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      A View From the Bridge

      Released Jan 22, 1962 1 hr. 50 min. Drama List
      80% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 62% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Eddie Carbone (Raf Vallone) is a dockworker living in Brooklyn with his wife, Beatrice (Maureen Stapleton), and their niece, Catherine (Carol Lawrence). Life in the Carbone household is upended by the arrival of Beatrice's Italian cousins Rodolpho (Jean Sorel) and Marco (Raymond Pellegrin). Though Eddie agrees to shelter the two illegal immigrants, he regrets his decision when Catherine and Rodolpho begin a relationship that stirs up surprising jealousy and ultimately leads to tragedy. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Not as good as the play but still a great movie. My opinion of this movie is high but the only problem is that I can't find it anywhere. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Though much of the cast is limited by what seems like phonetic line delivery, they---especially Maureen Stapleton---manage to give strongly felt performance typical of more prominent works by the film's director, the great Sidney Lumet, to whom this earnest picture owes a level of social realism still rare for its time in portraying the environment of a man with an emotional fixation which causes him to alienate himself from his family and arguably us. Like many of Lumet's earliest outings, it's a hard-bitten story, but in this case one that despite its low visibility remains relevant for its sympathetic take on illegals. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Critics Reviews

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      Bosley Crowther New York Times The one great obstruction to the drama -- and a fatal obstruction it becomes -- is the slowly evolving demonstration that the principal character is a boor. Nov 17, 2020 Full Review Janet Graves Photoplay It's a strong domestic drama. Nov 17, 2020 Full Review Dwight MacDonald Esquire Magazine This is one of those international films that sometimes turns out very well. This one did. Jul 30, 2019 Full Review Peter Calder New Zealand Herald It may be on screen, rather than stage, but this is as good a piece of dramatic theatre as you'll see anywhere. Rated: 5/5 May 5, 2016 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Solemn drama. Rated: B- May 21, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Eddie Carbone (Raf Vallone) is a dockworker living in Brooklyn with his wife, Beatrice (Maureen Stapleton), and their niece, Catherine (Carol Lawrence). Life in the Carbone household is upended by the arrival of Beatrice's Italian cousins Rodolpho (Jean Sorel) and Marco (Raymond Pellegrin). Though Eddie agrees to shelter the two illegal immigrants, he regrets his decision when Catherine and Rodolpho begin a relationship that stirs up surprising jealousy and ultimately leads to tragedy.
      Director
      Sidney Lumet
      Screenwriter
      Norman Rosten
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 22, 1962, Original