Sidney Kingsley

A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre.

This absorbing 1976 production of dramatist Sidney Kingsley's historical play centers on the formative days of the United States and the disputes between founding fathers Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Although the two men greatly respect each other, the deep-seated clash in their ideologies engenders conflict just as the fledgling country is beginning to take root.

뉴욕 강력계 경찰 제임스 맥레오드(커크 더글러스 분)는 범죄에 강박적으로 집착하며 타협이라곤 모른다. 또한 담당사건의 용의자들을 차갑게 대하다 못해 혐오한다. 뿐만 아니라 아내 메리(일리노어 파커 분)의 과거를 알게 되면서 그녀의 불결함을 용서하지 못한다. 이런 모습은 어린 시절 그를 학대하던 그의 아버지와 그로 인해 정신병원에서 죽은 어머니가 안겨준 고통으로 만들어졌다. 아버지의 트라우마에서 벗어나지 못하고 스스로 악마가 되어가는 그는 어느 날 수사중이던 한 범죄자의 총을 맞게 되는데...

Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it's "the thing to do" rather than deep-seated patriotism. On his first day, he's put into place by 'Snapshot', a sassy and attractive nurse. Their initial antagonism blossoms into romance. Lee then finds himself torn with guilt over being unfaithful to his wife, Penny, who's waiting for him back home.

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and his old girlfriend, Francey, now a syphilitic prostitute. Martin also crosses paths with Dave, a childhood friend struggling to make it as an architect, and the Dead End Kids, a gang of young boys roaming the streets of the city's East Side slums.

A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact that he considers an appointment in the operating room more important than attending a cocktail party. He soon drifts into an affair with a pretty nurse who shares his passion for healing.