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This Property Is Condemned

This Property Is Condemned

Drama · Romance · 1966

Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.

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This Property Is Condemned

“Call her what you want. Do with her what you will. But remember...”

1966 Drama · Romance 1h 50m

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sydney Pollack

Written by

Fred Coe · Edith R. Sommer · Francis Ford Coppola

Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood

Alva Starr

Robert Redford

Robert Redford

Owen Legate

Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

J.J. Nichols

Kate Reid

Kate Reid

Hazel Starr

Mary Badham

Mary Badham

Willie Starr

Alan Baxter

Alan Baxter

Knopke

Robert Blake

Robert Blake

Sidney

Court is in session

Put This Property Is Condemned on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.