The Story on Page One

The Story on Page One (1959)

Did their relationship have to lead to murder?

An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.

Date of release
1959-12-01
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (6)
Runtime
2h 3m
Genres
Drama
Director
Clifford Odets

Casting

Interesting facts

The Story on Page One is a 1959 American drama film written and directed by Clifford Odets, and starring Rita Hayworth, Anthony Franciosa, and Gig Young. Shot in CinemaScope, the film was distributed by 20th Century-Fox.

Production

The Story On Page One is the second and last film directed by playwright Clifford Odets, coming fifteen years after his first one, the 1944 Cary Grant drama, None But the Lonely Heart.

Film historian Gene Ringgold quotes Odets, at the time of film's opening in 1959: "I started The Story on Page One as an eight-scene play, twelve years ago. The title for it was The Murder Story. I'd go back to it between other jobs. I'd talk about it. I told Jerry Wald and Bill Goetz about it. Then one night Wald said to me, 'How would you like to write and direct your own Murder Story as a movie?' To be able to direct a movie was the fat bait.

The film also marks the first of only three big-screen appearances by the noted acting teacher Sanford Meisner, who plays one of the prosecuting attorneys.

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