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...All the Marbles

...All the Marbles

Comedy · Drama · 1981

A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.

Movie details

...All the Marbles

“The California Dolls and their best friend Harry...Together they're going for...All The Marbles”

1981 Comedy · Drama 1h 53m

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Robert Aldrich

Written by

Mel Frohman

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

Harry Sears

Vicki Frederick

Vicki Frederick

Iris

Laurene Landon

Laurene Landon

Molly

Burt Young

Burt Young

Eddie Cisco

Tracy Reed

Tracy Reed

Diane

Ursaline Bryant

Ursaline Bryant

June

Claudette Nevins

Claudette Nevins

Solly

Court is in session

Put ...All the Marbles 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.