Criminally Obscure Masterpiece
If you're on this board, you probably agree.
Brilliant performances straight across the board, perhaps Barrymore's best. A tightly wound adapted screenplay almost too smart for its audience, typically masterful direction by Wyler. The absolute balls it takes to run this hot sans score, it happens so seldom that it never fails to drop jaws. Precious few films come close to this sort of understated genius, Glengarry Glenross is the only comparable one that springs to mind. A shame people aren't more familiar with this gem.