Truly a film questioning ethics and morale values is this 1956 film.
While accumulating material to use for a eulogy in memory of a radio personality who died in an auto wreck, our reporter, Jose Ferrer, discovers that the person who was loved by the people wasn't exactly made of true virtuous ideals.
Ferrer is excellent and is surrounded by a wonderful supporting cast- Keenan Wynn as a loud mouth agent looking to take full advantage of the guy's death, Ed Wynn, who gave the guy his start and lived to regret it, and Julie London, as a singer in the guy's orbit. Jim Backus and Dean Jagger are typical company men, and the latter, the president of the Broadcasting Association will go to the way of the wind when it suits him best.
The 3 interviewed at the viewing for the fallen hero represented cross-sections of opinion here and Henny Backus is quite effective in her brief screen performance.
Great to see that morality won out over greed and desire in the end.
While accumulating material to use for a eulogy in memory of a radio personality who died in an auto wreck, our reporter, Jose Ferrer, discovers that the person who was loved by the people wasn't exactly made of true virtuous ideals.
Ferrer is excellent and is surrounded by a wonderful supporting cast- Keenan Wynn as a loud mouth agent looking to take full advantage of the guy's death, Ed Wynn, who gave the guy his start and lived to regret it, and Julie London, as a singer in the guy's orbit. Jim Backus and Dean Jagger are typical company men, and the latter, the president of the Broadcasting Association will go to the way of the wind when it suits him best.
The 3 interviewed at the viewing for the fallen hero represented cross-sections of opinion here and Henny Backus is quite effective in her brief screen performance.
Great to see that morality won out over greed and desire in the end.