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Death of a Salesman (1951) Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Cameron Mitchell
Death of a Salesman (1951) Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Cameron Mitchell
 
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It was considered a serious coup at Columbia Pictures when producer Stanley Kramer landed the rights to Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, and got most of the key members of the Broadway cast for the movie, plus Kevin McCarthy from the original London cast. The one exception was Lee J. Cobb, who'd done the part of Willy Loman on Broadway but, because of his alleged past left-wing political associations, couldn't do the movie -- so Kramer and Columbia went with a proven box office star, Fredric March. He plays Willy Loman, who has spent a lifetime pursuing success, only to find himself a failure at age 60, a victim of poor choices, lost opportunities, and unreasonable expectations, especially for his two sons, and in particular the older one, Biff (Kevin McCarthy). Despite the support of his loving, patient wife Linda (Mildred Dunnock, in the performance of a lifetime), Willy's life comes apart along with his hold on reality, as he increasingly slips between the present and the past, reliving incidents in a desperate search for what went wrong.

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5 of 5 5 stars January 12, 2022
Reviewer: William Messing from Saint Paul, MN United States  
I am very happy to have received this and AMAZED that this DVD is not much more widely available!!!!

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5 of 5 Superb Interpretation, Good Quality August 18, 2019
Reviewer: christina martin from Las Vegas, NV United States  
Excellent value for this DVD. Frederic March gives a heart-rending performance. Hard to find such a DVD.

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5 of 5 Death of a Salesman July 5, 2018
Reviewer: Pierre Renoudet from Burbank, CA United States  
This is a movie that I had not seen since it was first released.  It was as good as I remembered
it being.

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4 of 5 A rare opportunity September 8, 2017
Reviewer: Donald Hatch from San Anselmo, CA United States  
I've never been very fond of this play. However, this has been a rare opportunity to see the film version. As far as I know, it is not available anywhere else. Frederick March gives a highly emotional and moving performance. The creative use of lighting and camerawork to show the jumps from one time period to another is extremely effective.

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5 of 5 A neglected classic June 17, 2017
Reviewer: Patrick Hunter from Panorama City, CA United States  
The print is not the best, but is highly watchable for a superb realization of Miller's play.

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