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The Naked and the Dead (1958)

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Release Date: Oct 28, 1958 Wide

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Despite an ad campaign wherein RKO Radio congratulated itself for its "guts", this long-delayed film version of Norman Mailer's bestselling WW2 novel The Naked and the Dead still had to pull most of its punches (especially when it came to four-letter words). Aldo Ray heads the cast as sadistic sergeant Croft, who'd as soon kill one of his own men as he would the Japanese. Sensitive, moralistic Lieutenant Hearn (Cliff Robertson) tries to put a leash on Croft, but he's ordered to keep out of the

Unrated, 2 hr. 11 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Raoul Walsh

Written By: Denis Sanders, Terry Sanders

In Theaters: Oct 28, 1958 Wide

Cast

Aldo Ray
Sgt. Croft
Cliff Robertson
Lt. Hearn
Raymond Massey
Gen. Cummings
Barbara Nichols
Mildred
William Campbell
Brown
Richard Jaeckel
Gallagher
James Best
Rhidges
Joey Bishop
Roth
Jerry Paris
Goldstein
Robert Gist
Red
L.Q. Jones
Wilson
Casey Adams
Co. Dalleson
Ed McNally
Cohn
Greg Roman
Minetta
Henry Amargo
Julio Martinez
John Beradino
Mantelli
Lili St. Cyr
Lilly

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Waters down Norman Mailer's 721 page salty 1948 bestseller novel based on his own experiences during WW II in the South Pacific.

January 11, 2010 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Powerful anti war drama, with great landscape photography

May 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television

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Michael E. Grost

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The movie turns a book about futility of the individual's role in war into boiler plate feel good war movie with a happy ending. One of most important parts of the novel, where Hearn is betrayed despite his best efforts to be a "good" leader, is scrapped. Hearn not only survives, but movie goes on the kill the ass

September 12, 2006

Ashley Hobgod

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