Now I've finished watching This Property is Condemned. This Property Is Condemned Two kids (Badham and Provost) are sitting at a railway station. By Leigh Banks | December 28, 2020 | Comments 1 comment. This Property Is Condemned is about escaping the confining strictures of small-town life, or a stifling career, and finding freedom within conformity, and Redford and Wood both know something about that. One day as she walks on the railroad tracks, she meets 16-year-old Tom. I have never been so afraid in all my life. I think Natalie Wood's mother in this film could rival her mother in Splendor in the Grass and Kim Novak's in Picnic. This Property Is Condemned (1966) Full Cast & Crew. Overall, I really liked it. Good grief. The government will seize any condemned property and all occupants must then vacate the property. Okay. This Property Is Condemned This is a handsomely-mounted, well acted Depression era drama about the effect of rail-road retrenchment on a group of boarding-house people. There are a lot of reasons houses can be condemned. This Property Is Condemned mistakes Continuity mistake : Alva writes the postcard to Willie with the card perfectly aligned to the drawboard in the wider shots, but across the corner in the close-up. Andrea Martin-Banks writes: I CAN HEAR the clock tick. Directed by (1) Writing credits (5) Cast (30) Produced by (2) Music by (1) Cinematography by (1) Film Editing by (1) Production Design by (1) Art Direction by (2) Set Decoration by (1) Costume Design by (1) Makeup Department (4) Visit the Bay St Louis Depot which served as the Depot in the movie, the Depot District which served as the town, & the Starr Boarding House which served as the hub of social life in the small town. "This Property Is Condemned" is a 1966 classic film starring Robert Redford, Natalie Wood, Charles Bronson, & Mary Badham filmed mostly in Bay St Louis. The filmmaking style was also a little different, for instance This Property Is Condemned opens up a Tennessee Williams play by using crane and helicopter shots. The house has been like this for more than a week now, ever since we got permission to knock it down. I thought this was a great melodrama and it was very compelling. This Property is Condemned. It also opens up this minor Williams by extending the one-act play into a three act structure. In flashback, Badham relates to her companion the sordid tale of her much admired, deceased sister. For fans of Williams’ work, though, this production is a must-see. Really any situation in which there is a significant safety risk to the occupants or people in the area is a reason to condemn a house. A condemned house is one that the government has decided is unfit for any occupants. 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