The Rack
Paul Newman, a wonderful new star!
1956 | 100m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Arnold Laven |
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| Writer: | Stewart Stern |
| Staring: |
| Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp, he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy. Where does loyalty end in a prison camp, when the camp is a living hell? | |
| Release Date: | Nov 02, 1956 |
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| Director: | Arnold Laven |
| Writer: | Stewart Stern |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | prisoner of war, korean war (1950-53), seclusion, military court, us army, loneliness, treason, solitary confinement, brainwashing, torture, code of honor, army captain, sensory deprivation, collaborator, military prisoners, father son relationship, loss of brother, pow |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Paul Newman | Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr. |
| Wendell Corey | Maj. Sam Moulton |
| Walter Pidgeon | Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr. |
| Edmond O'Brien | Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick |
| Anne Francis | Aggie Hall |
| Lee Marvin | Capt. John R. Miller |
| Cloris Leachman | Caroline |
| Robert Burton | Col. Ira Hansen |
| Robert F. Simon | Law Officer |
| Trevor Bardette | Court President |
| Adam Williams | Sgt. Otto Pahnke |
| James Best | Millard Chilson Cassidy |
| Fay Roope | Col. Dudley Smith |
| Barry Atwater | Maj. Byron Phillips |
| Eve McVeagh | Woman at Airfield |
| Kathleen Mulqueen | Party Guest |
| Art Lewis | Military Policeman |
| Don Anderson | Courtroom Spectator |
| James Anderson | Skinny |
| David Bair | Student |
| Benjie Bancroft | Family Member |
| Robert Blake | Italian Soldier |
| John Carlyle | Desk Sergeant |
| Dick Cherney | Judge |
| Sidney Clute | Hotel Clerk |
| Willa Pearl Curtis | Mother |
| Roy Damron | Family Member |
| Harry Denny | Courtroom Spectator |
| George DeNormand | Courtroom Spectator |
| Darren Dublin | Cab Driver |
| Michael Dugan | Military Policeman |
| Virginia Eiler | Nurse |
| Elzie Emanuel | Blind Soldier |
| Kay English | Party Guest |
| Charles Evans | General |
| Charles Fogel | Family Member |
| George Ford | Courtroom Spectator |
| Raoul Freeman | Courtroom Spectator |
| Robert Haines | Stenotype Operator |
| Jean Hartelle | Italian Father |
| Tex Holden | Courtroom Spectator |
| Shep Houghton | Judge |
| Bobby Johnson | Waiter |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Arnold Laven | Director |
| Rod Serling | Teleplay |
| Paul Vogel | Director of Photography |
| Harold F. Kress | Editor |
| Marshall Neilan Jr. | Editor |
| Merrill Pye | Art Direction |
| Fred M. MacLean | Set Decoration |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Adolph Deutsch | Original Music Composer |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Stewart Stern | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Arthur M. Loew Jr. | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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