This Property Is Condemned

"Call her what you want. Do with her what you will. But remember..."

1966 1h 50m EN

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6.4

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62%

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★6.4TMDB · 109🍅62%Rotten Tomatoes★7IMDB · 6,444

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.

“Call her what you want. Do with her what you will. But remember...”

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Cast

Natalie Wood
Alva Starr
Robert Redford
Owen Legate
Charles Bronson
J.J. Nichols
Kate Reid
Hazel Starr
Mary Badham
Willie Starr
Alan Baxter
Knopke
Robert Blake
Sidney
Dabney Coleman
Salesman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sydney Pollack
Writers: Fred Coe, Edith R. Sommer, Francis Ford Coppola
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $4.6M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 56% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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60 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

AWARDS

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Directed by Sydney Pollack, shot by James Wong Howe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kenyon Hopkins. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Adrienne Fazan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Natalie Wood and Robert Redford and Charles Bronson carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Call her what you want. Do with her what you will. But remember...".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sydney Pollack directs. James Wong Howe behind the camera. Kenyon Hopkins scores. Adrienne Fazan cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $4.6M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 56% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
360 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Directed by Sydney Pollack, shot by James Wong Howe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Kenyon Hopkins. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Adrienne Fazan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Natalie Wood and Robert Redford and Charles Bronson carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Call her what you want. Do with her what you will. But remember...".
9IMDB entry: tt0061089 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: James Wong Howe
Original score: Kenyon Hopkins
Editing: Adrienne Fazan
Production design: Stephen B. Grimes
Costume design: Edith Head
Makeup / hair: Edwin Butterworth
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Status: Released
Budget: $4,620,000
Box office: $2,600,000
Return: 56% of budget
Original language: EN
IMDB: This Property Is Condemned (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes: 62% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 7/10 · 6,444 votes
MPAA: Unrated

Awards

2 nominations

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What people are saying

Wuchak2026-05-05
★ 6/10
Melodramatic Southern Gothic with Robert Redford and Natalie Wood This is the film that ended Tennessee Williams’ reign at the box office with six hits or semi-hits from 1951-1964. Of course, this isn’t purely a Tennessee Williams movie since Francis Ford Coppola and a couple of other scriptwriters expanded his sad story with added characters and a romance. The events take place in 1932-1933 and The Depression milieu is great. You can feel the humidity with the social dynamics being almost surreal and Charles Bronson, Robert Blake and Dabney Coleman showing up in peripheral parts. The opening bookend is unnecessary, however, and gives away a tragic plot point. Yet I love the way the flick opens with Willie tight-roping the train tracks. Also, there are predictable bits. For instance, you just know what’s going to happen to nonchalant Owen (Redford) as he walks around without a care in the world. It’s similar to “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter,” which came out two years later, although that one was a modest hit at the box office. If you liked Brando’s “The Fugitive Kind,” this treads similar terrain, although I personally prefer that one. It runs 1h 50m and was shot Oct-Jan 1965-1966 in Bay St. Louis on the Gulf coast of Mississippi, and Biloxi just east of there, as well as New Orleans, which is an hour’s drive to the southwest. Additional stuff was done in Los Angeles. GRADE: B-

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