The reviewers were not kind to the leading actors. Most of the major critics heaped scorn on Wall of Noise's unsympathetic, selfish characters. Now Matt wants to buy the racehorse, but Joel refuses to sell. Matt fires Joel, who then borrows the money from an ailing agent, Johnny Papadakis (Simon Oakland), who happens to be in love with Ann (Dorothy Provine), Joel's previous girlfriend. She begins an affair with Joel and tries to slip him some money to bid on a promising horse. Laura, Matt's unhappy trophy wife (Suzanne Pleshette) wants her freedom. But Joel's main concern is gathering enough money to buy his own racehorse at auction. The coarse building contractor Matt (Ralph Meeker) wants to dabble in horses, and hires ambitious trainer Joel (Ty Hardin) to get his stable into shape. The racing footage is exciting and the behind-the-scenes track operations are realistic, but critics faulted the soap-operatics of Landon's screenplay, in which both horses and women seem to be up for sale to the highest bidder. The production moved into Inglewood's Hollywood Park racetrack for a full twenty days - taking over facilities, staff, and horses as well, 36 thoroughbreds in all. Former Orson Welles associate and writer Richard Wilson directed this picture produced by Warner Bros., which likely mandated that much of the acting talent come from the ranks of its contract players. Romantic complications clash with realistic subject matter in writer-producer Joseph Landon's Wall of Noise, a 1963 drama focused on life at the horse racing tracks.
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