iroquoisjoe — 14 years ago(March 19, 2012 11:40 AM)

For it's timea phenomenal movie.
They say the writer's name was blacklisted at the time (and was thus credited under a pseudonym) and one can see why. Everything a commie-hunter could ever hate was in this film:
racial equality
liberalism
disgruntled labor
sexuality
themes of social justice and welfare
cruelty in the justice system
spousal abandonment
single parenthood
rock & roll music
etc.
A lot of ground broken hereand some still contemporary issues. Yet, when viewed as a lot of the subjects were taboo at the time it makes the film sort of fun to watch imagining you are in a 1958 movie theatre.