Death of a Salesman

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1hr 55min

Genre:

Drama

Release:

1951

Director:

Laslo Benedek

Distributor:

Nostalgia Family Video

Starring:

Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy ... More

Synopsis: It was considered a serious coup at Columbia Pictures when producer Stanley Kramer landed the rights to Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, and got most of the key members of the Broadway cast for the movie, plus Kevin McCarthy from the original London cast. The one exception was Lee J. Cobb, who'd done the part of Willy Loman on Broadway but, because of his alleged past left-wing political associations, couldn't do the movie -- so Kramer and Columbia went with a proven box office star, ... Full Synopsis

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	Craig Butler, AMG Review An amazingly faithful adaptation of Arthur Miller's stage masterpiece, Death of a Salesman is a powerful, disturbing, and wrenching film experience. Critics have argued for years over whether Miller's work qualifies as a tragedy, but it's impossible to deny the force and passion that pours forth from it. Given the unenviable task of replacing Lee J. Cobb, whose stage performance in the role was legendary, ... Read Review

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	Fredric March Willy Loman Mildred Dunnock Linda Loman Kevin McCarthy Biff Cameron Mitchell Happy Loman

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