24
2025
4.2
The Parallel Corpses
1982
6.2
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
9
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007
7.5
True Romance
1993