cult film freak: September 2018

Written by James M. Tate / 9/30/2018 / No comments / crime , don siegel , drama , fifties , john cassavetes , mark rydell , teen

JOHN CASSAVETES IN 'DEVIL'S ANGELS' & 'CRIME IN THE STREETS'

crime, don siegel, drama, fifties, john cassavetes, mark rydell, teen

JOHN CASSAVETES IN 'DEVIL'S ANGELS' & 'CRIME IN THE STREETS'

Year: 1956 Rating: *1/2 CRIME IN THE STREETS : If REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE met WEST SIDE STORY at a carnival where all the rides were broke...

JOHN BROMFIELD BEL-AIR PRODUCTIONS NOIR DOUBLE FEATURE

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"Say, Joe, park the hot rod in the hanger, wontcha," says John Bromfield, here as a small business owner/pilot named Jim in THREE BAD SISTERS before playing another guy named Joe in CRIME AGAINST JOE, both 1956 Film Noir low-budget vehicles by Bel Air Productions, the company behind Bromfield's greatest picture, and one of our personal favorites, <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2016/05/HotCARS.html">HOT CARS</a>...<br>
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In <u>THREE BAD SISTERS</u>, only two are <i>really</i> bad, and just one is downright evil: a gorgeous, manipulating, blonde snake of a dame played by Kathleen Hughes as Valerie Craig of the sisters Craig, whose father's killed (off-screen) in a plane crash where only the pilot... a stalwart John Bromfield as Jim... survived... <br>
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Maria English and Sara Shane play Vicki and Lorne; the latter our stock wholesome girl, in this case afraid to take a near-death-defying leap off their beachfront cliff in their mansion's backyard: it's something her sisters have already survived, making Sara Shane's Lorne stand out as both the family underdog and self-loathing, co-called coward..<br>
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And she winds up with Jim, making the flirtation of bad sisters, brunette English and blonde Kathleen Hughes not mean much more than sultry dialogue... that only comes from Film Noir: and while these Bel Air Productions lack the signature lighting and stylistic angles, they wield all the proper formulaic attributes, in spades...<br>
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Since the OUT OF THE PAST type of Noir classics were b-movies in their day, these Howard W. Koch produced 1950's programmers were either C's or B's twice-removed, and play out very economically. In this case, story-wise, the plot's a bit too mazy and complicated. It takes several viewings to really center on each of the siblings' motive or lack of. As for Bromfield, he's caught in a triangle that's technically a box being four people are involved, and the most fun's had figuring out each distinctive personality, clinging to the muscular pilot and they pose in various locations... from land to sea to miles in the air... A cemented, determined hero unlike his bizarre title role in... <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Patricia Blair & John Bromfield in Crime Against Joe</u></td></tr>
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<u>CRIME AGAINST JOE</u>, taking the popular Film Noir "Wrong Man" template to the hilt, and beyond. This isn't the picture to turn people onto John Bromfield since, during the first act, he slurs in the exaggerated manner of those "old movies" where "town drunks" speak from the side of their mouths in the same annoying, garbled, haranguing manner... <br>
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Although the content during the blackout binging set-up is intriguing, half occurring in the day-lit hours as Joe, after being established as a complete mother's boy loser despite heroic Korean War experience, isn't quite playing with a full deck. Ma supports his dreams of becoming a professional painter, and he attempts painting beautiful women but can't seem to get them <i>just right</i>: think Norman Bates meets Vincent Van Gogh...<br>
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The fact each and every dame he comes across takes to him instantly... from nice girl Julie London as "Slacks," a carhop with a heart of gold, to torchlight lounge singing Alika Louise as Irene Crescent... is a reminder that he's a very handsome fella, and a strong "real man" type despite the fact his character's personality, drunken or otherwise, borders on mental retardation: which altogether feels contrived and awkward.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Bromfield lights up in Crime Against Joe</u></td></tr>
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But JOE is an intriguing melodrama that works despite the fact it's completely miscast.<br>
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Bromfield fits more into the womanizing diver role in perhaps his most well-known mainstream venture, Jack Arnold's BLACK LAGOON sequel REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, which came out around the same time he was reigning here in proverbial movie hell...<br>
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His easy, non-sleazy way of flirting with scream queen Lori Nelson gave the otherwise mellow and passive scream king John Agar a reason to worry. Bromfield not only has that tough guy ladies man look, he walks it and talks it too, and seemingly without trying. And yet, his cool cat characters, which also includes a TV show lawman and a trapeze artist in RING OF FEAR married to gorgeous Marian Carr, have brains and a genuine soul while this CRIME AGAINST JOE regular Joe's creepy, whining loser lacks the usual inborn charm he's more comfortable with as an extremely affable and comfortable actor...<br>
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Despite holding onto that cliché soused slur, even through some of the police procedural process of being semi-accused of the singer's murder while hungover the next day...<br>
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His performance and the picture itself narrows into a decent little thriller where Joe, with faithful Julie London, goes on a makeshift investigation and, thankfully, is sober soon enough... <br>
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The culprits are a handful of his former high school classmates (one had left behind a class ring), who seem to make up half the town: a friendly cab driver; a quiet, timid lawyer; a shallow politician; a jealous, ticked-off bartender; and mysterious "cowboy" Rhodes Reason (brother of THIS ISLAND EARTH actor Rex Reason), who is a temperamental "obvious choice" in what also dips into the Mystery genre (which the IMDb main photo spoils completely)...<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>With Kathleen Hughes in Three Bad Sisters ***1/2 Crime Against Joe: ***</u></td></tr>
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This blind spot ups the suspense despite a lack of urgency since there's no real "race against time" element (despite Joe's stress that there is); but at least some of Bromfield's edginess (his voice sounds like Ralph Meeker here) creeps into the tight, new improved 11th hour. There's also an underlined theme of the battle fatigued war veteran's awkward and painful return to hometown life... <br>
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Overall, CRIME AGAINST JOE is Bromfield's weirdest role, and yet it's a decent if standard venture for Bel Air Productions. What really stands out about these forgotten, neglected, backroom Noirs, including and especially <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2016/05/HotCARS.html">HOT CARS</a>, are the bleak yet sunny California exteriors of sparse industrial tracts and suburbs that were most likely barren desert terrain or orange groves a mere decade earlier.<br>
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bel air productions, film noir or melodrama, jazz score, john bromfield, julie london, kathleen hughes, marla english, mystery, sara shane, thriller, wrong man

