A definite classic

Rating: 9/10 (12 March 2006)

Jackie Gleason stole the show, no doubt here. My big question is the music score..is it available anywhere? The score, to be urban jazz flavored, was HAUNTING! It just grabbed me right around the heart and held on for dear life! Kenyon Hopkins was a GENIUS! The music goes a long way in helping to convey the dark underside of the city. We can sit here and talk about the lighting, why the film was shot in B&W, and why Gleason didn't get an Oscar for his role here...but those things have been said time and time again. I'm a musician by profession. The music can carry a film when the acting is poor. In this case, the film and the score are both beyond compare. Sadly, the only way to get the score is to buy the movie.