The Young Philadelphians (1959)
The Young Philadelphians (1959) + [Commentary]
DVDRip | MKV | 716 x 572 | AVC @ 1850 Kbps | 136 min | 2.08 Gb
Audio: English, AC3 2.0 ch @ 192 Kbps (2Tracks)
Subs: English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Drama | USA
DVDRip | MKV | 716 x 572 | AVC @ 1850 Kbps | 136 min | 2.08 Gb
Audio: English, AC3 2.0 ch @ 192 Kbps (2Tracks)
Subs: English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Drama | USA
Up and coming, young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to defend his friend Chester on a murder count.
IMDB 7.3/10 from 1878 users
Director: Vincent Sherman
Writer: James Gunn (screenplay), Richard Powell (novel)
Actors: Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith, Brian Keith
Rated: Approved
Runtime: 136 min
Review from DVD Savant:
The Young Philadelphians is an old-fashioned story about getting ahead that assumes that the only life worth living is to be found among the upper crust. The more Tony Lawrence looks, the more corruption he sees. Chet Gwynne's family conspires to keep his money from him, and Tony's fiancée's father tricks him into throwing away his marriage to Joan. The movie never really offers an alternative a chance. Brian Keith and Paul Picerni's proletarians urge Tony to get into politics, which are presumed to be a force 'for the people.' It's implied that politics and Old Money don't mix, which is silly; the bigwigs would love to have a popular politician like Tony representing their interests.
Anthony Lawrence doesn't claim to be on a crusade for social justice. He only wants to be independent, and his career gambles aren't exactly Earth-shattering. He uses connections to steal college friend Paul Picerni's job opportunity, and he later nabs a major client (silly Billie Burke) from Gilbert Dickinson, in sort of a revenge business move. He doesn't go after the client; she comes to him. Tony ends up taking a big risk. The final courtroom confrontation is his triumph. He saves his best buddy Chet from a murder rap and does it without dragging the Main Liners' dirty secrets out in the open, therefore saving his own career. As it turns out, the family conspiracy against Chet is just the work of one 'evil' man (played by Robert Douglas, the villain of The Fountainhead). The Main Line is greedy, vindictive and prejudiced, but they're not all bad.
Barbara Rush is gorgeous but thin in the acting department, and is directed to behave stuffy and cold as soon as she becomes a rich widow … carrying a walking stick! Of the rest of the cast only Brian Keith is a real standout. He plays Newman's father but is only four years older, and both he and Diane Brewster undergo some really pitiful age makeup – vanilla cake frosting for a moustache?
Alexis Smith comes off very well as Carol Wharton, the young wife of Tony's benefactor (Otto Kruger). The movie contrives a sexy midnight meeting for them, but our hero throws on the brakes. It's a particularly lame scene. Tony claims he wants to run away with her, when we'd never believe he'd throw away his big chance to succeed. And he won't just have sex with her 'without taking responsibility.' Thus she is the one to call off the affair before it begins. Tony is trumped up as ruthless opportunist but remains a saint for the MPAA code.
Camp honors go to Adam West for his quick turn as Kate Lawrence's (presumably) homosexual groom, who kills himself because he cannot face his shame. Why his fussy mother would force a marriage she knows will not work, or why he goes through with it, can only be explained by the denial caused by social pressure, and that would take another movie to explain. In the 'shocking' shorthand of this movie, it plays as unintentional hilarity. All that's missingis a shot of a wrecked Batmobile crashed down on Liberty Square.
Robert Vaughn emerges as the big winner, nabbing an Oscar nomination for his show-offy turn as a besotted amputee murder suspect, complete with anguished looks and tearful breakdowns. A year earlier Vaughn was Mister Invisible insofar as honors were concerned, the dubious star of vehicles like Teenage Caveman and Unwed Mother, where he perfected his terrific heel character. Does that make him the first of Roger Corman's 'unknown' actors to hit the big time?
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