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Crime And Punishment, U.S.A.

1959, Movie, NR, 96 mins

Crime And Punishment, U.S.A.: Review

An update of the Dostoyevsky novel from 19th-century St. Petersburg to 1959 Santa Monica. Raskolnikov has been changed to Robert Cole (played by George Hamilton in his first screen credit), a law student. His nemesis is Lieutenant Porter of the Santa Monica Police Department, played by Silvera. Hamilton murders a pawnbroker because he fears that his school tuition is driving his sister, Seldes, to marry a man she does not love for his money. Silvera suspects Hamilton even af... read more leave a comment