ALL FALL DOWN (1962)

THE FILM

FILM DIRECTOR: John Frankenheimer

SCREENWRITER: William Inge

FILM STARS: Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty, Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury, Brandon deWilde, Constance Ford. Barbara Baxley, Evans Evans

COUNTRY: USA

THIS BOOK

AUTHOR: James Leo Herlihy

TYPE: Novel

PUBLISHER: Penguin

THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1962

COUNTRY: Great Britain

COVER: Paperback

THE ORIGINAL BOOK

ORIGINAL AUTHOR: As Above

YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED: 1960

ORIGINAL BOOK TITLE: The film title

NOTES

GENRE: Domestic Drama

WORDS: I have not read the book by Herlihy (who also wrote “Midnight Cowboy” and “Blue Denim”).  The film I saw a while back and it’s a kitchen sink southern Peyton Place soap opera with some southern gothic thrown in. Beatty is perfect as the hedonist in the lead role. Screenwriter, William Inge won an Academy Award for his screenplay of “Splendor in the Grass” the year before, also with Beatty. He also wrote the plays Come Back, Little Sheba, Picnic, Bus Stop and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.

LINKS

TRAILER

the Spanish Trailer which features more of the jazzy score by Alex North