CURRENT & CHOICE

Sweet Smell of Success. A whiff of the rat-tat-tattle machinations of a poison-penned Broadway columnist and his hatchetman; with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis cracking whiplash dialogue (TIME, June 24).

Twelve Angry Men. A thriller of ideas in which the right to trial (and error) by jury is cleverly cross-examined by Scriptwriter Reginald Rose, Actor Henry Fonda (TIME, April 29).

The Strange One. Calder Willingham's novel (End As a Man) about a Southern military academy makes a slick, sadistic thriller--a slashing good cinema debut for Broadway Actor Ben Gazzara (TIME, April 22).

Men in War. Director Anthony Mann and his camera tell a modest story of the Korean war with an intimate intensity that makes every theater seat feel like a foxhole; with Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray (TIME, April 8).

Fear Strikes Out. Psychiatry has a red-hot inning in this film biography of Red Sox Outfielder Jim Piersall, and 25-year-old Actor Anthony Perkins scores in the title role (TIME, March 18).

The Spirit of St. Louis. New York to Paris with Charles A. Lindbergh; Director Billy Wilder and Actor James Stewart make a good film about a great adventure (TIME, March 4).

Gold of Naples. Italian Director Vittorio De Sica makes high comedy of low life in Naples, and wins some superb performances from Sophia Loren, Silvana Mangano, Toto and Vittorio De Sica (TIME, Feb. 25).

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