Two Weeks in Another Town

In 1952, star Kirk Douglas, director Vincente Minnelli, producer John Houseman and screenwriter Charles Schnee teamed for what many consider the greatest drama ever made about Hollywood: The Bad and the Beautiful. Ten years later, they took another powerful insiders look at the movie business, this time adapting a book by Irwin Shaw. Douglas portrays has-been screen idol Jack Andrus. Just out of a sanitarium, Jack grabs at a small role in a movie shot in Rome by a director (Edward G. Robinson) whose career is also on the skids. When the director falls ill, Jack takes over, realizing this is his last shot at personal and professional redemption. Trenchant, confrontational and intensified by Minnellis genius for color, Two Weeks in Another Town captures the passion of creative people facing the abyss.

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Actor: Kirk Douglas
Actor: Edward G. Robinson
Actor: Cyd Charisse
Actor: George Hamilton
Actor: Daliah Lavi
Actor: Claire Trevor
Actor: James Gregory
Actor: Rosanna Schiaffino
Actor: Joanna Roos
Actor: George Macready