A brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is in league with munitions manufacturers to make money off of war, he goes insane.
Should you watch this? If you like old-school dramas where the main character’s sanity is held together by a fraying thread, then yes, absolutely. It’s for the folks who prefer dialogue over explosions. If you need a fast pace or a happy ending, maybe skip this one. It’s a heavy watch, honestly. Claude Rains is the en...
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Edward Ludwig
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"Should you watch this? If you like old-school dramas where the main character’s sanity is held together by a fraying thread, then yes, absolutely. It’s for the folks who prefer dialogue over explosions. If you need a fast pace or a happy ending, maybe skip this one. It’s a heavy watch, honestly. Claude Rains is the entire show here. He plays a writer who is so gentle and earnest at the start that it actually hurts to watch him get chewed up by the corporate machine. When he finally snaps, it’s ..."
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Erwin Gelsey, George Yohalem, Jean Bart, Finley Peter Dunne, Barry Trivers, Samuel Ornitz, William Hurlbut, George O'Neil
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