The Strange One

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The Strange One
Directed by Jack Garfein
Produced by Sam Spiegel
Written by Calder Willingham
Starring Ben Gazzara
George Peppard
Music by Kenyon Hopkins
Cinematography Burnett Guffey
Editing by Sidney Katz
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) April 12, 1957 (USA)
Running time 100 min.
Language English
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The Strange One is a 1957 film about a military academy in the South (of the United States). The film is based on a novel by Calder Willingham called End as a Man, and the film is sometimes called by that name.

The cast includes Ben Gazzara, George Peppard, Pat Hingle, James Olson, and Larry Gates. The film was directed by Herb Gardner and Jack Garfein and is noteworthy due to the entire staff being from the Actors Studio of New York City.

The film focuses on the dehumanization and bullying of the discipline within the academy.


Length: 100 minutes. Format: Black and White. Filmed in USA.

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