Word: lancasterism
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The Killers, nominally based on a vigorous short story by Ernest Hemingway, seems to borrow most of its inspiration from the Marquís de Sade. In 1946, the Hemingway story triggered a crisp crime thriller starring Burt Lancaster as the willing victim gunned down by hired assassins. The latest...
Also, Peter Lubin of Adams House and Lexington, history; Thomas W. Schoener of Dunster House and Lancaster, Pa., biology; Philip D. Straffin of Adams House and Scarsdale, N.Y., mathematics; Stephen D. White of Adams House and Cambridge, history.
The minor characters, however, are either very good or very bad. Philip Heckscher is excellent in his two small parts, as are Arthur Friedman and Peter Weil as Lancaster and Warwick. They shout too much sometimes, but they pace their dialogues briskly and well. Mark Bramhall, Michael Sargent, and David...
Burt Lancaster, the villain, is a demagogic Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with a large following at V.F.W. posts across the country. Lancaster is convinced that President Marsh is taking the country to Hell. His aide, Kirk Douglas, does not like the disarmament treaty any more than General...
The ensuing contest is exciting and ideologically correct throughout. For example, the film has a civil rights tinge. The producer has dutifully used Negroes in minor roles wherever he deemed it appropriate. A Negro in the Pentagon running an automatic door receives a good deal of film footage. Negroes sit...