Written by James M. Tate / 6/30/2021 / No comments / action , anthony quinn , christopher lee , exploitation , j. lee thompson , james mason , kay lenz , malcolm mcdowell , michael lonsdale , patricia neal , paul clemens , seventies , war
MALCOLM MCDOWELL IN 'THE PASSAGE' STARRING ANTHONY QUINN

Poster art for THE PASSAGE Year: 1979 Rates: **** It's already been written and spoken about that the infamous World War II flick THE PA...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/28/2021 / No comments / film noir or melodrama , gangster , jacques tourneur , prison , rita johnson , thirties , tom neal
JACQUES TOURNEUR DIRECTS TOM NEAL IN 'THEY ALL COME OUT'

Poster art for They All Come Out Year: 1939 Rates: ***1/2 Director Jacques Tourneur's first feature is the polar opposite of edgy Priso...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/23/2021 / No comments / action , barry foster , body count , colin welland , collin weiland , cop , dennis waterman , diane keen , john thaw , political , seventies , sweeney , thriller , wrong man
JOHN THAW AS JACK REGAN IN THE FIRST THEATRICAL 'SWEENEY!'

Poster art for SWEENEY! Year: 1977 Rating: ***1/2 While THE SWEENE Y television series spent equal time with John Thaw's Jack Regan and ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/22/2021 / No comments / cop , crime , dennis waterman , john thaw , paul freeman , photobreak , seventies , sweeney
ONGOING CAPTURED SCREEN CAPTURES FROM 'THE SWEENEY'

John Thaw and Straw Dogs actor T.P. McKenna in THE SWEENEY: NIGHT OUT THE SWEENEY is the greatest, grittiest British crime series of the 197...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/15/2021 / No comments / frank langella , ken hutchison , mexico , modern western , rita hayworth , robert mitchum , seventies , spaghetti western , victor buono
ROBERT MITCHUM IN 'THE WRATH OF GOD' WITH KEN HUTCHISON

Title: The Wrath of God Year: 1972 Rating: *** British actor Ken Hutchison , from intimidating Dustin Hoffman in STRAW DOGS to beating up GA...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/14/2021 / No comments / bernard fox , boxing , british film noir , con , fifties , heist , martin benson , robert arden , thriller
BRITISH FILM NOIR 'SPIN A DARK WEB' ORIGINALLY 'SOHO INCIDENT'

Title: SPIN A DARK WEB Year: 1956 Rating: *** A sort of British version of 711 OCEAN DRIVE has a young naïve tech expert hired to wire up a ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/13/2021 / No comments / cassie yates , gregg henry , herbert jefferson jr. , james carroll jordan , kimberly beck , laraine stephens , melodrama , miniseries , penny peyser , peter strauss , seventies , susan sullivan , TV , william smith
PETER STRAUSS VS WILLIAM SMITH 'RICH MAN, POOR MAN BOOK II'

Title: RICH MAN, POOR MAN BOOK II Year: 1976-1977 Rating: **** While RICH MAN, POOR MAN BOOK II is no RICH MAN, POOR MAN being impossible t...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/10/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , brett halsley , dana andrews , espionage , exploitation , gastone moschin , pier angeli , sixties , spy , tania béryl
DANA ANDREWS IN 'SPY IN YOUR EYE' WITH GASTON MOSCHIN

Dana Andrews in Spy in your Eye Year: 1965 Rates: *** Of eight movies DANA ANDREWS appeared in from 1965, the unknown SPY IN YOUR EYE aka B...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/09/2021 / No comments / arthur franz , barbara nichols , courtroom drama , dana andrews , death row , dorothy ford , edward binns , fifties , film noir or melodrama , fritz lang , joan fontaine , joyce taylor , robin raymond , sidney blackmer
DANA ANDREWS IN FRITZ LANG'S 'BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT'
Year: 1956 Rating: *** German director Frtiz Lang, whose early European classics influenced American Film Noir, made one of the greatest of ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/07/2021 / No comments / betty hutton , comedy , dana andrews , fifties , gordon jones , jean hagen , kirk douglas , melodrama , robert f. simon , romance
DANA ANDREWS AND BETTY HUTTON FLING IN 'SPRING REUNION'

Dana Andrews & Betty Hutton Year: 1957 Rates: ***1/2 By the middle of the 1950's, Dana Andrews had swung full circle, back to playin...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/04/2021 / No comments / action , barry foster , british neo noir , british new wave , frank finlay , heist , james booth , joanna pettet , peter yates , sixties , stanley baker , william marlowe
BEFORE MAKING A BULLITT PETER YATES STAGED THIS 'ROBBERY'

Title: ROBBERY Director: Peter Yates Star: Stanley Baker Year: 1967 Rating: ****1/2 Best known as the obscure crime film that gave English d...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/03/2021 / No comments / barbara bouchet , crime , exploitation , gastone moschin , italian , lionel stander , mario adorf , seventies
GASTON MOSCHIN IN 'CALIBER 9' ORIGINALLY 'MILANO CALIBRO 9'

Caliber 9 Year: 1972 Rating: **** Gravelly-voiced, physically-imposing Italian actor Gastone Moschin made the greatest villain in THE GODFAT...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/01/2021 / No comments / ahna capri , chris robinson , gumshoe , janet maclachlan , neo noir , robert clouse , robert phillips , rod taylor , seventies , suzy kendall , william smith
ROD TAYLOR LITERALLY VS WILLIAM SMITH IN 'DARKER THAN AMBER'

Book Cover Darker than Amber Year: 1970 Rates: *** "And speaking of that... What about that?" is some of the clunky dialogue in Ro...
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SIDNEY LUMET DIRECTS AL PACINO IN THE TRUE CRIME 'SERPICO'
Title: SERPICO Starring: Al Pacino Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 Between the two GODFATHER films that made Al Pacino not only a star but a livin...