JOHN BROMFIELD BEL-AIR PRODUCTIONS NOIR DOUBLE FEATURE

Crime Against Joe and Three Bad Sisters from the YEAR: 1956 "Say, Joe, park the hot rod in the hanger, wontcha," says John Bro...

BLAZING THROUGH 'BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS'

brian dennehy, prequel, seventies, tom berenger, western, william katt

BLAZING THROUGH 'BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS'

Butch & Sundance The Early Days Year Released: 1979 For those not diehard BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID fanatics, this preque...

SUE LYON TAKES A LOW-BUDGET BATH IN 'THE ASTRAL FACTOR'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Frank Ashmore kills Sue Lyon in THE ASTRAL FACTOR Year: 1977</u></td></tr>
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One of those bad movies that isn't so bad since it tries to be so many things at once. When you think a good deal of time's gone by given all the eclectic content — in this case from primal slayings to boat chases — there's still a lot to go... despite the overall run-time being just over 90-minutes... <br>
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And yet everything here is, for the most part, scattered in a brisk, even pace throughout a partial investigative Neo Noir, with cop Robert Foxworth on the trail of an escaped psychopath who, through that decade's popular exercises like Transcendental Meditation, learned the art of disappearing and reappearing at will aka THE ASTRAL FACTOR... This followed by the usual "police procedure" jazz of gathering crime-scene clues after the murder — only here dealing with stuff that isn't entirely... visible... <br>

body count, elke sommer, exploitation, frank ashmore, horror, leslie parrish, robert foxworth, science-fiction, seventies, stefanie powers, sue lyon, supernatural

SUE LYON TAKES A LOW-BUDGET BATH IN 'THE ASTRAL FACTOR'

Frank Ashmore kills Sue Lyon in THE ASTRAL FACTOR Year: 1977 One of those bad movies that isn't so bad since it tries to be so many ...

