Studs Lonigan Movie Review 1960

Drifting, too artsy rendering a James T. Farrell's trilogy about an Irish drifter growing up in Chicago in the '20s. Good period detail, but oddly off-kilter and implausible as history.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 96 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Coming of Age, Chicago, Period Piece: 1920s, Strippers, Rape

Screenplay

Philip Yordan

Cast

Christopher Knight, Frank Gorshin, Jack Nicholson, Jay C. Flippen, Katherine Squire, Dick Foran, Carolyn Craig

Cinematography

Haskell Wexler

Director

Irving Lerner

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Producer

United Artists, Longridge Enterprises