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The Good Die Young [1954] [DVD]

Laurence Harvey , Gloria Grahame , Lewis Gilbert    Parental Guidance   DVD
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Stanley Baker, Margaret Leighton, Joan Collins
  • Directors: Lewis Gilbert
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Wienerworld Ltd
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Sep 2004
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002PC2HC
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 42,956 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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A story which delves behind the scenes of an armed robbery to find out the motivations of each of the four participants: American ex-GI Joe (Richard Basehart) wants to bring his British wife to the US, proffesional boxer Mike (Stanley Baker) is unable to work when his hand is broken, American airman Eddie (John Ireland) has deserted when he finds out that his wife has been unfaithful, and aristocrat Rave (Laurence Harvey) needs the money to pay off his wife's gambling debts.

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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Three good men - a broken boxer, an American veteran trying to win back his mother-dominated wife, and an air force sergeant married to a faithless actress - are corrupted by Miles Ravenscourt, an amoral 'gentleman.' Because they need money, they let Miles lure them into his scheme to rob a postal van with a large cash cargo. ...The Good Die Young

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Top class cast! 14 Aug 2009
By Dave
Format:DVD
Top notch British thriller that Tarantino must have seen at some point as there are some close links to "Reservoir Dogs" with its tale of a bunch of strangers coming together to pull a heist and we learn about their backgrounds before the job takes place.

And what a cast!
Laurence Harvey in his prime and dripping sophisticated sexuality as the cruel head of the gang.
The great Stanley Baker in top 'hard guy with a heart' mode as a tragic ex-Boxer.
And supporting them we have John Ireland, Richard Basehart, a very young Joan Collins and a wonderfully horrible turn by Freda "Brides of Dracula" Jackson as Collin's manipulative Mother.

Nothing groundbreaking, but a solid watch and a great cast.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Die Young 7 Mar 2009
Format:DVD
I enjoyed this film quite a bit.I hadn't seen it for years,so I only remembered parts of it,as it went along.It was fun spotting all the old faces.Nice to see Laurence Harvey playing something a little more gritty than his usual fare.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Men, Four Women, Four Guns. 15 April 2011
By Spike Owen TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
The Good Die Young is a cracking British Noir picture directed by Lewis Gilbert and featuring a strong cast of British and American actors. Laurence Harvey, Stanley Baker, Richard Basehart, John Ireland, Gloria Grahame, Margaret Leighton, Joan Collins and Rene Ray are the principals. While support comes from Robert Morley and Freda Jackson.

Adapted from the novel written by Richard MacAuley, the story starts with four men pulling up in a car, guns are passed around them and it's soon evident they are about to commit a serious crime. We are then taken through the sequences for each man, how they came to be at that point in time, what brought them together and their common interest; that of women trouble and financial strife. It's excellently structured by Gilbert, four separate stories, yet all of them are on the same track and heading towards the grim and potently "noirish" final quarter. Such is the way that we as viewers have been fully informed about our characters, the impact when things get violent is doubly strong. It takes you by surprise at first because the makers have given us a smooth set-up, and then there is the shock factor because these were not criminal men at the outset. But then..

A real pleasant surprise to this particular viewer was The Good Die Young, it's got fully formed characters within a tight and interesting story. The cast do fine work, yes one could probably complain a touch that the ladies are under written, but they each get in and flesh out the downward spiral of the male protagonists. Rene Ray is particularly impressive as the fraught wife of Stanley Baker's injured boxer, Mike, while Gloria Grahame (walking like a panther) is memorable as a bitch-a-like babe driving her husband Eddie (Ireland) to distraction. Basehart is his usual value for money self, but it's Baker and Harvey who own the picture. Baker does a great line in raw emotion, a big man, big heart and a big conscious; his journey is the films emotional axis, while Harvey is positively weasel like as playboy sponger Miles Ravenscourt; someone who is guaranteed to have you hissing at the screen with his stiffness perfectly befitting the character.

Top stuff. 8/10
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