The four principal actors -- Newman, Neal, Douglas, and de Wilde -- are so good that they might well form the nucleus of a cinematic repertory company.

| Oct 1, 2008

Where it falls short of the mark is in its failure to filter its meaning and theme lucidly through its characters and story.

| Jan 7, 2008

One of Ritt's best films.

| Jun 24, 2006

More or less plays out as a home-on-the-range knock-off of Nicolas Ray's brilliant Rebel Without a Cause.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 28, 2003

Martin Ritt directed, putting a little too much dust in the dust bowl for my taste.

| Jan 1, 2000