The Lineup

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Directed by

Don Siegel

Starring (View all)

Eli Wallach
Dancer

Robert Keith
Julian

Richard Jaeckel
Sandy McLain

Mary LaRoche
Dorothy Bradshaw

William Leslie
Larry Warner

Emile Meyer
Insp. Al Quine

Marshall Reed
Insp. Fred Asher

Raymond Bailey
Philip Dressler

Written by

Stirling Silliphant
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The Lineup

4 years, 9 months ago at Jul 19 13:55

JxSxPx

The first chunk must be endured before you get to the good stuff in The Lineup. Based on a popular TV show of the era, director Don Seigel is clearly enamored with his bad guy more than he is with the stoic cops from the small screen. Why shouldn’t he be when he’s played with typical live-wire intensity and unpredictability by Eli Wallach? I’d rather watch Wallach behaving badly than Marshal... read more

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In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.

Release date: 11 June 1958

Tags: Film Noir (3), Drama (1), Crime (1), 1958 (1), Silencer (1), Columbia Pictures (1)

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The Lineup

“The first chunk must be endured before you get to the good stuff in The Lineup. Based on a popular TV show of the era, director Don Seigel is clearly enamored with his bad guy more than he is with the stoic cops from the small screen. Why shouldn’t he be when he’s played with typical live-wire intensity and unpredictability by Eli Wallach? I’d rather watch Wallach behaving badly than Marshall Reed performing on autopilot. Once the generic opening is over The Lineup gets good and weird. Wallach and Robert Keith make for a fascinating duo with Keith all gentlemanly killer to Wallach’s loose cannon. They talk at length in a manner that clearly paved the way for Quentin Tarantino and just as quickly turn deadly and serious. Watching them threaten a woman and child over a stash of ” read more