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...into the underworld. At an all-night coffee counter in a Greyhound bus depot he meets a puffy-pretty alcoholic (Piper Laurie), huts up with her and, whenever he needs money, hustles suckers in low poolrooms where he is not known. One night he takes the wrong chump. Four wharf rats gang him and break his thumbs-a mythological emasculation if ever there was one. Soon after that-in part because the hero, in his pool-fool cuepidity, has neglected her -the girl lets her life out of her wrists. The hero's heart at last is touched. Redeemed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Chalk Opera | 10/6/1961 | See Source »

Monterey, Calif., Wharf Theater and Opera House: Dame Judith Anderson in Woman Against the Gods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Aug. 18, 1961 | 8/18/1961 | See Source »

Monterey, Calif., Wharf Theater and Opera House: Zazu Pitts in The Curious Savage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Television, Theater, Books: Aug. 11, 1961 | 8/11/1961 | See Source »

Monterey, Calif., Wharf Theater and Opera House: A Curious Evening with Gypsy Rose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Aug. 4, 1961 | 8/4/1961 | See Source »

Provincetown, Mass. Playhouse on the Wharf: Three Words in No Time, a play by Belgium's sulphurously philosophical Playwright Michel de Ghelderode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Television, Theater: Jul. 21, 1961 | 7/21/1961 | See Source »

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