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17 July 2021

The Last Angry Man (1959)


The Last Angry Man
is a sort of late 1950s early 1960s prestige drama, the kind that Arthur Miller would write – about principles and such. Not that I'm knocking it, but it's a drama that is tired of the world we live in, and it hopes people can be better than the modern world is making them. The Last Angry Man, however, is elevated by a brilliant performance by the great Paul Muni, and supporting turns from Billy Dee Williams and Claudia McNeil. And look for Cicely Tyson in a cameo!

I watched this as part of a series of Paul Muni films playing on the Criterion Channel.

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