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In 1952, star Kirk Douglas, director Vincente Minnelli, producer John Houseman and screenwriter Charles Schnee teamed for what many consider the greatest drama ever made about Hollywood: The Bad and the Beautiful.
Ten years later, they took another powerful insider’s look at the movie business, this time adapting a book by Irwin Shaw.
Douglas portrays has-been screen idol Jack Andrus. Just out of a sanitarium, Jack grabs at a small role in a movie shot in Rome by a director (Edward G. Robinson) whose career is also on the skids. When the director falls ill, Jack takes over, realizing this is his last shot at personal and professional redemption.
Trenchant, confrontational, intensified by Minnelli’s genius for color, Two Weeks in Another Town captures the passion of creative people facing the abyss.
Original Release
08/17/1962
US Release
08/17/1962
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Kirk Douglas | Jack Andrus |
Edward G. Robinson | Maurice Kruger |
Cyd Charisse | Carlotta |
George Hamilton | Davie Drew |
Daliah Lavi | Veronica |
Claire Trevor | Clara Kruger |
James Gregory | Brad Byrd |
Rosanna Schiaffino | Barzelli |
Joanna Roos | Janet Bark |
George Macready | Lew Jordan |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kirk Douglas | Jack Andrus |
Edward G. Robinson | Maurice Kruger |
Cyd Charisse | Carlotta |
George Hamilton | Davie Drew |
Daliah Lavi | Veronica |
Claire Trevor | Clara Kruger |
James Gregory | Brad Byrd |
Rosanna Schiaffino | Barzelli |
Joanna Roos | Janet Bark |
George Macready | Lew Jordan |
Mino Doro | Tucino |
Stefan Schnabel | Zeno |
Vito Scotti | Assistant Director |
Tom Palmer | Dr. Cold Eyes |
Erich von Stroheim Jr. | Ravinksi |
Leslie Uggams | Chanteuse |
Edit Angold | German Tourist |
Albert Carrier | Mario |
Steve Carruthers | Dignitary |
James J. Casino | Caterer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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John Houseman | Producer |
Ethel Winant | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1963 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Nominated |