Pal Joey

Pal Joey (1957)

  • 75% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 68% of users liked it
    (2,757 ratings)

The John O'Hara/Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart Broadway musical Pal Joey created quite a stir during its original theatrical run in 1940. Here we had a heel of a hero who sleeps with a wealthy older woman in order to realize his dream of owning his own nightclub, and who breaks the heart of the girl… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 51 min.
Directed By
George Sidney
Written By
Dorothy Kingsley, John O'Hara
Genres
Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1957 Wide
On DVD
Dec 14, 1999
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Due to restrictions of the Production Code, George Sidney's musical of John O'Hara's outre 1940 stage show is compromised, but there some good songs and visual pleasure in watchning Columbia's stars Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak (though they're dubbed).

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The film goes up in flames when its '50s morality rears its ugly head.

  • Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

    Sinatra is fantastic.

  • Willie Waffle, WaffleMovies.com

    The first half of the film is light-hearted and full of wonderful musical numbers ... but Sinatra shows his acting ability in the second half.

  • Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

    Flawed, but see it for Rita.

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  • AJ V


    A pretty good movie with a brilliant cast, I didn't get to see the whole film, but it looked pretty good. I'd like to see the whole movie sometime.

  • Sunil J


    Probably better as a musical then a lame movie.

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