This Property Is Condemned
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Theatrical Release Poster by Frank McCarthy
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| Directed by | Sydney Pollack |
| Produced by |
John Houseman Ray Stark |
| Written by |
Francis Ford Coppola Fred Coe Edith Sommer |
| Starring |
Natalie Wood Robert Redford Charles Bronson Kate Reid Mary Badham |
| Music by | Kenyon Hopkins |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Edited by | Adrienne Fazan |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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110 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.62 million |
| Box office | $2.6 million (est. US/ Canada rentals) |
This Property Is Condemned is a 1966 American drama film starring Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Kate Reid, Charles Bronson and Mary Badham and directed by Sydney Pollack. The screenplay was written by Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Coe and Edith Sommer. The story was adapted from the 1946 one-act play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. The film was released by Paramount Pictures.
The depression-era story takes place in the fictional Mississippi town of Dodson. Owen Legate (Robert Redford), working for the railroad which provides much of the economic base for the town, comes to town on an unpopular errand. Natalie Wood plays Alva Starr, a pretty town flirt who finds herself stuck in this small town and very much attracted to the handsome stranger.
Many (or all) of the scenes of Dodson were actually filmed in the town of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, about 60 miles east of New Orleans. Midway through the film the viewer can hear an off-stage director yell "Cut!" before the scene actually ends.
For her performance, Natalie Wood received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama.
The film is a frame story in which an unkempt girl, Willie Starr (Mary Badham), tells the story of her dead sister Alva (Natalie Wood) to Tom, a boy who she meets on the abandoned railroad tracks of Dodson, Mississippi in the 1930s. The viewer sees this story in flashback.
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