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Violent Saturday

Play trailer Poster for Violent Saturday 1955,  1h 31m,  Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 80% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 69% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
80% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
For the residents of a small mining town, the weekend begins like any other in their respective lives. Shelley Martin (Victor Mature) is a man who yearns for his son's respect. Boyd Fairchild (Richard Egan), a cuckold, still loves his wife. Bank manager Harry Reeves (Tommy Noonan) is a voyeur, while librarian Elsie Braden (Sylvia Sidney) is a thief. But when a gang of criminals led by the vicious Harper (Stephen McNally) holds up the town's bank, all of their lives change dramatically.

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Eric Kohn New York Press Feb 27, 2008
Violent Saturday seems rooted in tradition, but as an exciting pulp story with a profound center, it manages to break all the rules. Go to Full Review
Nick Pinkerton Village Voice Feb 27, 2008
The cast is a museum exhibit on the nigh-extinct art of scaled-in American bit acting, with the magnificent Sylvia Sidney as the daughter of a prominent family brought low, her flashing pridefulness intact, and Tommy Noonan as a peeping poltroon. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Apr 19, 2011
B
... Ernest Borgnine as a pacifist Amish farmer plunging a pitchfork into the back of the devil character played by Lee Marvin .... Go to Full Review
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Goatdog's Movies Oct 18, 2008
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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Richard Fleischer

Director

Victor Mature

Shelley Martin

Richard Egan

Boyd Fairchild

Stephen McNally

Harper

Virginia Leith

Linda Sherman

Tommy Noonan

Harry Reeves

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Violent Saturday

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Movie Info

Synopsis For the residents of a small mining town, the weekend begins like any other in their respective lives. Shelley Martin (Victor Mature) is a man who yearns for his son's respect. Boyd Fairchild (Richard Egan), a cuckold, still loves his wife. Bank manager Harry Reeves (Tommy Noonan) is a voyeur, while librarian Elsie Braden (Sylvia Sidney) is a thief. But when a gang of criminals led by the vicious Harper (Stephen McNally) holds up the town's bank, all of their lives change dramatically.
Director
Richard Fleischer
Producer
Buddy Adler
Screenwriter
Sydney Boehm
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 20, 1955, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2010
Runtime
1h 31m
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