LAWRENCE TIERNEY CINEMA 'MIDNIGHT' WITH MELANIE VERLIN

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A teenage girl runs away from home, and with good reason: Her alcoholic cop step-dad, played by Lawrence Tierney, tried to rape her, and the Noir icon/future RESERVOIR DOGS boss is always an intimidating presence on (and off) screen... <br>
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Although he's a medium-heat frying pan compared to the blazing fire that awaits, all in the name of
 "Girls In Cages" drive-in exploitation: Our tomboy heroine, Nancy, played with natural yet stiff ease by Melanie Verlin, makes for a terrific ambiguous, semi-androgynous, exploitation pawn.<br>
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The following sequence (as these kind of movies roll more in numerous "parts" than the standard three acts) feels more 70's than 80's: Nancy hitches a ride with two college-aged guys in a van, and, since one is black, they face racism in a town so small it probably had to rent that one horse. Targeted as lowlifes, they purposefully live up to their name for an illegal beer run: A strange break of joviality while a sense of rural doom is palpable; or maybe with such a low budget, the grainy "last known photo" aesthetic has no choice but to thrust the characters (and viewer) into chaotic oblivion... and beyond...<br>

body count, eighties, exploitation, horror, indie, lawrence tierney, melanie verlin, occult, rural, slasher

LAWRENCE TIERNEY CINEMA 'MIDNIGHT' WITH MELANIE VERLIN

Melanie Verlin rides a groovy van to hillbilly hell YEAR: 1982 A teenage girl runs away from home, and with good reason: Her alcoholic c...

LAURA JOHNSON HAUNTS GENA ROWLANDS IN 'OPENING NIGHT'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1977 pictured here is haunting beauty Laura Johnson </u></td></tr>
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Not only centering on an 
actress portrayed by director John Cassevete's wife Gena Rowlands 
preparing for a Broadway play making initial rounds in New Haven and 
other small venues, but beneath the surface of this 
play-within-a-movie, there's an intense and spooky, eerie "ghost story" 
involving a beautiful young emotional fan, who's killed by a car after the first performance...<br>
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Enter a primal, lusty, jarring, hauntingly gorgeous Laura Johnson stalking throughout as Cassavetes takes us on a voyeuristic journey with many layers albeit with the same frantic vibe, as if real life and fiction were inseparably hybrid: 
backstage, on stage, and in various locations where other characters, 
including Ben Gazzara as the director, Joan Blondell as the writer, Paul
 Stewart as the producer, and Cassevetes himself as the co-star, all try 
desperately to get Rowlands on track before <i>opening night.</i>..<br>

ben gazzara, drama, gena rowlands, independent, joan blondell, john cassavetes, laura johnson, paul stewart, seventies

LAURA JOHNSON HAUNTS GENA ROWLANDS IN 'OPENING NIGHT'

year: 1977 pictured here is haunting beauty Laura Johnson Not only centering on an actress portrayed by director John Cassevete's w...

STEVE MCQUEEN FIRES PAUL NEWMAN IN 'THE TOWERING INFERNO'

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THE TOWERING INFERNO<span style="color: #660000;"> </span>stars Paul Newman and 
Steve McQueen… actually vice versa… Steve’s name is first but Paul’s
 higher… That's what's called the Ego Billing... Paul 
built the TOWERING while Steve battles the INFERNO...<br>
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Newman’s
 an architect whose giant glass creation catches on fire from within 
thanks to Richard Chamberlain’s bad judgments to cut costs: The 
nefarious, downright no-good  character is the scapegoat of all 
scapegoats as his tycoon stepfather William Holden runs the show: his 
wealthy party guests on the top floor are celebrating the building’s grand 
opening as the first forty minutes sets up the situation – while the 
rich people drink, dine and dance, the employees learn the 
problem exists...<br>

action, disaster, faye dunaway, gregory sierra, irwin allen, john guillermin, mike lookinland, o.j. simpson, paul newman, robert vaughn, seventies, steve mcqueen, susan flannery, william holden

STEVE MCQUEEN FIRES PAUL NEWMAN IN 'THE TOWERING INFERNO'

Steve McQueen w/ Don Gordon & Paul Newman YEAR: 1974 THE TOWERING INFERNO stars Paul Newman and Steve McQueen… actually vice versa...

