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The Subterraneans

Play trailer Poster for The Subterraneans Released Jun 23, 1960 1h 29m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Seeking inspiration for a new book, a novelist comes upon San Francisco's North Beach, where "night people" hang out.

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Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Evidently anxious not to bypass any possible market, M-G-M has finally paid homage to the beatniks of today's oddball humanity, in a maudlin melodrama that is almost continuously depressing. Nov 7, 2019 Full Review Dwight MacDonald Esquire Magazine The movie has neither style nor human reality. Kerouac's hallucinations are his own, but the film's are Everybody's (as Everybody is conceived of at the box office, that is Nobody). Jul 16, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member total trashing of source material (jack kerouac) and a perfect example of the death of golden age of hollywood this pic is aweful and i'm being kind Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Seeking inspiration for a new book, a novelist comes upon San Francisco's North Beach, where "night people" hang out.
Director
Ranald MacDougall
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 23, 1960, Wide
Runtime
1h 29m