REVIEW OF 'HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEhns3I2eqfeWMaNNGCOTyFbv3ya8KKGKieNMLQcoefuRdE2T_ShzkE89CNuX5LTAYkQpI52raI0CxU50IWm08KAdgc2fXxsfzUff4FC8I-Z31cr_3FWMWvnjtPTexPpjTVZ4i3l0x5oPOF04XITH5aUVpA-PFFLLWL_vfDH5gOS1Rg5S73uRbAyfnxi5qaW/s2062/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-10%20at%2012.43.51%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="2062" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhns3I2eqfeWMaNNGCOTyFbv3ya8KKGKieNMLQcoefuRdE2T_ShzkE89CNuX5LTAYkQpI52raI0CxU50IWm08KAdgc2fXxsfzUff4FC8I-Z31cr_3FWMWvnjtPTexPpjTVZ4i3l0x5oPOF04XITH5aUVpA-PFFLLWL_vfDH5gOS1Rg5S73uRbAyfnxi5qaW/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-10%20at%2012.43.51%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING Year: 1967 Rates: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, Robert Morse as J. Pierpont Finch plays a skyscraper's window washer so quickly that by the time he's climbing the corporate rungs... while reading the titular book that doubles as narration... the NOT REALLY TRYING aspect fails to make the character's plight very interesting...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And after a few semi-memorable songs, one might feel more sympathy for the main boss's whiny nephew, who Finch much too quickly leaves in the dust and, instantly beloved by gorgeous secretary Michele Lee while seduced by overall distracting bombshell Maureen Arthur, our squeaky hero only <i>looks</i> the underdog in a musical that needed more time struggling from the outside to really click within the vibrantly colorful 1960's singing/dancing interior. <br></p><p><span></span></p>

comedy, maureen arthur, michele lee, musical, robert morse, sixties

REVIEW OF 'HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING'

Title: HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING Year: 1967 Rates: **1/2 In HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, Robert ...

STEVE MCQUEEN AND JAMES GARNER MAKE 'THE GREAT ESCAPE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEj8oyNg-8zJuTkddWXiGvHty-UhhMSusP9Ql93nfeMymLAmBCLp0pwflQUmBUuzTS7oaW40S4HzxE_4QluqDK-4W4VFo6l88FSSxW-FUgwErG_Oj8fgSfau-DfliGWCtsIuUOiWBRaq3HMybtlSyMwFns6ZsB2m-1GRrFVi3XoVvG2bwf1UWtNBuCG_DA/s1921/0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="1921" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oyNg-8zJuTkddWXiGvHty-UhhMSusP9Ql93nfeMymLAmBCLp0pwflQUmBUuzTS7oaW40S4HzxE_4QluqDK-4W4VFo6l88FSSxW-FUgwErG_Oj8fgSfau-DfliGWCtsIuUOiWBRaq3HMybtlSyMwFns6ZsB2m-1GRrFVi3XoVvG2bwf1UWtNBuCG_DA/s16000/0.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE GREAT ESCAPE Year: 1963 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>While the World War II German-set Prison-of-War movie THE GREAT ESCAPE was being filmed, and would eventually make Steve McQueen a superstar, he was doing everything possible to ruin that potential since he wanted as many lines as other cast members, and would often storm off the set and at one point nearly flew back home... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Being especially envious of James Garner as Scrounger, the token sneaky resilient fella who can get anything, and — teamed with Donald Pleasance as a completely vulnerable Forger slowly going blind — he's the most interesting and overall entertaining character, with the right combination of affable humor and focused determination... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

charles bronson, david mccallum, donald pleasence, ensemble, escape, james coburn, james donald, james garner, prison, richard attenborough, sixties, steve mcqueen, world war II

STEVE MCQUEEN AND JAMES GARNER MAKE 'THE GREAT ESCAPE'

Title: THE GREAT ESCAPE Year: 1963 Rating: ***1/2 While the World War II German-set Prison-of-War movie THE GREAT ESCAPE was being filmed, a...

