Oscar-worthy performance

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heathentart — 16 years ago(February 16, 2010 08:38 AM)

Jack Palance, billed here as Walter Jack Palance, in his movie debut, performed a role worthy of a best supporting actor Oscar. His villain was driven, psychotic, ugly and mesmerizing to watch. It certainly was a performance indicative of his talent and future accomplishments.
It's sad that he was so ignored during his career. He deserved better.

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Diego_rjc — 15 years ago(March 11, 2011 03:21 PM)

i do agree with your statement that he deserved better during his whole career, but i really didn't see anything special about his performance on this movie. He was good, not great or "oscar-worthy"

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Jason_Radley — 14 years ago(May 24, 2011 09:47 AM)

His face was certainly mesmerising to watch.

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Ethereal-Cloud — 14 years ago(August 04, 2011 07:34 PM)

I didn't even realize that Jack Pallance was 'Blackie'. He looked so ugly and every time I saw him I wanted to kick him in the teeth for being such a dick. It takes an amazing actor who can be such a nice guy in reality, yet be so convincing as morally, ethically and physically disgusting person.

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Hey_Sweden — 14 years ago(November 20, 2011 10:58 AM)

He was an effective heavy in the movie, but then he always played a heavy so very well.

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jcherub — 14 years ago(December 31, 2011 09:15 PM)

Don't forget Bagdhad Cafe. A whole other side to him.

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Percivalx — 11 years ago(July 28, 2014 03:16 PM)

I agree. And so was Richard Widmark. He should have been nominated for Best Actor.
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