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...contrast with Miss Boyko's intensity is Herb Adams' slothful behavior as young Dr. John. Although John Buchanan is a casual and lecherous character, he is not indifferent to the people around him--which makes Adams' frequent failure to react to others' lines somewhat unsatisfactory. When he does react, it is by mugging or with a boogey slouch which gives an unfortunate impression of adolescent youth. Because Adams seems unable to throw himself completely into the part, and in spite of Miss Boyko's strenuous efforts to rush through her lines in order to buoy the play, the pace lags...
...with such force that a pageboy darted forth to rescue a nearby glass of water. Some Northern Republicans, e.g., New Hampshire's Styles Bridges and Massachusetts' Leverett Saltonstall, who had voted for the bill, looked nervously toward their gas-consuming constituencies to watch how the voters would react to Ike's charge of impropriety...
Cuba (pop. 6,100,000). President Fulgencio Batista gives far more freedom than the other three strongmen. But Cubans are restive. University students, courting martyrdom, clash constantly with Batista's police, who often react hotheadedly. A fortnight ago a 22-year-old girl student was cruelly tortured, and the regime, rightly or wrongly, got the blame. To relieve the heat and pressure, Batista may have to make the concession that his opposition demands: free elections soon...
...farmers? They deny it, argue that increased costs for wages (up 16% in the packing industry from 1954 to 1955), trucking, etc. helped keep the price of beef up. Furthermore, the great increase in processing, e.g., for frozen and readycut meats, builds in costs that make retail prices react slower to wholesale price drops...
Development of characters, by tracing their psychological and environmental background, seems to be director John Huston's central aim. The Asphalt Jungle, like its descendants, has no intricate plot. The emphasis must fall on the characters' past and how they react to the strain of the monumental crime they commit. Huston succeeds with some of his players and fails with others. The realism he tries to create is ofen shattered by weak dialogue and an implausible story. He has not mastered startling photographic technique. When these attempts at effect fail to divert attention from the stupid, simple plot, the suspense...