STEVE MCQUEEN & DUSTIN HOFFMAN IN THE ORIGINAL 'PAPILLON'

<p> <span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><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/AVvXsEgTMMO_OXdMDPrjjKc4qNLr-2ZZvQ_5h3-jqkI9dg9L1Gf1BqWBayoR9vy1DsDr5MAvVSssAbH2lWjRIlksAl5SX_UW-cxmciy6wAsZmJciXF1OUPqExax_LjPwkXuzsWAErBkU_va898GFTk6nSwiaGNC-56AbHHGiGwqvc3Ynbsys2qx3_RPrJ7xGdw/s1129/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-25%20at%2012.09.54%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMMO_OXdMDPrjjKc4qNLr-2ZZvQ_5h3-jqkI9dg9L1Gf1BqWBayoR9vy1DsDr5MAvVSssAbH2lWjRIlksAl5SX_UW-cxmciy6wAsZmJciXF1OUPqExax_LjPwkXuzsWAErBkU_va898GFTk6nSwiaGNC-56AbHHGiGwqvc3Ynbsys2qx3_RPrJ7xGdw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-25%20at%2012.09.54%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: PAPILLON Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: small;">Director Francis J. Schaffner and scriptwriter Dalton Trumbo convert </span><span style="font-size: small;">Henri Charrière's riveting biographical novel to the big screen, providing Steve McQueen with a more fleshed-out role than usual and rebooting Dustin Hoffman's minor character in the book to main sidekick on screen...</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Both have a realistic aura, surviving hell as they work a swampy chain-gang and eventually plan their escape, and each scene is like a movie in itself, beginning with a slave ship to the initial prison (initially along with a grownup but still young Bill Mumy and McQueen's BULLITT and TOWERING INFERNO partner Don Gordon)...</p><span></span>

adventure, bill mumy, biopic, don gordon, drama, dustin hoffman, francis j. schaffner, henri charrière, john quade, prison, seventies, steve mcqueen, woodrow palfrey

STEVE MCQUEEN & DUSTIN HOFFMAN IN THE ORIGINAL 'PAPILLON'

Title: PAPILLON Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 Director Francis J. Schaffner and scriptwriter Dalton Trumbo convert Henri Charrière's riveti...

EDMOND O'BRIEN KILLS THE BAD COP NOIR 'SHIELD FOR MURDER'

<p> </p><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/AVvXsEhmZHxguttMBFqVm0GeuMs1lEY-Mg3yU0nvWZ-QsfD9YyNjX5DlGWOLxWquhczlKVT7hsbxgiVndlQSCGLU7cKn1ITG_zS5gYovcKOjbtOgZVNEnzzgaSLa6sEmkaan9_RmoCF6ltRWC9Jg8zg9TySLMfDjpZexVF_4TOLwaw78pVc7Q1RoIu0hMEN5AA/s1345/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-22%20at%204.10.47%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZHxguttMBFqVm0GeuMs1lEY-Mg3yU0nvWZ-QsfD9YyNjX5DlGWOLxWquhczlKVT7hsbxgiVndlQSCGLU7cKn1ITG_zS5gYovcKOjbtOgZVNEnzzgaSLa6sEmkaan9_RmoCF6ltRWC9Jg8zg9TySLMfDjpZexVF_4TOLwaw78pVc7Q1RoIu0hMEN5AA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-22%20at%204.10.47%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: SHIELD FOR MURDERYear of Capture & Release: 1954 Bullet Holes: ****<br></u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>By the time this SHIELD FOR MURDER hit theaters, Edmond O'Brien had put on a few pounds, resembling Tyrone Power had he eaten Tyrone Power and with the lean, strict, tough years behind he was perfect as a character he'd have, a few years prior, spent an entire movie trying to bust...</p><p>Starting out with a MURDER where only one hidden witness knows the truth, O'Brien's crooked cop Barney might not have stooped this low... intentionally killing a lowlife criminal who happens to have a ton of cash from the big numbers racket mobster he ripped off... </p><p><span></span></p>

action, bel air productions, carolyn jones, claude akins, cop, crime, edmond o'brien, emile meyer, fifties, film noir or melodrama, john agar, marla english

EDMOND O'BRIEN KILLS THE BAD COP NOIR 'SHIELD FOR MURDER'

Title: SHIELD FOR MURDERYear of Capture & Release: 1954 Bullet Holes: **** By the time this SHIELD FOR MURDER hit theaters, Edmond O&#...

