They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
People are the ultimate spectacle.
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A bleak, exhausting portrait of human desperation during the Depression, where a dance marathon becomes a brutal spectacle of suffering and exploitation.
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
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