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The Big Knife

Hollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.

Charles Castle is a successful Hollywood actor who has opted for screen success over art. He must make critical decisions regarding his career, his marriage, his art and morality. Castle is pressured by his studio boss, and manipulated into a potentially murderous cover-up to protect his career. An indictment of the amoral world of Hollywood and its corrosive effect upon the artist.

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Info about The Big Knife

Studio(s): The Associates & Aldrich Company, United Artists

Originally Released: United States, Oct 25, 1955

Production Country: United States

Budget: $423,000.00

Genres:Drama, Film-Noir, Crime