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« B THE MIAMI HERALD Friday, February ff. 1959 i ilMHMm-1 T------ ------------- 1 ■....... 1 —— ' miM—— ..................Rooney Excellent*In6Lastv GEORGE BOIRKE4tt»rThe Last Mile,” at the Florida, Corel and Colony Theaters, ia a melodrama dealing with a re\olt in the death house cellblock of a prison. In it Mickey Rooney turns In a bang-bang-up performance in the Killer Mears role which Spencer Tracy originated in the Broadway version back in 1930.rIt is an exciting bit of melodrama once the ambitiousbut hopoless-from-the-start at-to break out is underway but theearly sequences, during w h i c hthe threat ofthe chair is ac-c e n t u a t e d.are positively/V BRIEFMickeyRooner scores as ruthlesskiller in remake of classicMovieReviewabout a Heath cell escapeattemptJannev. former child star asa sadistic officer, and FrankOverton, as a priest.Munful m their detailOnly two arts are uaed ha call block and t warden’s office.Young FolksProgram FridavIn the final reels Director Howard Koch skillfully keepsthe action shifting back and forth via the inter-com system through which Rooney is doing his bargaining for safe passage out of the prison.Koch has cast all parts in •The Last Mile well.Outstanding are those of Clifford Da\ is. as the prisoner iwaiting a stay of execution * ith the chair only minutes iway; Don Barry, as a cell-^lock guard who plays cat-and-■nouse with his charges; LeonLloyd William*, vice-president of the Tropical Audubon Society, will present hi* own wildlife films at the Miami Public Library tonight at 7:30.The movie, Indians of the Southwest also will be shown. Co-sponsor is the Tropical Audubon Society and the MiamiPublic Library- All young people are welcome.A dance team of the O-Shot* Kaw Lodge. Order of The Arrow will illustrate Indian dances.PDO THE LIMBO!
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Miami Herald
Miami, Florida, US
Fri, Feb 06, 1959
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