I saw this movie once, only once. I was in Junior High School, some 45 years or so ago. For the longest time, I could not remember the title, but found it in the IMDb listings. As far as myself or my other movie buff friends know, this has not been aired since that era.
Yet, it still brings forth vivid memories of a great story, a strong cast giving a fine performance in a truly tense and thrilling crime nail biter. So why is it absent from the television/video scene?
In the credits, it is listed as a 20th Century-Fox film. That means that it is now property of News Corporation, Ruppert Murdoch's conglomerate. It is just sitting in a vault collecting dust and going undiscovered by a whole new generation of film devotees.
Mr. Rupert Murdoch, are you reading this? Come on, get with it man!! Get this gem out of hiding and on TV, VHS and DVD. C'mon, Rup! Share the Wealth, already! already!!
UPDATE: Dateline, Chicago, January 3, 2012. After at least 50 years, we just viewed the picture on Turner Classic Movies. It was not as good as we remembered it as a 12 year old in the 7th grade; it is even better. Probably just a case of understanding "adult situations" much better.
Incidentally, we owe Mr. Rupert Murdoch an apology; for while it was originally a 20th Century-Fox release (since then having become part of Murdoch's News Corporation conglomerate), it was an independent production; now being distributed to television by Warner Brothers.
Yet, it still brings forth vivid memories of a great story, a strong cast giving a fine performance in a truly tense and thrilling crime nail biter. So why is it absent from the television/video scene?
In the credits, it is listed as a 20th Century-Fox film. That means that it is now property of News Corporation, Ruppert Murdoch's conglomerate. It is just sitting in a vault collecting dust and going undiscovered by a whole new generation of film devotees.
Mr. Rupert Murdoch, are you reading this? Come on, get with it man!! Get this gem out of hiding and on TV, VHS and DVD. C'mon, Rup! Share the Wealth, already! already!!
UPDATE: Dateline, Chicago, January 3, 2012. After at least 50 years, we just viewed the picture on Turner Classic Movies. It was not as good as we remembered it as a 12 year old in the 7th grade; it is even better. Probably just a case of understanding "adult situations" much better.
Incidentally, we owe Mr. Rupert Murdoch an apology; for while it was originally a 20th Century-Fox release (since then having become part of Murdoch's News Corporation conglomerate), it was an independent production; now being distributed to television by Warner Brothers.