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All Fall Down (1962)
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty, Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury
Runtime110 min
RatingNR
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Ralph and Annabell Willart are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, good-for-nothing son Berry-Berry. When Berry-Berry begins yet another meaningless love affair, this time with an older woman named Echo O’Brien, he really gets his parents at each others’ throats.
Critical Reception & Ratings
All Fall Down (1962) directed by John Frankenheimer is a drama that received a mixed critical reception, with some praising the film's exploration of family dysfunction and others finding it uneven. The film did not receive any major awards recognition, though its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests it had a moderately positive audience response.
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Directed by the acclaimed John Frankenheimer in 1962, this tense family drama features standout performances from a talented cast including Eva Marie Saint and Warren Beatty. With its exploration of dysfunctional family dynamics and the complexities of generational relationships, All Fall Down offers a compelling and deeply engaging viewing experience for fans of character-driven stories.
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All Fall Down is a 1962 American drama film, adapted from the novel All Fall Down (1960) by James Leo Herlihy, who later wrote Midnight Cowboy (1965). John Frankenheimer directed and John Houseman produced. The screenplay was adapted by playwright William Inge and the film starred Eva Marie Saint and Warren Beatty. Upon its release, the film was a minor box-office hit. Together with her performance in Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Angela Lansbury won the year's National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was entered in the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.
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