JAMES CAGNEY & VIRGINIA BRUCE SPAR IN 'WINNER TAKE ALL'

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Definitely one of the oddest boxing movies ever made, and the first time in James Cagney's early career where the performance is obvious: As punchy Jimmy Kane, he speaks in a forced, dumb-guy dialect that shouldn't have gotten past the rehearsal stage...<br>
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Introduced as a total has-been, with crowds throwing money in the ring before a newer, more relevant fighter's bout, he's sent to a strange and remote New Mexico health farm (taking up the first act in a lonesome, flickering black & white that feels like another movie altogether) where he meets the good girl with a sick son, whose hopeful/helpful input pales to the gorgeous but shallow, conceited and suffocating dame who, back in New York, owns poor Jimmy right down to his flat nose and cauliflower ear —hence surgically altered to fit with her stuffy, pseudo-intellectual crowd (crazy about the Russians and wary about the Japanese)... <br>
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So to protect his facial investment, he dances around the ring instead of fighting, turning off fans and especially Virginia Bruce's sexy society gal (yet with a tough trampy countenance) Joan Gibson as the entire second half's ruled by her impatient, fickle attitude... But then, finally aware of the deplorable situation known to everyone but his hypnotized, duped self, Cagney's limited performance expands into a familiar street savvy edge. Along with fists flying in the right direction (with a jumping-bean style only Cagney could or would pull off), it's a comeback/turnaround that's far too long overdue. <br>
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JAMES CAGNEY & VIRGINIA BRUCE SPAR IN 'WINNER TAKE ALL'

Year of Release: 1932 Director: Roy Del Ruth Definitely one of the oddest boxing movies ever made, and the first time in James Cagney...

MARK STEVENS WITH JACK DONNER IN 'ESCAPE FROM HELL ISLAND'

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adventure, drama, indie, jack donner, jazz score, linda scott, mark stevens, neo noir, shark, sixties, thriller

MARK STEVENS WITH JACK DONNER IN 'ESCAPE FROM HELL ISLAND'

FROM HELL ISLAND" year: 1963 Rates: **1/2 There's filmmaking, and then there are films that somehow get made... but that still don&...

JOHN PAYNE AND ANNE NEYLAND DENMARK NOIR OF 'HIDDEN FEAR'

