Viewing tip: THE WORLD’S GREATEST SINNER

October 24th, 2008 at 10:53am Will Pfeifer

I’ve been hearing about this 1962 cult movie for years, but never managed to actually see it — mostly because, as far as I can tell, it’s never been released (legally at least) in videotape or DVD. But tonight (OK, technically speaking, Saturday morning) at 1 a.m., Turner Classic Movies is going to air this rare bit of early ’60s insanity as part of its wonderful, weekly TCM Underground series.

I have no idea if SINNER is any good. it could be brilliant or terrible. But it’s bound to be interesting.

 THE WORLD’S GREATEST SINNER is the creation of Timothy Carey, a character actor best known for small roles in two early Stanley Kubrick classics, THE KILLING and PATHS OF GLORY. Carey was a character in real life, too, and singlehandedly brought this story of an ex-insurance salesman turned rock star turned cult leader to cinema life. He wrote it, he directed it, and he stars in it.

Like I said, I can’t really recommend this one way or another, but you can bet I’ll have my DVR set to capture every oddball frame of this forgotten film. If you like offbeat cinema, I’d suggest you do the same.

Here’s a clip to give you just a taste of the film’s crazed energy…

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