The Strange One

Smug, sadistic Southern military school senior Jocko De Paris (Ben Gazzara, in his film debut), enjoyed employing fear and intimidation to lord it over the underclassmen. When he opts to show up his headmaster (Larry Gates) by arranging a frame-job on his cadet son (Geoffrey Horne), he may have finally overplayed his hand. Director Jack Garfein’s powerful, subtext-loaded filming of the Calder Willingham novel and play "End as a Man" co-stars George Peppard, Pat Hingle, James Olson, Clifton James. 99 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English.