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There's something extremely rotten in 
Denmark, and as a Late Film Noir, it's actually a few rotten things and 
they're people, in this case counterfeiters in André De Toth's jazz-soaked, hard-edge HIDDEN FEAR, where John Payne 
isn't a Wrong Man but his sister could very well be a Wrong Dame... <br />
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Even if he knows his little sister's prone to trouble wherever she winds up, and 
might not be so innocent, given the company she kept, which gives his mission a more ambiguous edge...<br />
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Making him a complete stranger, lost and aloof on foreign soil that is hardly New York's, Chicago's or Los Angeles's shadowy urban landscape: From the Danish city lined with neat looking apartment buildings in an antique, dollhouse fashion to the sparse waterfront boatyard, director Toth makes such ample use of the country's genuine exterior, even the studio-shots within the usual dark atmospheric nightclubs or restaurant feels like a far away place...<br />
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As a (Late) Noir, HIDDEN has a more suspenseful, edgy 
title than premise and turnout. There's not that many dark moments and yet the pace is brisk (Payne climbing across a titled apartment building roof is a standout). And the story can be confusing 
unless you pay very close attention to expository detail...<br />
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His sister's charged with murder and upon investigation her deceased boyfriend's crowd are deadly counterfeiters slowly crawling out from the shadowy woodwork. That's the baseline. And once things 
are more clear, the locale-to-locale investigation is extremely engrossing, scored with vibrant beatnik jazz... <br />
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A kind of swinging bop sound, and even at times providing a flaunting horn like the future James Bond films...<br />
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Also, Payne has that smooth spy ala 007 aura more than a tough cop. And like Bond, he's hardly alone (he even owned the rights to the Ian Fleming novel MOONRAKER for a while). Our subtle, local nice girl  is played by an extremely beautiful Anne Neyland, who's far more than 
eye-candy with eyes that really pierce into the men she's 
speaking to, while talking <i>or</i> listening, while her chemistry 
with Payne is genuine and sexy 
despite their lack of physicality, taking away from everything else...<br />
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After a little while you might ask yourself: What Murder? For HIDDEN FEAR 
is a movie that's even better (and deeper) than its often meandering plot that takes second-fiddle 
to the characters on board. Instead of wielding a backstabbing 
last-minute gun, her voluptuous body and full-lips makes for a dame the 
bad guys want instead of the usual vice-versa... <br />
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When Payne's Mike is trapped inside,
surreal music is heard, sounding like an underwater funhouse ride: 
subtle, softly strange, awkward and eerie, lending a KISS ME DEADLY 
vibe: in fact the entire journey is also somewhat Mike Hammer-like, and Payne would 
have been fantastic playing him: Only there's no slow-burn, twisty conclusion as things shape-up with an action genre helicopter-upon-car-upon-motorcycle chase. And although it can be convoluted, FEAR provides a cool dose of thrilling entertainment.<br />
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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="907" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xYKdmoZbYF0/YOgTIxhSfzI/AAAAAAABjL8/MnnA8ju4pXsEqAUqk0v8_fqrBZt0tA3rACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/214034948_1274120823017091_7240212949811260425_n.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jazz club b-girl pickpocket Elsie Albiin in HIDDEN FEAR </u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--KH_SK17u4s/YOgYrFUBHuI/AAAAAAABjME/DfUVbcLj6zceAk6sNtjETgulWlD4WEXoQCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/210509955_1274131203016053_5044794851991876629_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--KH_SK17u4s/YOgYrFUBHuI/AAAAAAABjME/DfUVbcLj6zceAk6sNtjETgulWlD4WEXoQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/210509955_1274131203016053_5044794851991876629_n.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Another shot of Marianne Schleiss in HIDDEN FEAR as Helga Hartman </u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DtyRAIYD4Rk/YOkASqv5t1I/AAAAAAABjMM/uN6g6P-75ogxkI46SyInQKQglVgVvW5lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s934/215588419_1274610889634751_129959201097828079_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="934" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DtyRAIYD4Rk/YOkASqv5t1I/AAAAAAABjMM/uN6g6P-75ogxkI46SyInQKQglVgVvW5lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/215588419_1274610889634751_129959201097828079_n.