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The Lineup
Why this pick
Like Fuller's film, this is a lean, hard-edged crime picture driven by an implacable pursuit, brutal underworld logic, and terse, propulsive storytelling.
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MOVIE1961 1h 39m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Fourteen-year-old Tolly Devlin sees four hoods beat his father to death. Twenty years later, the killers have risen to the top of the crime syndicate. Ever since his adolescence, Tolly (Cliff Robertson)'s goal has been to avenge his father. Tolly has even become a criminal and gotten himself sent to prison so that he could get close to one of the perpetrators. He becomes as vindictive and sadistic as the men he is pursuing, and rejects the two relationships that could redeem him, his mother-figure (Beatrice Kay) and his girlfriend (Dolores Dorn).
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Dolores Dorn
Cuddles
Beatrice Kay
Sandy
Paul Dubov
Gela
Robert Emhardt
Earl Connors
Richard Rust
Gus Cottahee
Gerald Milton
Gunther
Cliff Robertson
Tolly Devlin
Larry Gates
John Driscoll