The Mark (1961)

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Release Date: Jun 8, 1961 Wide

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Guy Green's social drama stars Stuart Whitman as the title character, a man whose unhealthy childhood has left him bewildered by sex. After an affair with a woman his own age ends badly, Mark finds himself increasingly drawn to young girls, who he feels do not pose the same threat of emasculation that adult women do. When he is charged with kidnapping a ten-year-old girl in order to molest her, his conviction results in a three-year prison sentence. With the help of Dr. Edmund McNally (Rod

Unrated, 2 hr. 7 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Guy Green

In Theaters: Jun 8, 1961 Wide

On DVD: Nov 28, 2000

Cast

Maria Schell
Mrs. Ruth Leighton
Stuart Whitman
Jim Fuller
Rod Steiger
Dr. Edmund McNally
Donald Houston
Austin Reporter
Donald Wolfit
Mr. Clive
Paul Rogers
Milne
Maurice Denham
Arnold Cartwright
Amanda Black
Janie
Marie Devereaux
Ellen
Bill Foley
Mr. Fuller
Anne Monaghan
Mrs. Fuller
Josephine Frayne
Patricia
Harry Baird
Cole
Eddie Byrne
Acker
Brenda De Banzie
Mrs. Cartwright
Russell Napier
2nd Officer
John Welsh
1st Officer
Bandana DasGupta
Inez

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Best-known for Stuart Whitman Oscar-nominated turn, this b/w film concerns a man who, after serving time in prison for molesting a girl, starts a new life with the aid of a kind psychiatrist (Rod Steiger) and a sensitive woman (Maria Schell).

November 5, 2004 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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The Mark is a well-made and well-acted film that suffers from a bloated length, dreary pacing and essentially unpleasant subject matter.

February 25, 2002 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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How could this movie be bad, its got Rod Steiger in it, after all he was born in the same town as I and the same Day, just not the same year, thank God. Movie show's how people really think about you no matter what you have gone through. Stereo Type. Its in Black & White and Ole School but a hell of a film. My opion

April 3, 2008