Rent The Strange One (1957)
3.5 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 40min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Jocko De Paris (Ben Gazzara) is a bullying cadet staff sergeant at a Southern military academy. When he decides to frame cadet George Avery Jr. (Geoffrey Horne), son of Major George Avery Sr. (Larry Gates), Jocko's past misdeeds begin to come back to haunt him as his fellow students unite against him.
- Actors:
- Ben Gazzara, Pat Hingle, Peter Mark Richman, Arthur Storch, Paul E. Richards, Larry Gates, Clifton James, Geoffrey Horne, James Olson, Julie Wilson, George Peppard, Vergel Cook
- Directors:
- Jack Garfein
- Producers:
- Sam Spiegel
- Writers:
- Calder Willingham
- Aka:
- End as a Man
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 3
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/04/2020
- Run Time:
- 100 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Two presentations of the film: 'The Strange One', with the original US title sequence; and 'End as a Man', with the rarely seen UK titles
- Audio commentary with critic Nick Pinkerton (2020)
- Finding Direction (2020, 11 mins): director Jack Garfein recalls his feature debut and his work with the Actors Studio
- Ben Gazzara Remembers 'The Strange One' (2009, 11 mins): archival interview with the acclaimed actor
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- Original theatrical trailer
- World premiere on Blu-ray
