John Huston directs Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Eli Wallach in this drama of alcoholics who shack up together outside Reno.

Tragic movie legends in their final roles. America losing what made it great. Wild horses being corralled and sold for pennies on the dollar. Might just be the saddest all-star movie ever made. The first hour feels claustrophobic like a play, the second half… epic but unrelentingly bleak. Thelma Ritter’s support performance is measured and warm… everyone else has the slight whiff of unbalanced stunt casting. Wouldn’t rush to rewatch despite its status and strength, ambitions and pretensions.

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Perfect Double Bill: Wise Blood (1979)

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