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"Hurry Sundown" 1967's All-Star Trashy Southern Melodrama

Otto Preminger's notorious race melodrama, 1967's "Hurry Sundown," has a few redeeming qualities, but the sleazy script & some ham acting are stupefying. The plus side: Jane Fonda, Diahann Carroll, Robert Hooks, & in her film debut, Faye Dunaway, offer good performances. They minus side: "southern" Michael Caine & scenery chewers Burgess Meredith, George Kennedy, & Madeleine Sherwood. What are these folks REALLY fighting about? Why, land, Katie Scarlett! My take on this guilty pleasure trash:

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by Anonymousreply 4April 16, 2024 12:11 PM

Quite the trailer for "Hurry Sundown." Focusing on that great cast, natch!

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by Anonymousreply 1April 16, 2024 12:19 AM

Embarrassing film. Descends into cartoonishness in the latter part. Caine is awful and that scene with him, Fonda, and a saxophone is cringe-worthy.

by Anonymousreply 2April 16, 2024 2:09 AM

Don’t forget Jane hitching up her skirt to play a phallic saxophone. It was justifiably panned by the critics but I think it made money.

by Anonymousreply 3April 16, 2024 2:53 AM

Imagine Faye Dunaway under personal contract to Otto Preminger! When egos collide!

by Anonymousreply 4April 16, 2024 12:11 PM
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