CHARLES BRONSON IN 'LOVE AND BULLETS' FEATURING PAUL KOSLO

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEiXsSKgj_AJnTU574DcE55pTen_bQ3s6E88AhI9hAAsURHmKjCuPri_DhdS5R-UrbPb23nAqvPq0WZGDC-M0Ni33aXNfNIXACcUnFpPwXx1B8kviTyN-w5S8kSV6P4X5kW-XlCMATmjprFgILWJLuyuZN_-bn9Q-6RbrJ6eIobxnqpRzs1lgHN5S1wOkw/s1777/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-13%20at%205.48.18%20AM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1777" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsSKgj_AJnTU574DcE55pTen_bQ3s6E88AhI9hAAsURHmKjCuPri_DhdS5R-UrbPb23nAqvPq0WZGDC-M0Ni33aXNfNIXACcUnFpPwXx1B8kviTyN-w5S8kSV6P4X5kW-XlCMATmjprFgILWJLuyuZN_-bn9Q-6RbrJ6eIobxnqpRzs1lgHN5S1wOkw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-13%20at%205.48.18%20AM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Charles Bronson in LOVE AND BULLETS Year: 1979 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For some, during Charles Bronson's Cannon era, sadly gone felt the MGM days. But it was Lew Grade's ITC that bridged the action star in-between, and LOVE AND BULLETS... once again casting Bronson alongside wife Jill Ireland, keeping her protected from killers... makes the similar, decade-later action/adventure ASSASSINATION seem like THE MECHANIC by comparison... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Only instead of the Secret Service protecting the President's wife it's an Arizona cop protecting a gangster's moll from being killed by a hit man hired by said gangster. Providing Henry Silva another coldblooded turn, partnered with Bronson-flick regular Paul Koslo, both working for (or rather getting paid by) a stuttering mobster overacted by Rod Steiger, whose performance still fares better than Ireland's incessant dumb blonde (in a dumb blonde wig)...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, adventure, billy gray, bradford dillman, charles bronson, europe, hit-man, jill ireland, mafia, paul koslo, rod steiger, seventies, strother martin

CHARLES BRONSON IN 'LOVE AND BULLETS' FEATURING PAUL KOSLO

Charles Bronson in LOVE AND BULLETS Year: 1979 Rating: *** For some, during Charles Bronson's Cannon era, sadly gone felt the MGM days. ...

HUMPHREY BOGART'S CAREER SKYROCKETS FROM 'HIGH SIERRA'

<span style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhso3txDCTPodjTfwBfYX52oRwHMSiBouuyK8MO2PAaaPjlxEZEV9zPTf9njHv2WE57Y03FiI8moPSTjq0mFykPf0d1ChQy89FSDKxWcRAlY9mF6Jad0Myr5begWNrlZCHgTC-ai9EKC_ahnE-OEWtDCGt5HPFca2p-PhKQW22PCLgrBRuefO2hl5YyRQ/s1500/81no6FXP13L._SL1500_.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1207" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhso3txDCTPodjTfwBfYX52oRwHMSiBouuyK8MO2PAaaPjlxEZEV9zPTf9njHv2WE57Y03FiI8moPSTjq0mFykPf0d1ChQy89FSDKxWcRAlY9mF6Jad0Myr5begWNrlZCHgTC-ai9EKC_ahnE-OEWtDCGt5HPFca2p-PhKQW22PCLgrBRuefO2hl5YyRQ/w321-h400/81no6FXP13L._SL1500_.jpeg" width="321" /></a></div>title:</span> HIGH SIERRA<span style="font-weight: bold;"> year:</span> 1941<span style="font-weight: bold;"> cast:</span> Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Alan Curtis, Joan Leslie, Arthur Kennedy<span style="font-weight: bold;"> rating:</span> ****<br /> <br /> There's a dog that, wherever he goes, gives bad luck to whomever takes him in: this happens to be Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino, who both meet each other, then the pooch, in a rural small town hideaway whilst Bogart and three other men plan a caper to rob a plush mountainous hotel. But bad luck usually <span style="font-style: italic;">dogs</span> these kind of characters, doomed from the start while plotting their big easy score which, in this case, got Humhrey's Roy Earle cut from prison early: Although Bogart isn't altogether villainous as he, after meeting a down-home family which includes a beautiful young girl with a club foot, invests in real people, hoping for the girl's hand in marriage: but he's more suited for Lupino, a gun moll whose bittersweet performance adds to Bogart's seasoned usual, and from one scene to the next this is a thoroughly enjoyable melodrama centering on tough human beings, not your typically cliched gangsters. Unfortunately some really bad performances, like the dog's last owner, and the insertion of melodrama into what should have been a leaner, tighter, more edgy crime flick, especially if our man's flawed cohorts Arthur Kennedy and Alan Curtis along with nervous middleman Cornel Wilde had more than peripheral importance: But, either way, HIGH SIERRA, with Bogart's name after Lupino in the credits, is the last movie where that would ever happen again. <br />

arthur kennedy, cornel wilde, crime, film noir or melodrama, forties, heist, humphrey bogart, ida lupino, joan leslie, john huston, raoul walsh, rural

HUMPHREY BOGART'S CAREER SKYROCKETS FROM 'HIGH SIERRA'

title: HIGH SIERRA year: 1941 cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Alan Curtis, Joan Leslie, Arthur Kennedy rating: **** There's ...

TECHNICOLOR 'HIGH SIERRA' REMAKE 'I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEjKd88bCz7XOEsSgqNp9evoaY6TSHkFnMWj_A58qh7l_5xNWFytCSLYrHIaf3Z2o7yNQ8zD4LrUPtpNvfOWrdkdmqibkhwuoddj0_A6lCGoKlA25KJk33FBBl2XYg6wBrfnKo14yXXkm4m9ud22uLzVdL2siy6ECzr8qk5QCHJ65qfvReGrtASFPDIg5w/s1409/AVvXsEjGmTMwGvvI4oMjcY7lvRAUg0iR5L-iuIIccMUHnLfgf9IKMmpw9mFUu6QkR3yuHF_l5z6HABbMclWlgkgJXkVxMX3kjctX384lIP9K98z4uLck4wPg02Pgqo1FCYAI--QZBf_z7w4UF06sgDA7lGvRNCMmY1-uw8MpDoy8Q0VJSXAj7DMd6x0VmDLRmA=s16000.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKd88bCz7XOEsSgqNp9evoaY6TSHkFnMWj_A58qh7l_5xNWFytCSLYrHIaf3Z2o7yNQ8zD4LrUPtpNvfOWrdkdmqibkhwuoddj0_A6lCGoKlA25KJk33FBBl2XYg6wBrfnKo14yXXkm4m9ud22uLzVdL2siy6ECzr8qk5QCHJ65qfvReGrtASFPDIg5w/s16000/AVvXsEjGmTMwGvvI4oMjcY7lvRAUg0iR5L-iuIIccMUHnLfgf9IKMmpw9mFUu6QkR3yuHF_l5z6HABbMclWlgkgJXkVxMX3kjctX384lIP9K98z4uLck4wPg02Pgqo1FCYAI--QZBf_z7w4UF06sgDA7lGvRNCMmY1-uw8MpDoy8Q0VJSXAj7DMd6x0VmDLRmA=s16000.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES Year: 1955 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It's strange that I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES, the 1955 practically scene-for-scene remake of the Humphrey Bogart noir classic HIGH SIERRA, didn't keep the same title since they moved that mountainous backdrop even closer to the characters, where most of the dialogue-backed action takes place... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A fishing retreat with Jack Palance in Bogart's shoes, fresh out of prison with a job to knock off a plush hotel full of jewelry; and like Bogart he isn't very thrilled with the gang he's in charge of...<br></p><span></span>

dennis hopper, earl holliman, fifties, film noir or melodrama, heist, jack palance, lee marvin, lon chaney jr., lori nelson, perry lopez, remake, richard davalos, shelley winters, warner archives

TECHNICOLOR 'HIGH SIERRA' REMAKE 'I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES'

Title: I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES Year: 1955 Rating: ***1/2 It's strange that I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES, the 1955 practically scene-for-scene...