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Future Star Trek starlet Natalie Norwick in HIDDEN FEAR</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlx6g3Ebh1lYNIk-FqbYu7XX3XdL3f2FEcRXEKfZDgSjqj2j1kNThpvQDIVIetRz3Bt96yKt5tUeVVIHhKxJOBFtgP51Hi2XLwgkofXHa3ODCMuJCmWSeewyuT7CX8Yl-rR8Bb1hgViZ5QwjkfX9w7LL6Yhw9nGb7-2nEwCiLSlrplTtpOqIvpmmh6g/s1254/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-19%20at%204.11.32%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlx6g3Ebh1lYNIk-FqbYu7XX3XdL3f2FEcRXEKfZDgSjqj2j1kNThpvQDIVIetRz3Bt96yKt5tUeVVIHhKxJOBFtgP51Hi2XLwgkofXHa3ODCMuJCmWSeewyuT7CX8Yl-rR8Bb1hgViZ5QwjkfX9w7LL6Yhw9nGb7-2nEwCiLSlrplTtpOqIvpmmh6g/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-19%20at%204.11.32%20AM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Payne with Anne Neyland in HIDDEN FEAR</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwkGV_c1aG4-wbYh7O0_mo9fU1jrzsV63MIm7W2P3pxjFUBmFGVlJ86KY-CcX8ntEf_xss_8oJyFrOtb8XVEhoEyE7pEsxtgu_W6zaHSZCeo36-Yjb1b_Tt3t1cTw_-aVDZio2UjM0YRMg_zE6kYSs45wyC-XbglMF-Yn9n-OCC_nzKvqGVsJZpTQog/s813/213800257_1274610882968085_5387677520752376612_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="813" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwkGV_c1aG4-wbYh7O0_mo9fU1jrzsV63MIm7W2P3pxjFUBmFGVlJ86KY-CcX8ntEf_xss_8oJyFrOtb8XVEhoEyE7pEsxtgu_W6zaHSZCeo36-Yjb1b_Tt3t1cTw_-aVDZio2UjM0YRMg_zE6kYSs45wyC-XbglMF-Yn9n-OCC_nzKvqGVsJZpTQog/s16000/213800257_1274610882968085_5387677520752376612_n.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Copter action sequence on location in HIDDEN FEAR</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwRzFgQIK3uPhvwIfYfqnLMRksgQQfy6iy2K9B8M4hq5Zosws_T8TK0mos-kJWcB0T30DlMyxrmBeorhUGHBX858azvf4H6glXz8VG_1lyACsbUsAQ7YOfyMzFicGMDkvHkQdwrWmR2QrisAzIP-1AxIx4M_XPdbX2Pib74KfQfbjN8ILyUMbb9A3yw/s1615/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-16%20at%2012.21.04%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1615" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwRzFgQIK3uPhvwIfYfqnLMRksgQQfy6iy2K9B8M4hq5Zosws_T8TK0mos-kJWcB0T30DlMyxrmBeorhUGHBX858azvf4H6glXz8VG_1lyACsbUsAQ7YOfyMzFicGMDkvHkQdwrWmR2QrisAzIP-1AxIx4M_XPdbX2Pib74KfQfbjN8ILyUMbb9A3yw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-16%20at%2012.21.04%20AM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Alexander Knox in HIDDEN FEAR</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiT4q632WDKZLlO_NePHdFaDAOJQhi_aGiKJPG3gNmvw1yFgoobs6q3hiI8IvjvhB3K3kBvN-FbM3h5vMmZiVQfUH4uu-Bzol3SiU745e1eGaHvVa6UVMiCeAHn8H8lKXAu_173hfaw26qMLLlibxwjxSWwrc_UNeN16evDCYOmD1JJvocFRESTfl5Q/s1892/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="1892" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiT4q632WDKZLlO_NePHdFaDAOJQhi_aGiKJPG3gNmvw1yFgoobs6q3hiI8IvjvhB3K3kBvN-FbM3h5vMmZiVQfUH4uu-Bzol3SiU745e1eGaHvVa6UVMiCeAHn8H8lKXAu_173hfaw26qMLLlibxwjxSWwrc_UNeN16evDCYOmD1JJvocFRESTfl5Q/s16000/1.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elsie Albiin and John Payne in HIDDEN FEAR</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2DHYYaz-DFbVMkcmL2-8fBliW_IP7V4O0glRB0JTIRwXxEKnPpYBC7xBXmGOvjBU0bYGRYi0kZx4mW76WXylXzpaIVftuoXZP-NDM29LUp_BLYLaV7F9DUvzesYAsHjryQ06e0HqnRpwift3OrrT8RGt8lCczTX8skAK48VjECuV0JJ8aH_S2FFygA/s1841/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-16%20at%201.14.44%20AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1841" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2DHYYaz-DFbVMkcmL2-8fBliW_IP7V4O0glRB0JTIRwXxEKnPpYBC7xBXmGOvjBU0bYGRYi0kZx4mW76WXylXzpaIVftuoXZP-NDM29LUp_BLYLaV7F9DUvzesYAsHjryQ06e0HqnRpwift3OrrT8RGt8lCczTX8skAK48VjECuV0JJ8aH_S2FFygA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-16%20at%201.14.44%20AM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elsie Albiin and John Payne in HIDDEN FEAR</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz93WrN5BJ3xLytT3tOEEF6ERkfOEHX6TrbVvxKUS2c4hERYSLAk_S_Ntg35pGYQ9yzorirlR20QQtDQs0Fli2WSdL0021MqazJk4Zpl7_kor0AdMmcxoJOfGsQFxN7nN8JoBynpcquZMnEDT2Oel90zvZL-54qe7VEm0HIQwI0wiD99ERbf--9DpaJw/s1765/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-16%20at%201.14.55%20AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1765" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz93WrN5BJ3xLytT3tOEEF6ERkfOEHX6TrbVvxKUS2c4hERYSLAk_S_Ntg35pGYQ9yzorirlR20QQtDQs0Fli2WSdL0021MqazJk4Zpl7_kor0AdMmcxoJOfGsQFxN7nN8JoBynpcquZMnEDT2Oel90zvZL-54qe7VEm0HIQwI0wiD99ERbf--9DpaJw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-16%20at%201.14.55%20AM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elsie Albiin and John Payne in HIDDEN FEAR</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqiWqpuK3onemLlJrNHZE-biHjm0eGPVpSK1EP51prkqNo3QGwMmezI9NuksKQ7uYP72HR79s6FcFxhg09wjhRPqlY8vbcvah0FZXOTmOolB4UfuDJCm3fbU1Y-Fagk9Wlcc987b3g2G4SjjdSy11IZhjXUq2uvMWNU1sKPp-jOKZIaL5YdIVqTj6Zw/s1491/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-16%20at%201.15.14%20AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="1831" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaOAJVp6rlOVYfyGRsHHBSVDzoOL4Y7ZJvcocOBQDZ-Wzl9jf6W2LKkN3WBeuP3DINKl-EZOFcRcjYuMoxb9fCEzZr-Sfhg-5qwmg0TofqL_v1KinTxv5g4K9x9KHsHshNnR9KS6l4GguAGcI2VPJFjOXstExQbTVe4AU3k4gxR_iseE0-A_f78kE0g/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-16%20at%201.15.46%20AM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elsie Albiin and John Payne in HIDDEN FEAR</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br />

