Strangers When We Meet / Town Without Pity - 2-DVD Set

Strangers When We Meet / Town Without Pity - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
220 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1960 - 1961 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Richard Quine
Gottfried Reinhardt

Written By:
Evan Hunter
George Hurdalek

Actors:
Kirk Douglas ..... Larry Coe
Kim Novak ..... Margaret 'Maggie' Gault
Ernie Kovacs ..... Roger Altar
Barbara Rush ..... Eve Coe
Walter Matthau ..... Felix Anders
Virginia Bruce ..... Mrs. Wagner
Kent Smith ..... Stanley Baxter
Helen Gallagher ..... Betty Anders
John Bryant ..... Ken Gault
Roberta Shore ..... Linda Harder
Nancy Kovack ..... Marcia
Carol Douglas ..... Honey Blonde
Paul Picerni ..... Arthur Gerandi
Ernest Sarracino ..... Frank Di Labbia
Harry Jackson ..... Bud Ramsey
Kirk Douglas ..... Maj. Steve Garrett
Barbara Rütting ..... Inge Koerner
Christine Kaufmann ..... Karin Steinhof
E.G. Marshall ..... Col. Jerome Pakenham
Hans Nielsen ..... Karl Steinhof
Ingrid van Bergen ..... Trude
Robert Blake ..... Cpl. Jim Larkin
Richard Jaeckel ..... Cpl. Birdwell "Birdie" Scott
Frank Sutton ..... Sgt. Chuck Snyder
Karin Hardt ..... Frau Steinhof
Gerhart Lippert ..... Frank Borgmann
Mal Sondock ..... Pvt. Joey Haines
Alan Gifford ..... Gen. Stafford
Max Haufler ..... Dr. Urban
Rose Renée Roth ..... Frau Kulig

Synopsis:

Strangers When We Meet (1960)
Sexual misconduct in white-collar suburbia is the topic of this routine melodrama involving two neighboring couples. Architect Larry Coe (Kirk Douglas), unhappy with his wife Eve's (Barbara Rush) fixation on their bank balance, starts taking an interest in Maggie Gault (Kim Novak), whose husband has been losing interest in her. The two steal several illicit moments together, but this activity has not gone unnoticed. Good ol' neighbor Felix (Walter Matthau) figures that Eve might be feeling a little neglected, so he decides to move into the picture. Richard Quine's direction is an asset to an otherwise clichéd tale.
Town Without Pity (1961)
When four young American soldiers are accused of raping a girl from a German village near their camp, Major Steve Garrett is assigned the distasteful task of defending them. It soon becomes clear that the Army, the villagers, and even the girl's family are more interested in revenge than in the welfare of the distraught victim. Garrett is faced with the dilemma of destroying the girl on the witness stand in order to save the lives of his clients.

Strangers When We Meet (1960)
Architect Larry Coe has a wife and family, but becomes embroiled in an affair with beautiful Maggie Gault, a neighbor with her own family. The two lovers are forced to face the choice between love and loyalty.
Town Without Pity (1961)
In 1960 Germany, Army lawyer Major Steve Garrett is assigned to defend four American soldiers charged with raping 16 year-old Karin Steinhof. She was swimming in a nearby river when the four of them came across her and they were soon arrested thereafter. Maj. Garrett is anything but impressed with his clients but his job is to give them the best defense possible. He tries to obtain a plea bargain but Karin's father flatly refuses and the prosecutor, Colonel Jerome Pakenham, is seeking the death penalty. In order for the death penalty to be applied, the defense attorney must have the opportunity to thoroughly examine the victim under oath. He sympathizes with Karin and does his best to convince Karin father to keep her from testifying. When he refuses, Garrett is left will little choice but to attack her on the stand.

Strangers When We Meet (1960)
A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.
Town Without Pity (1961)
Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett.

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