Hurry Sundown
First screened in January 2013
Director: Otto Preminger. Cast: John Phillip Law, Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, Robert Hooks, Burgess Meredith, Faye Dunaway, Diahann Carroll, Beah Richards, Rex Ingram, George Stevens, Frank Converse, Madeleine Sherwood, Donna Danton, Luke Askew, Loring Smith, Steve Sanders, Jim Backus, Robert Reed, William Elder. Screenplay: Horton Foote and Thomas C. Ryan (based on the novel by K.B. Gilden).
Twitter Capsule: Wonky execution of wackadoo "Suthun" melodrama. And yet, a 60s-era Paperboy: some amazements lurk amid humid inanity.

Photo © 1967 Paramount Pictures/Otto Preminger Films, © 2010 Olive Films
Not yet reviewed in full. D


Golden Globe Nominations:
Most Promising Newcomer, Female: Faye Dunaway

Other Awards:
British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Promising Newcomer (Dunaway; also cited for Bonnie and Clyde)

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