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  • Adaptation Displacement: The film is considerably more well-known than the book.
  • Ensemble Dark Horse:
    • Whit Sterling has a reasonable fanbase for being a charismatic, affable, and smart mob boss towards Jeff and his close ones. Being portrayed by Kirk Douglas doesn't hurt either.
    • Jeff's second lover, Ann Miller can also be seen as one for being basically a benevolent counterpart to Kathie and genuinely loving and caring for Jeff and coming to his aid.
    • Jimmy the mute/deaf boy is beloved for being one of the sole characters to not have any dark, shady side to their personality. and also for leading hitman Joe to a mountainous stream in the woods and coming to Jeff's rescue as he's about to be shot, by killing Joe.
  • Evil Is Cool: Again, Whit Sterling is an easy contender for this film for reasons listed under the darkhorse section.
  • Retroactive Recognition: Kirk Douglas was not yet a major star when he was given an important, but relatively brief role in this film. He wouldn't become a major leading man in his own right till Champion two years later.

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