Written by James M. Tate / 11/27/2022 / No comments / body count , dewey robinson , film noir or melodrama , horror , lawrence tierney , mark robson , richard dix , russell wade , thriller , val lewton
LAWRENCE TIERNEY FOUGHT DIX ON LEWTON'S 'THE GHOST SHIP'

Title: THE GHOST SHIP Year: 1943 Rating: ***1/2 A dark, atmospheric Val Lewton production using RKO's fog-shrouded KING KONG ship (liter...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/26/2022 / No comments / adventure , anne jeffreys , chase , cold war , film noir or melodrama , forties , james flavin , jason robarts sr. , lawrence tierney , myrna dell , mystery , romance , wrong man
LAWRENCE TIERNEY & ANNE JEFFREYS RETURN FOR 'STEP BY STEP'

Lawrence Tierney and Anne Jeffreys in STEP BY STEP Year: 1946 Rating: **** Lawrence Tierney with Anne Jeffreys, the gangster and moll from D...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/25/2022 / No comments / anne jeffreys , biopic , constance worth , dewey robinson , eduardo ciannelli , elisha cook jr. , film noir or melodrama , forties , heist , lawrence tierney , lou lubin , marc lawrence , max nosseck
LAWRENCE TIERNEY DEAD AS 'DILLINGER' WITH ANNE JEFFREYS

Anne Jeffreys and Lawrence Tierney in DILLINGER Year: 1945 Rating: ****1/2 In the 1930's through to the 1960's and 1970's, befo...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/24/2022 / No comments / action , adventure , film noir or melodrama , forties , george coulouris , lawrence tierney , max nosseck , piranha , romance , rudolph anders , wrong man
LAWRENCE TIERNEY PLAYS THE WRONG MAN IN 'KILL OR BE KILLED'

Title: KILL OR BE KILLED Year: 1950 Rates: ***1/2 The epitome of a programmer with a beginning, middle and end, and plenty in-between w...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/23/2022 / No comments / cannon , clarence williams III , debra sandlund , eighties , francis fisher , isabella rossellini , lawrence tierney , neo noir , norman mailer , ryan o'neal , wings hauser
RYAN O'NEAL & LAWRENCE TIERNEY IN 'TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE'

Ryan O'Neal and Lawrence Tierney in TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE Year: 1987 Rates: **1/2 Ryan O’Neal’s infamous “Oh Man Oh God” moment, w...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/21/2022 / No comments / alun armstrong , british , british neo noir , crime , dennis waterman , donald webster , john thaw , ken hutchison , michael ripper , peter vaughan , seventies , sweeney , TV
KEN HUTCHISON STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: STAY LUCKY EH' EPISODE

The Sweeney: Stay Lucky Uh? Year: 1975 Rates: **** Before playing Mr. Hill in SWEENEY 2, STRAW DOGS actors Ken Hutchison dons a fake blonde ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/20/2022 / No comments / british , british neo noir , buddy , cop , crime , dennis waterman , john thaw , ken hutchison , roddy mcmillan , seventies , sweeney
KEN HUTCHISON PLAYS THE ULTIMATE HEAVY FOR 'SWEENEY 2'

Title: SWEENEY 2 Shown: Ken Hutchison Year: 1978 Rates: ****1/2 Before the fourth and final season of the popular British crime television s...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/19/2022 / No comments / anna nygh , british , colin welland , denholm elliott , dennis waterman , exploitation , john thaw , ken hutchison , seventies , susan valentine , sweeney
KEN HUTCHISON CINEMA PRESENTS 'SWEENEY 2' W/ 'SWEENEY!'

King of the 70's Obscure Cinema Shotgun is Ken Hutchison The last few years provided Cult Film Freak new favorite actors including Tom ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/18/2022 / No comments / beverly garland , edmond o'brien , fifties , film noir or melodrama , hugh o'brian , jazz-score , laurette luez , luther adler , mystery , neville brand , race against time , thriller , virginia lee
EDMOND O'BRIEN RACES THROUGH THE CLASSIC FILM NOIR 'D.O.A.'

