Watch: No Down Payment 1957 123movies, Full Movie Online – The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are ne’er-do-well Jerry Flagg and his long-suffering wife Isabelle, flirtatious Leola Boone and her sadistic husband Troy, hard working Herman Kreitzer and his understanding wife Betty, and newlyweds Jean and David Martin..
Plot: The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are ne’er-do-well Jerry Flagg and his long-suffering wife Isabelle, flirtatious Leola Boone and her sadistic husband Troy, hard working Herman Kreitzer and his understanding wife Betty, and newlyweds Jean and David Martin.
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Good, adult entertainment.
It may not be Peyton Place but this tight-knit Californian community is still plagued by maritial infidelity, heavy drinking, domestic abuse, rape and, of course, racial prejudice. Martin Ritt’s “No Down Payment” benefits from being well-written, (Philip Yordan), nicely photographed in black-and-white Cinemascope, (Joseph LaShelle), and it features a good cast of up-and-coming Fox stars headed by Joanne Woodward, (very good), though it’s Tony Randall and Pat Hingle who walk off with the picture. Considered very daring and adult in its day, it now seems pretty tame but it did pave the way for a number of ‘grown-up’ American movies in the late fifties and early sixties and is actually a very good example of its kind. Worth rediscovering.
Not Much In The Way of Rewards, Either
Four couples in a community of look-alike houses. On the outside they seem attractive and up-and-coming. Inside they are in bad shape.Tony Randall and Sheree North are one unlikely couple. To be honest, keeping tack of all the couples was a bit difficult. The characters were not well differentiated.
The most interesting is Joanne Woodward and Cameron Mitchell. He is a very angry person. Mitchell looks uncharacteristically beefy and brawny but his performance is excellent. He does a pretty terrible thing, which has repercussions for many in the community.
Many of the performers did far more interesting work elsewhere. Pat Hingle, one of the husbands, for example. But the characters and characterization are as generic as the houses.
(I was interested, as a total aside, to note that all the houses seemed to have paintings on their walls. This seemed unlikely.) Mitchell and Woodward stand out, though. And their story is truly moving.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 45 min (105 min) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Drama
Director Martin Ritt
Writer Philip Yordan, John McPartland, Ben Maddow
Actors Joanne Woodward, Sheree North, Tony Randall
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 2 BAFTA 1 win & 2 nominations total
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Sound Mix 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
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Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process CinemaScope (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm