Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Maddyclassicfilms I Walk The Line is directed by John Frankenheimer, has a screenplay by Alvin Argent and is based on the novel by Madison Jones. The film stars Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld, Estelle Parsons, Ralph Meeker and Charles Durning.Peck plays Henry Tawes, a married Sheriff in a small American town. The story takes place during the depression years. Henry's ordered life is turned on its head when he meets the Alma(Tuesday Weld). The pair are drawn to one another and begin an affair. Henry struggles with his feelings for the much younger woman.Henry also has to deal with Alma's terrible father (a terrifying Ralph Meeker)and his own devious deputy(Charles Durning).Peck is utterly convincing as the man struggling against his own feelings and willing to risk all he has to have Alma. I think he gives one of his best performances here.Weld is excellent as the flirty Alma, who is torn between her way of life and the possibility of a different kind of life with Henry.Estelle Parsons doesn't get much to do as Henry's wife, I would have liked a few more scenes of her character, Parsons delivers a solid performance despite the short screen time.The film has a soundtrack by Johnny Cash, the theme song is that most famous of Johnny's songs Walk The Line; and it fits the story perfectly.I think it's a real shame that this is not one of Gregory Peck's better known films. His performance here is one of his best.

kijii This John Frankenheimer movie presents a low-action, sparsely-populated story about a married Tennessee county sheriff (Gregory Peck), who falls in love with a young girl (Tuesday Weld). Weld's father (Ralph Meeker) and younger brothers are illegally operating a still as a family business that probably goes back for decades and may go forward for decades more. The movie also stars Estelle Parsons as Peck's pathetic wife and Charles Durning Peck's as his deputy. This movie does not live up to the Frankenheimer standards that I learned to love from his early 60s black and white movies. The best part of the movie was Johnny Cash's singing of the title song.

MartinHafer This film is set somewhere in the South, though the film never indicates exactly where. I assume it's Tennessee or Arkansas as it's very hilly and the accents of most of the people would indicate that. The local sheriff begins an affair with the daughter of a moonshiner and this all leads to terrible consequences.I just read through the reviews on IMDb and I seem to be in the minority here, as I wasn't particularly happy with this film--some of it due to the odd casting of Gregory Peck. The reason I chose to see it was the presence of Peck. Heck, the man could read from a phone book on film and I'd watch it!! I've seen him in some campy films later in his career such as THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL and THE OMEN simply because even with these silly roles, he still managed to transcend it all. However, despite my love of his films, this one disappointed me very much. Instead of the strong and decent persona he played in such films as 12 O'CLOCK HIGH, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD,THE BIG COUNTRY and other films, here he manages to be a rather unlikable and difficult to understand character. I think the blandness of the guy he played was the biggest deficit in the film and for once he was miscast. I really think that Ralph Meeker (who played the moonshiner in the film) would have been better in the role, as he had a long career out of playing morally ambivalent characters--plus he was a heck of an actor in his own right (despite not being a household name). Charles Durning, a supporting actor in the movie, also could have carried off this role very well.Perhaps one of the best performances in the film was that of Estelle Parsons. For once, she had a part that seemed very suited to her. Her roles in films such as BONNY AND CLYDE and DON'T DRINK THE WATER (among others) didn't do a lot to allow her to do much character acting (though she did get the Oscar for BONNY because apparently they liked to see her shriek). Here, however, she is amazingly believable as a sad and lamentable wife who's losing her husband to a young nymph.Overall, despite bad casting, this isn't a bad film--but it also isn't a very good film. Its pluses are gritty realism and some of the Johnny Cash music (particularly the title song). Minuses are Peck and the vagueness of his character and the unbelievability of the affair between him and Tuesday Weld--two actors that don't exactly seem at place in the hills of the South. Simply put, the script wasn't exactly first-rate.

robert-miller-3 This is a very good film. Tuesday Weld and Gregory Peck give great performances. Never has Peck's 'stiff' style of acting been better suited for a role. He is wound so tight in this part it seems like he will explode any minute. His eyes and silent desperate yearning when he is looking at the truly beautiful Weld tell's the desperate needs of the man he portrays. Any man above forty will feel his pain and desire...and many his ultimate heartbreak. The original sound track by Johnny Cash is pitch perfect. The last scene of the film is truly remarkable and heartbreaking although it can be seen coming from the opening credits. This maybe Peck's most under-rated performance and Tuesday weld's best.