Title: D.O.A. Year: 1959 Director: Rudolph Maté Stars: Edmond O'Brien Rating: **** For one of the most literally deadly-serious film noi...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/16/2022 / No comments / action , adventure , bruno cremer , frank pesce , roy scheider , seventies , suspense , william friedkin
ROY SCHEIDER RECONNECTS FOR WILLIAM FRIEDKIN'S 'SORCERER'

Roy Scheider and Randy Jurgensen in SORCERER Year: 1977 Rating: ****1/2 In THE EXORCIST, director William Friedkin literally brought us to...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/15/2022 / No comments / action , brian kelley , con man , crime , don porter , dorothy patrick , edmond o'brien , fifties , film noir or melodrama , howard st. john , joanne dru , otto kruger , robert osterloh , thriller
EDMOND O'BRIEN HEATS ROBERT OSTERLOH IN '711 OCEAN DRIVE'

White Heat's Robert Osterloh & Edmond O'Brien in 711 OCEAN DRIVE Year: 1950 Rating: **** In one of the most all-out entertaining...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/13/2022 / No comments / audrey totter , cold war , dana andrews , fifties , film noir or melodrama , george sanders , märta torén , thriller
DANA ANDREWS & MÄRTA TORÉN COVER 'ASSIGNMENT: PARIS'

Assignment: Paris Year: 1952 Rates: ***1/2 George Sanders, the classy, underrated and underused British actor who all but stole Alfred Hitch...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/10/2022 / No comments / dana andrews , fifties , film noir or melodrama , jacques tourneur , kelly thordsen , marilee earle , mel torme , political , thriller , veda ann borg
JACQUES TOURNEUR DIRECTS DANA ANDREWS IN 'THE FEARMAKERS'

Title: The Fearmakers Year: 1958 Rating: **** THE FEARMAKERS is Dana Andrews ' peak as a dramatic lead, and, circa 1958, is one of the l...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/09/2022 / No comments / alfred werker , carla balenda , claude rains , dana andrews , fifties , ghost ship , mystery , philip dorn , race against time , skip homeler , steve forrest , suspense , thriller , war , world war II
DANA ANDREWS IN THE WAR NOIR THRILLER OF 'SEALED CARGO'

Title: SEALED CARGO Stars: Dana Andrews, Claude Rains Year: 1951 Rating: **** Director Alfred Werker's darkly atmospheric SEALED CARGO ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/08/2022 / No comments / dana andrews , ensemble , fifties , film noir or melodrama , fritz lang , howard duff , ida lupino , rhonda fleming , sally forrest , serial killer , thomas mitchell , thriller , vincent price
FRITZ LANG DIRECTING DANA ANDREWS 'WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS'
Title: WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2 Imagine Orson Welles's Charles Foster Kane inheriting a news outlet instead of a ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/07/2022 / No comments / adventure , comedy , curt jurgens , fifties , lewis gilbert , milton reid , orson welles , sylvia syms
ORSON WELLES IN 'FERRY TO HONG KONG' WITH SYLVIA SYMS

Closeup of the dragon around the disc menu for FERRY TO HONG KONG Year: 1959 British director Lewis Gilbert's FERRY TO HONG KONG could ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/06/2022 / No comments / ann lynn , british , british new wave , carol white , comedy , counter-culture , drama , edward fox , mark eden , michael winner , mindtrip , oliver reed , orson welles , sixties
ORSON WELLES & OLIVER REED 'I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT'S'ISNAME'

Oliver Reed in I'LL NEVER FORGET WHATS'ISNAME Year: 1967 Rating: *** Another 1960's collaboration from director Michael Winner ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/05/2022 / No comments / adaptation , akim tamiroff , anthony perkins , franz kafka , import , jeanne moreau , jess hahn , mystery , neo noir , orson welles , romy schneider , sixties , thriller
ORSON WELLES PUTS ANTHONY PERKINS THROUGH 'THE TRIAL'

Anthony Perkins in Orson Welles's THE TRIAL Year: 1962 Rating: ***1/2 Before his final William Shakespeare adaptation CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/04/2022 / No comments / alida valli , bernard lee , british film noir , carol reed , forties , joseph cotten , mystery , orson welles , thriller , trevor howard
ORSON WELLES AND JOSEPH COTTEN SURVIVE 'THE THIRD MAN'

Title:THE THIRD MAN Year: 1949 Rating: ***** It's not really that big a deal that Orson Welles turns up over fifty-minutes into THE THIR...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/02/2022 / No comments / billy house , byron keith , edward g. robinson , film noir or melodrama , forties , loretta young , nazi , orson welles , richard long , thriller
ORSON WELLES DIRECTS NEO NAZI FILM NOIR 'THE STRANGER'

Title: The Stranger Year: 1946 Rating: **** Orson Welles plays an edgy and intense but, on the surface, affable, intellectual, quote-spoutin...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/01/2022 / No comments / akim tamiroff , charlton heston , dennis weaver , fifties , film noir or melodrama , janet leigh , joanna moore , joi lansing , joseph calleia , ken miller , mercedes mccambridge , mort mills , orson welles
ORSON WELLES AGAINST CHARLTON HESTON IN 'TOUCH OF EVIL'

Janet Leigh with Charlton Heston and Orson Welles in TOUCH OF EVIL Year: 1958 Bullets: ****1/2 Through the years since 1958, Charlton Heston...
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