All Fall Down (1962)
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48% of users liked it
(192 ratings)
In one of his first roles, Warren Beatty plays a callous, self-involved young man who is idolized by his younger brother Brandon DeWilde. When Beatty and DeWilde's parents Karl Malden and Angela Lansbury take in Eva Marie Saint as a boarder, Beatty makes violent love to the poor (but not… More In one of his first roles, Warren Beatty plays a callous, self-involved young man who is idolized by his younger brother Brandon DeWilde. When Beatty and DeWilde's parents Karl Malden and Angela Lansbury take in Eva Marie Saint as a boarder, Beatty makes violent love to the poor (but not entirely unwilling) girl. Saint becomes pregnant, a contingency which brings out the absolute worst in Beatty. When he deserts her, she kills herself. Only at this point does DeWilde (who has worshipped Saint from afar) realize that Beatty has feet of clay. Attempting to kill his older brother, DeWilde relents when he decides that Beatty is more pathetic than evil. Playwright William Inge adapted the screenplay for All Fall Down from a novel by James Leo Herlihy. So dependent is this film on its stark black and white photography that the currently available colorized version is tantamount to sacrilege. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Frankenheimer
- Written By
- William Inge
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 10, 1962 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
In his second film, scripted by William Inge, Warren Betty gives one of his strongest and most sensual performances as the amoral youth in a role that thematically resembles Hud (played by Paul Newman).
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Never adds up to much.
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Cast
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Eva Marie Saint
as Echo O'Brien
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Warren Beatty
as Berry-Berry Willart
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Karl Malden
as Ralph Willart
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Angela Lansbury
as Annabel Willan
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Brandon De Wilde
as Clinton Willart
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Constance Ford
as Mrs. Mandel
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Barbara Baxley
as Schoolteacher
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Evans Evans
as Hedy
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Jennifer Howard
as Myra
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Madame Spivy
as Bouncer
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Albert Paulsen
as Capt. Ramirez
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Paul Bryar
as Manager of Sweet Shop
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Colette Jackson
as Dorothy
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Carol Kelly
as Flame
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Henry Kulky
as Sailor
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Robert Sorrells
as Waiter in Sweet Shop
