The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and professional redemption.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
61 audience votes
Key crew
- Vincente MinnelliDirector
- Charles SchneeScreenplay
- David RaksinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kirk DouglasJack Andrus
- Edward G. RobinsonMaurice Kruger
- Cyd CharisseCarlotta
- George HamiltonDavie Drew
- Claire TrevorClara Kruger
- Daliah LaviVeronica
- James GregoryBrad Byrd
- Rosanna SchiaffinoBarzelli
- Joanna RoosJanet Bark
- George MacreadyLew Jordan
- Mino DoroTucino
- Stefan SchnabelZeno
Stills
Themes
infidelityrome, italymovie businessredemptionalcoholismsanitariumolder man younger woman relationshipfilmmakingaging actorhas beenhollywood starfilm within a film