Mickey Rooney was good in this movie
One of his better roles as an adult
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I thought Mickey Rooney was really good in this movie as well.
"Watch me run a 50-yard dash with my legs cut off!"
Rooney was one of the most talented people to ever grace a movie or TV screen. Of course his size pretty much relagated him to comedy roles as an adult, but I suggest people check out the following:
QUICKSAND (1950 film noir filmed by his short-lived production company. Rooney has you feeling the sweat and desperation as his character gets tangled in a web of murder and lies)
THE BOLD AND THE BRAVE (1956 flick set in WWII)
BABY FACE NELSON (opposite Carolyn Jones as the vicious 1930's hoodlum; don't know how much of the film is true, but Rooney is a real pit bull in it)
too lazy to ck the '54 oscar noms right now
but if rooney didnt get an supporting actor nod
he wuz robbed
forney & nestor ...
broke my heart when they bought it
('course brubaker too
i remember - actually i dont think ill ever forget - the
first time i saw this movie's ending
i just stared at the tv screen for a while
kinda numb ...
He was good- he surprised me actually.
All round, I think this was a very well acted film. As well as Rooney, William Holden, Grace Kelly and Fredric March were all excellent.
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He and Earl Holliman made a pretty good team.
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