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Title: Definitely an early sign of what was to come.
Review: First off, a quote from an earlier reviewer: "Poor Stanley. He got stuck with a pretty lame script for this one." Funny. You see--and I'm not making this up--KUBRICK WROTE THE SCREENPLAY!!! Moving on. This was an enjoyable, if flawed, film, with some great scenes . . . and some real duds. The direction is great (obviously), and the acting is, even at its worst, passable, but the story is lacking in inspiration. Still, pretty damn good for a director's second feature-length film.
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