LINDA BLAIR LOCKED IN THE TELEVISION MOVIE 'BORN INNOCENT'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEh1E5JnfI-oafHZzCl8SBQtVJbZ6Id-Hugil6dOuDawATeYMu4S-eJIwAVO_bEDCoN62CmJ7adM5xL4ZqdDk40HUR2k0BvMVqRIcYuvo4mu_72GmqJgdEoK2L1j6CkxCJcN-07nLRjhCvSzOvcUMUeAxAM7RzFxZspSnHJSzd5jW8RDtGgXFc9agCG7Fg/s2100/3%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1291" data-original-width="2100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1E5JnfI-oafHZzCl8SBQtVJbZ6Id-Hugil6dOuDawATeYMu4S-eJIwAVO_bEDCoN62CmJ7adM5xL4ZqdDk40HUR2k0BvMVqRIcYuvo4mu_72GmqJgdEoK2L1j6CkxCJcN-07nLRjhCvSzOvcUMUeAxAM7RzFxZspSnHJSzd5jW8RDtGgXFc9agCG7Fg/s16000/3%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Linda Blair in BORN INNOCENT Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This TV-Movie warning the dangers of being an <i>incorrigible</i> runaway titled BORN INNOCENT begins three times, not finding the right place for 14-year-old Linda Blair to be holed-up: first at an adult prison as the opening credits surround our wide-eyed kid amongst rugged women inmates, tough enough to carry their own feature...  to the next lockup but with younger females, and, at this point, at this place, we should be underway... until she's moved once again... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And the next place is permanent, a comparably loose juvenile hall that takes a rural dirt road to enter from a benign main building, at least reuniting one of the nicer girls from the second locale, while OVER THE EDGE director Jonathan Kaplan's butchy sister Nora Heflin and b-starlet Janit Baldwin are the token bullies...</p><span></span>

exploitation, joanna miles, kim hunter, linda blair, melodrama, richard jaekal, seventies, teen, tv movie, women in prison

LINDA BLAIR LOCKED IN THE TELEVISION MOVIE 'BORN INNOCENT'

Linda Blair in BORN INNOCENT Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2 This TV-Movie warning the dangers of being an incorrigible runaway titled BORN INNOC...

BERT I. GORDON DIRECTS 'FOOD OF THE GODS' WITH RALPH MEEKER

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEhNIibB5vfumfR6gRBmaMyqIIsKTS9Rl_w7zOwZjSdsRpCzlfaypeks8ibdOA7KkRiwdRRUTI8rEy1SNi3QFmTzUigtskVK3HB_X_OB1IeAlgAlTArdwgRMmnVaduU_LLZjn8i3Od1_4yrd99lin7C5ElgMo7syP75bFb67ccG8sXevSlz-HrHRoeJK3w/s1699/0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="1699" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIibB5vfumfR6gRBmaMyqIIsKTS9Rl_w7zOwZjSdsRpCzlfaypeks8ibdOA7KkRiwdRRUTI8rEy1SNi3QFmTzUigtskVK3HB_X_OB1IeAlgAlTArdwgRMmnVaduU_LLZjn8i3Od1_4yrd99lin7C5ElgMo7syP75bFb67ccG8sXevSlz-HrHRoeJK3w/s16000/0.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: FOOD OF THE GODS Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>When cult director Bert I. Gordon was a forgotten legend of 1950's and 1960's drive-in cinema, he had a comeback for two consecutive years — 1976 and 1977 — with a pair of science-fiction flicks, loosely based on stories by H.G. Wells, ending with EMPIRE OF THE ANTS and before that a more message-laden eco-horror in FOOD OF THE GODS, centering not on enlarged killer insects but voracious rats...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Like EMPIRE, they're actual creatures made to look immense by trick photography, while the actors are superimposed like they're either battling, or, with cheap close-up practical effects, being devoured by the rodents, who exist because a rural farm couple discovered the titular slimy FOOD coming from the earth, making these GODS rise up and conquer...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, adventure, belinda balaski, creature, eco-horror, exploitatio, ida lupino, marjoe gortner, pamela franklin, ralph meeker, seventies

BERT I. GORDON DIRECTS 'FOOD OF THE GODS' WITH RALPH MEEKER

Title: FOOD OF THE GODS Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2 When cult director Bert I. Gordon was a forgotten legend of 1950's and 1960's driv...

