Quando la bestia urla

Quando la bestia urla (1957)

Monkey on My Back

Durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, l'ex campione del mondo dei pesi leggeri Barney si arruola come marine a Guadalcanal. Contratta la malaria sul campo di battaglia, torna in patria come eroe nazionale ma è costretto a ricorrere a dosi massicce di morfina per resistere alle fitte di dolore. Cadrà nell'abisso della tossicodipendenza.

Data di uscita
1957-05-29
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (6)
Durata
1 h 34 min
Generi
Dramma
Regista
André de Toth

Cast

Curiosità

Monkey on My Back is a 1957 American biographical film directed by Andre de Toth. It stars Cameron Mitchell as Barney Ross, a real-life world champion boxer and World War II hero. Though heavily fictionalized, the film deals with Ross's addiction to heroin.

Production

Film rights to Barney Ross's story were bought in July 1955 by Imperial Pictures, a company owned by Edward Small. At the time it was titled God Was in My Corner.

The Motion Picture Association of America demanded the removal of a scene in which Barney inserts a hypodermic needle into his arm. Producer Edward Small appealed the directive and then released the film without the Production Code seal of approval, claiming that he had not heard a response to his appeal for two weeks.

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