BIG KNIFE, THE (1955) Set of 28 photos

Clifford Odets (source) [Hollywood]: United Artists, 1955. Set of twenty-eight (28) vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white print still photos, JUST ABOUT FINE.                         

Robert Aldrich directed this devastating film noir, in which movie star Charles Castle (Jack Palance) is being blackmailed by studio boss Stanley Shriner Hoff (Rod Steiger) into renewing his contract, even though it goes directly against all his professional and artistic aspirations — and his wife (Ida Lupino) is threatening to divorce him if he does. The film, masterfully adapted by James Poe from Odets’ 1949 play, is a true ensemble film, with a host of venal and troubled characters, played by Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen, Shelley Winters, Ilka Chase and others.                         

This very substantial body of photos represents a substantial visual archive for this movie. Images are coded BK-(R22)-3,4,33,37,39,46,47,49,51,59,62-65,75,76,78-82,85,92,96,98,111,130.