HOWARD DUFF IGNITES HAMMER'S SCI-FI MYSTERY 'SPACEWAYS'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEgdX3ZFHZ0vK4FoYzw3Zwu6shDEcQ0ecvb8dxkjKwE4cYaTfWxbkL3jaMamiA3hVvUJ5m-5rYmgpiGCPy5r-6lw-tURFvDRaX0kiiS9jjNKdaOkNhmGouPyxLQfxT90K6x8e3_91CmFQTJzi9ij-jgNvkhJW1M711NkobszOd48Nn8vHbO1Af5O9PpzJMs_/s1762/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-25%20at%209.55.08%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdX3ZFHZ0vK4FoYzw3Zwu6shDEcQ0ecvb8dxkjKwE4cYaTfWxbkL3jaMamiA3hVvUJ5m-5rYmgpiGCPy5r-6lw-tURFvDRaX0kiiS9jjNKdaOkNhmGouPyxLQfxT90K6x8e3_91CmFQTJzi9ij-jgNvkhJW1M711NkobszOd48Nn8vHbO1Af5O9PpzJMs_/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-25%20at%209.55.08%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: SPACEWAYS Year: 1953 Rating: **</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Before their famous Victorian horror flicks, Hammer Films did either film noir crime or science fiction, making SPACEWAYS a cross between both but mostly mystery as two people vanish inside a headquarters along with a rocket that blasted into space to become a satellite... and it's imported American actor Howard Duff, friends and partners with a pretty scientist prettier than the wife who'd gone missing with a womanizing doctor she'd been cheating with...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Both stories pan out practically side by side... a shame because the sci-fi rocket aspect... especially during the early 1950's... feels straight from one of those space magazines from that era... having more potential than whoever might've killed two unlikable characters and possibly sent them into outer space on that rocket... a lesson for Hammer to stick with one genre or the other: in five years hitting the bigger leagues with good sci-fi including the QUATERMASS while horror classics DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN weren't far behind.</p><span></span>

british, hammer films, howard duff, mystery, science-fiction

HOWARD DUFF IGNITES HAMMER'S SCI-FI MYSTERY 'SPACEWAYS'

Title: SPACEWAYS Year: 1953 Rating: ** Before their famous Victorian horror flicks, Hammer Films did either film noir crime or science ficti...

ROBERT BLAKE TRIBUTE OF CULT CLASSIC 'ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEjwSB72Zhgpb988tk4bMsZhVeFKn8Ql22xHmCYcr01qg1rd_uiQ6dk-iYdxJrPZVNOUo9KBC3PSI82rf6RgrorhwJ4GwRIwwJRQ9--_ZGFE63dRRvocbhL5MB1XWVunjKmf5BeHTe0VOgya9YMl_R_4Lt-obWRHtHVeETcvi_jqSOm7M9514KTvp7loJg/s1933/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-09%20at%2010.53.17%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1933" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSB72Zhgpb988tk4bMsZhVeFKn8Ql22xHmCYcr01qg1rd_uiQ6dk-iYdxJrPZVNOUo9KBC3PSI82rf6RgrorhwJ4GwRIwwJRQ9--_ZGFE63dRRvocbhL5MB1XWVunjKmf5BeHTe0VOgya9YMl_R_4Lt-obWRHtHVeETcvi_jqSOm7M9514KTvp7loJg/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-09%20at%2010.53.17%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>title: ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE year: 1973 rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1973, cops got their very own EASY RIDER in ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE, both involving gorgeous, travelogue motorcycle rides past canyon horizons while the latter remains in one location — that seems eternal...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As first-time director and cowboy movie lover James William Guercio... manager of the band Chicago... gets the best from Arizona's Monument Valley, where John Ford shot many John Wayne epics... </p><p><span></span></p>

action, billy green bush, cop, counter-culture, cult, mitchell ryan, modern western, nick nolte, robert blake, seventies

ROBERT BLAKE TRIBUTE OF CULT CLASSIC 'ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE'

title: ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE year: 1973 rating: ****1/2 In 1973, cops got their very own EASY RIDER in ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE, both involving...

