The Fixer is a 1968 British drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde and Georgia Brown.[1]

The Fixer
Directed byJohn Frankenheimer
Screenplay byDalton Trumbo
Based onThe Fixer
by Bernard Malamud
Produced byEdward Lewis Productions; John Frankenheimer Productions
Starring
CinematographyMarcel Grignon
Edited byHenry Berman
Music byMaurice Jarre
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 8 December 1968 (1968-12-08)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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The film is based on Bernard Malamud's novel The Fixer, which in turn was inspired by the 1913 trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis, a Russian Jew who was falsely accused of having ritually murdered a Ukrainian boy named Andrei Yushchinsky, an example of the Blood Libel.[2][3]

Cast

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Despite all the obvious effort and time that has been put into the production, it remains a protracted, and terribly dull, attempt at the 'serious' treatment of a literary subject – the kind of film in which one has to admire much of the acting simply because it is all there is to admire. ... Frankenheimer used a Hungarian crew to make The Fixer. It is just a pity that one of the first really ambitious attempts at East-West co-operation should turn out so limp."[4]

Accolades

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Alan Bates was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "The Fixer". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  2. ^ Ebert, Roger. "The Fixer Review". Roger Ebert. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Reviews. The Fixer".
  4. ^ "The Fixer". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 36 (420): 230. 1 January 1969. ProQuest 1305830594 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ "The Fixer". Academy Awards. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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