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What was Paul Newman’s first feature film?

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Paul Newman’s first feature film was the 1954 production The Silver Chalice.1

Although the film was widely panned by critics—with Newman himself famously labeling it the worst movie made in the 1950s—it marked the beginning of his film career following a contract with Warner Brothers. His breakthrough performance would come two years later in the 1956 film Somebody Up There Likes Me, where he portrayed the boxer Rocky Graziano.1