ROBERT BLAKE LEADS 'THE PURPLE GANG' WITH JOSEPH TURKEL

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEhQPqYA8XvGQuzIHBsyG8nfjL-0hyDneGrwhSYe1V0fxOViFXA6a66PNBChATmU9AHGqPgMtov9a0S1IwQDkCOiIVm4UW1YHDRqWLShMN0iKC8CmhbxeLu0_YyC3paDuGF3LvzYNw0FKRklvaQzWIbY0vjJEIrFAlbLkIk9kVek0pCBeyX_ko4khAa8QA/s1598/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-10%20at%203.56.30%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPqYA8XvGQuzIHBsyG8nfjL-0hyDneGrwhSYe1V0fxOViFXA6a66PNBChATmU9AHGqPgMtov9a0S1IwQDkCOiIVm4UW1YHDRqWLShMN0iKC8CmhbxeLu0_YyC3paDuGF3LvzYNw0FKRklvaQzWIbY0vjJEIrFAlbLkIk9kVek0pCBeyX_ko4khAa8QA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-10%20at%203.56.30%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert Blake in THE PURPLE GANG Year: 1960 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>“The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang,” sang Elvis Presley from his JAILHOUSE ROCK… And while roaring loose on the outside, THE PURPLE GANG keep a steady rhythm and wily pace, yet are ultimately a mere cog in a “law propaganda” wheel as an ultra serious cop, in this case Barry Sullivan’s Police Lt. William P. Harley, lets us know, right off the bat, just how bad these bad guys are and that crime doesn’t pay, and there aren’t any benefits, either.<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div><p> </p><p>Despite the restrictions from the late-50’s channeling 30’s gangster flicks, more than that present time’s more ambiguous Film Noirs, Robert Blake as William Joseph “Honeyboy” Willard packs a genuine machine gun wallop... </p><p><span></span></p>

barry sullivan, biopic, gangster, joe turkel, neo noir, robert blake, sixties, warner archive

ROBERT BLAKE LEADS 'THE PURPLE GANG' WITH JOSEPH TURKEL

Robert Blake in THE PURPLE GANG Year: 1960 Rating: **1/2 “The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang,” sang Elvis Presley from his JAILH...

ROBERT BLAKE AND TIMOTHY CAREY 'REVOLT IN THE BIG HOUSE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEjJnFEHl77w84PH4AOUHgZ0arlhTSxH-9obwiH_XIXKdI9bQM52d0Jmk-E3s-gQCkCfffAcIBk_8eu-09GcnPlZ4wuyyi8y38jmBH8T3KU4m3l448vzxgYMA9CIy6pW8Pde4jM7OP4wRgR-quZZZrQDz17nNY2fWD0_VzBw2SNj2dOo56H-f64W8CMmAw/s965/0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="965" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnFEHl77w84PH4AOUHgZ0arlhTSxH-9obwiH_XIXKdI9bQM52d0Jmk-E3s-gQCkCfffAcIBk_8eu-09GcnPlZ4wuyyi8y38jmBH8T3KU4m3l448vzxgYMA9CIy6pW8Pde4jM7OP4wRgR-quZZZrQDz17nNY2fWD0_VzBw2SNj2dOo56H-f64W8CMmAw/s16000/0.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: REVOLT IN THE BIG HOUSE Year: 1958 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In most prison flicks, whenever a convict returns from solitary confinement... a week or longer in almost pitch dark... they'd emerge like from a well-lit office, maybe a little more tired, ragged...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But Robert Blake in the low-budget b-crimer REVOLT IN THE BIG HOUSE has an extremely jaded expression, rubbing his eyes while suffering the proverbial devil's hangover, back into the flow of prisoners that includes our main star, Gene Evans, as a once-powerful headline-making mobster, now doing twenty years to life...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, emile meyer, exploitation, fifties, film noir or melodrama, gene evans, prison, robert blake, timothy carey, walter barnes

ROBERT BLAKE AND TIMOTHY CAREY 'REVOLT IN THE BIG HOUSE'

Title: REVOLT IN THE BIG HOUSE Year: 1958 Rating: **** In most prison flicks, whenever a convict returns from solitary confinement... a week...

