Melvyn Douglas and Patricia Neal get best acting Oscars and NOT Newman?
I thought Brandon De Wilde was very strong, as well.
Sure, Newman smirked, preened, posed, (I thought no human's hips could be cocked that violently, so repeatedly, and still function) and came perilously close to mugging...but he made the character breathe. Also, in the quieter moments, Newman had the seriousness and strength to make them work.
(I don't know but I'd bet this was based on a play; it had a bit too much dramatic flab for a purely film script?)
The direction was non-obtrusive and the cinematography was excellent (good Bernstein score, as usual).
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