All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
Directed by Michael Anderson Jr.
Genres - Drama, Romance, Music |
Sub-Genres - Melodrama, Romantic Drama |
Release Date - Sep 15, 1960 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 112 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Don Kaye
Robert Wagner plays Chad Bixby, a role reportedly inspired by the life of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker in this romantic drama about two young couples linked by the out-of-wedlock baby spawned by Bixby and Salome Davis (Natalie Wood) before their current marriages. Pearl Bailey appears as a famous blues singer who dies of a broken heart after being jilted by her horn player, and George Hamilton is featured as Wood's current husband. A well-mounted production and potentially interesting idea -- that lives can be irrevoccably changed in one night -- are let down by a soapy and muddled screenplay. The film was suggested by Rosamond Marshall's novel The Bixby Girls.
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music, couple, deal [agreement], decadence, decision, love, spouse