Top cast:Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson,Edna Fisher,Arthur Mackley
Director:Axel Graatkjær
Genre:War
Region:United Kingdom
Year:2008
Storyline:In a quasi-Romeo and Julietscript, Warren Beatty marked his screen debut (after starring in the Broadway playA Loss of Roses), and co-star Natalie Wood received a Best Actress nomination (her second of three career nominations) for one of her finest (if notthebest) screen roles.Nominated for three Academy Awards (with no wins): Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, and Best Visual Effects.It was clearly modeled afterDouble Indemnity (1944)andThe Postman Always Rings Twice (1946).The neo-noir paved the way for other similar films with a sexy and deadlyfemme fatalecharacter, including Brian De Palma'sBody Double (1984), Adrian Lyne'sFatal Attraction (1987)with Glenn Close, Paul Verhoeven'sBasic Instinct (1992)with Sharon Stone, Nicholas Kazan'sDream Lover (1993)with Madchen Amick, John Dahl'sThe Last Seduction (1994)with Linda Fiorentino - and later David Fincher'sGone Girl (2014)with Rosamund Pike.It has often been noted that Sirk's film came at the same ime as George Stevens' epicGiant (1956)- another tale of a Texas family with Rock Hudson.