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JOHN PAYNE AND ANNE NEYLAND DENMARK NOIR OF 'HIDDEN FEAR'

HIDDEN FEAR from 1957 Rates: **** There's something extremely rotten in Denmark, and as a Late Film Noir, it's actually a few r...

Written by James M. Tate / 9/07/2018 / No comments / action , adventure , ape suit , burt reynolds , darren mcgavin , ensemble , fifties , heist , tribute , tv series , vincent price , western

BURT REYNOLDS 'RIVERBOAT' COMMAND AND EXTERNAL TRIBUTE

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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqooy49X_xfhPOvpOXySRGZk586rObXn-S7YIiY8iiliOBgd5oqOAG7N_g6Sqvfg63JR5evhKpS238G_DJZfnSDH8MzWs_u0My-m2OxpsDrcpS3BeJzm-M7iItaFxpdipcuCZ_DykDgIaYEzej7U1-b9_yhgYlWY9zyDsfGw7_lQL4lRbJ3LGZRWon8Q8i/s1286/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-15%20at%203.11.16%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1286" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqooy49X_xfhPOvpOXySRGZk586rObXn-S7YIiY8iiliOBgd5oqOAG7N_g6Sqvfg63JR5evhKpS238G_DJZfnSDH8MzWs_u0My-m2OxpsDrcpS3BeJzm-M7iItaFxpdipcuCZ_DykDgIaYEzej7U1-b9_yhgYlWY9zyDsfGw7_lQL4lRbJ3LGZRWon8Q8i/w400-h291/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-15%20at%203.11.16%20AM.png" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Burt Reynolds in RIVERBOAT season one circa 1959</u></td></tr></tbody></table>The late Burt Reynolds held a fine line between movie star and cult actor: Before he got really famous, he appeared in edgy movies like DELIVERANCE, THE LONGEST YARD, HUSTLE...<br>
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After he skyrocketed in SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT and became a superstar, he'd been around the car movie block in more subtle vehicles like WHITE LIGHTNING and GATOR. And for some, his immense fame became a cult in itself. Following two Hal Needham directed BANDIT flicks was arguably his greatest "race car" movie (also directed by Needham), CANNONBALL RUN, and the entertaining stunt man tribute, HOOPER. Alas, like most big stars, a string of mediocre romantic comedies and sequels disintegrated these fun, frolicking romps that seemed made for everyone. Worse than even BANDIT 2 was the second CANNONBALL RUN, which hardly involved a race at all, and then... STROKER ACE provided the hammered nails in a coffin that'd already been pretty much closed...<br>