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Bookmark this pageA Hole in the Head (1959)
Director: Frank Capra
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Capra's penultimate movie lacks the resonance of his '30s work, and is a fairly wilful attempt to make our hearts heave. Sinatra plays the widowed (with small son) owner of a peeling Miami Beach hotel which is about to be foreclosed by the banks. Robinson is his elder brother, and Parker is a lonely widow who might have the money to save the hotel, but Sinatra isn't that much of a heel. Frank sings 'High Hopes', and despite some good moments, one wishes the whole thing was a musical.Author: ATu
Cast & crew
Director: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Edward G Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Carolyn Jones, Thelma Ritter, Keenan Wynn full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 120 mins
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