Rating: - Danny kaye at hismost serious
In one of his last film roles Danny Kaye becomes deadly serious,as he gets involved in a row splitting a town apart - should Nazi sympathisers be given a platform for their views? The Jewish residents think not. Judge for yourself.
Rating: - SKOKIE
After looking forward sometime to viewing this film, I am sad to report that the film is far too fragmented. What could have been a very thought provoking movie, turned out to be a failure.
The acting was very wooden in parts, only Kaye rose above the average school of players.
The subject matter could have been alot more hard hitting, for if this was based on fact, it was far to limp.
Rating: - Good to see this again
"Skokie" was, I believe, the last vehicle for Danny Kaye, and one of his few serious roles. I was most impressed with it when it first aired, and had tried to find it over the years since. Danny Kaye is terrific, and surprising, in the role he plays. A young George Dzundza, whom I did not remember as having been in it, delivered an excellent performance as well. Over all I was delighted with the DVD although I wish there had been some more of the history of the true incident, and of the fine cast, included as special features.
Rating: - Lest We Forget
He could have his pick of them, but this is the only film role Danny Kaye took after a 12 year retirement of sorts.
He managed to sandwich in Skokie amid a slew of TV specials, tributes, and various other glorified career retrospectives. It would be his last significant work before the cameras, and it proved to be some of his finest.
The subject matter may seem corny or outdated to a young person, but not to anyone who knows the dark side of history the Nazis created.
And now here in a land where liberal communist sympathizers had been attacked at every turn for decades by the authorities, the conservative neo-Nazi party was enjoying a blind eye being turned to them. They were allowed to run rampant, particularly in America's East, and specifically in Illinois.
The main cast, featuring the great Mr. Kaye, Kim Hunter, Ed Flanders and Lee Strasberg (all of whom are sadly ... Read More
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