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Plot Summary
Steve McQueen and Lee Remick ignite sparks in this impassioned drama about a rootless drifter and the woman who loves him. Georgette Thomas (Remick) arrives with her small daughter in Columbus, Texas, to join her husband, Henry (McQueen), who has just been paroled from the state penitentiary. He'd been serving time for stabbing a man in a drunken brawl. His hopes pinned to a career as a songwriter, Henry returns to singing and playing guitar in bawdy roadhouses. Slim (Don Murray), a quiet-spoken depot sheriff, grows attached to Georgette and the child and does what he can to keep the volatile Henry in line. But, when Henry's tantrums become increasingly more violent, Slim is forced to stop him, bringing the film to a shattering climax.
Customer Reviews
Don't do it
I've wanted to see this movie since I was a kid, and I'm sorry I finally did. Let's just say that if you're a Steve McQueen fan you'll probably think less of him after you see this. His lip-synching of songs is painfully bad, and the rest of his performance isn't much better. He is supposed to be a tragic character but the plot development is so weak that I didn't have any sympathy for him. It might have helped if the old bat who raised him had a bigger role, even if it was in flashbacks.
Lee Remick was very good, as was the little girl who played their daughter.
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- Genre: Drama
- Released: 2004
- © 1964 renewed 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.