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The Strange One is a 1957 American film noir about students faced with an ethical dilemma in a military college in the Southern United States. It was directed by Jack Garfein, produced by Sam Spiegel, and was adapted from a novel and stage play by Calder Willingham called End as a Man.
The Strange One: Directed by Jack Garfein. With Ben Gazzara, Pat Hingle, Peter Mark Richman, Arthur Storch. Students faced with an ethical dilemma about the dehumanization associated with the tradition of hazing, at a military college in the Southern United States, take matters in their own hands.
The Strange One (1957), a psychological drama about military school mores and veiled homosexuality, was promoted as the first picture shot entirely by a cast and crew from New York's the Actors Studio, and the connection shows. Both the power and self-indulgence of that particular school of performing is on ample display here.
With the begrudging help of his roommate, Harry (Pat Hingle), Jocko bullies the younger students into doing his bidding. Because he has the entire student body under his thumb, Jocko always ...
Sep 11, 2009 · A 1957 adaptation of a stage play about a sadistic cadet at a military college, starring Ben Gazzara and George Peppard. The film explores homosexuality as a pathology and features a gay undercurrent, but was censored and largely unseen.
A sadistic upperclassman at a military college in the South manipulates events to expel the son of the headmaster and terrorizes his victims. His conspirators eventually turn against him and face their own dilemma of ethics and justice.
Censored in its original theatrical release for its homosexual undertones, The Strange One is presented restored and uncut for the first time on DVD.
