Park Row

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Park Row

1952,

1h 23m,

Drama

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89%

9 Reviews

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85%

250+ Ratings

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89%

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9 Reviews

85%

Popcornmeter

250+ Ratings

Reporter Phineas Mitchell (Gene Evans) works at a successful newspaper, the Star, but does not respect the publication. After sharing his thoughts about a moral and just newspaper at a local pub, he inspires his colleagues to join him in starting a new paper, the Globe, which is an instant hit. However, the publisher of the Star, Charity Hackett (Mary Welch), will not give up her readership easily and orders sabotage on the Globe -- even as Phineas begins to fall for her.

Leonard Maltin

leonardmaltin.com

Jul 7, 2011

I decided to revisit an old favorite I hadn't seen in decades, Samuel Fuller's Park Row, and I'm delighted to report that it holds up 100%. If you're unfamiliar with Fuller's work I don't know how to prepare you; it is unique in all of American...

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Jan 21, 2006

Enthusiasm flows into every nook and cranny of this cozy movie: when violence breaks out in the cramped-looking set of the title street, the camera weaves in and out of the buildings as through they were a sports arena, in a single take.

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Manny Farber

The Nation

Jan 7, 2021

With its lack of fluidity -- two huge faces usually dominate the screen -- and a cast that is all wrong, the only virtue the movie has is a certain brazen rashness.

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Sean Axmaker

Seanax.com

Mar 24, 2016

Park Row is driven by Fuller's love of old-school journalism ideals and newspaper wars.

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Nov 3, 2013

In this heartfelt portrait of the artist as choleric muckraker, Fuller is a stirred engineer keeping an unflagging flow of cracked energy between performers and lenses

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Jun 17, 2011

It of course lost money but remained the director's personal favorite and one of his masterpieces.

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Hagrid P

Mar 30, 2018

This is rough, sometimes corny, but never dull. The enthusiasm for journalism and over-the-top performances should be enough to win most people over. And it stands the test of time as a loving tribute to print and newspaper journalism.

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Synopsis

Reporter Phineas Mitchell (Gene Evans) works at a successful newspaper, the Star, but does not respect the publication. After sharing his thoughts about a moral and just newspaper at a local pub, he inspires his colleagues to join him in starting a new paper, the Globe, which is an instant hit. However, the publisher of the Star, Charity Hackett (Mary Welch), will not give up her readership easily and orders sabotage on the Globe -- even as Phineas begins to fall for her.

Director: Samuel Fuller
Producer: Samuel Fuller
Screenwriter: Samuel Fuller
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: Samuel Fuller Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 12, 1952, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 23m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Flat (1.37:1)

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