ROBERT BLAKE 'RIPPED-OFF' AS 'THE BOXER' IN 'COUNTER PUNCH'

<p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEiu0kNvaGohY2CfUGSzO7vkV1h3snWixQR3sFGu2ICZW3qJduJ9y1SztbLpXVhNJywnzE7QCiGYyQsPqZ5pALkHwDRTCiSrJsU6krD1g1PoZ6anrWzkAkkE-B9R-7OXK1bN5eJFeprNlLmNoISlgZ4FDQXcRVBEEdj44N3AqhT6S9_8YDbRylxNkRIWnw/s1696/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-11%20at%2011.12.47%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1696" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0kNvaGohY2CfUGSzO7vkV1h3snWixQR3sFGu2ICZW3qJduJ9y1SztbLpXVhNJywnzE7QCiGYyQsPqZ5pALkHwDRTCiSrJsU6krD1g1PoZ6anrWzkAkkE-B9R-7OXK1bN5eJFeprNlLmNoISlgZ4FDQXcRVBEEdj44N3AqhT6S9_8YDbRylxNkRIWnw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-11%20at%2011.12.47%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert Blake in Ripped-Off YEAR: 1972 Released: 1975 Rates: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In RIPPED-OFF, originally titled THE BOXER and also going by COUNTER PUNCH, MURDER IN THE RING, CHAMP CHEROKEE and TOUGH GUY, Robert Blake is a drifting Vietnam Vet boxer named Cherokee...<br> <br> After a come-back and then being set-up to lose an important match, is accused of slaying his manager and, in the usual Noir fashion, is desperate to find the real killer...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

action, boxing, catherine spaak, crime, ernest borgnine, import, italian import, neo noir, robert blake, seventies, sport, tomas milian

ROBERT BLAKE 'RIPPED-OFF' AS 'THE BOXER' IN 'COUNTER PUNCH'

Robert Blake in Ripped-Off YEAR: 1972 Released: 1975 Rates: ***1/2 In RIPPED-OFF, originally titled THE BOXER and also going by COUNTER P...

ROBERT BLAKE & SCOTT WILSON BREAKTHROUGH 'IN COLD BLOOD'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEh6muoDHEGlh-EzsPDQ25QVZMiPRwc0Wf5zqLa6ZjDwj721SpnO6MBb75D479DtcskQq7YXfE_X1Hv_6IHAyhdBuSg-txw743O739Mb3um1fKKoHcy7-FjfVxdCkFkWQ89NO5wS33NTBfwxYbWykendVkAOUw7Dfgu9PnuceCW3KC52sx5MtPc5dQy5kQ/s1177/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-11%20at%202.28.22%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6muoDHEGlh-EzsPDQ25QVZMiPRwc0Wf5zqLa6ZjDwj721SpnO6MBb75D479DtcskQq7YXfE_X1Hv_6IHAyhdBuSg-txw743O739Mb3um1fKKoHcy7-FjfVxdCkFkWQ89NO5wS33NTBfwxYbWykendVkAOUw7Dfgu9PnuceCW3KC52sx5MtPc5dQy5kQ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-11%20at%202.28.22%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: IN COLD BLOOD Director: Richard Brooks Year: 1967 Rating: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Made in the late-1960's leading to the early-1970's American Renaissance, Richard Brooks's theatrical adaptation of Truman Capote's non-fiction bestseller IN COLD BLOOD, taking place in the late 1950's, is a sublime combination of the then-budding style of modern-method/character-driven performances and the more polished and studied throwback to Hollywood's Golden Age (including hard-boiled documentary-style narration)...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And as real-life killers Perry Smith and Dick Hickcok, Robert Blake and Scott Wilson hand-off individual importance: Wilson during the first half as a cocky conman instigating the heist of a supposed Kansas farmer's lucrative safe, and, following their Nevada capture, the previously brooding, strong-silent Blake drives the story home, right down to the inevitable hangman's noose...</p><span></span>

biopic, brenda currin, charles mcgraw, crime, gerald s. o'loughlin, james flavin, jazz-score, jeff corey, john forsythe, john mcliam, paul stewart, richard brooks, robert blake, scott wilson, sixties, will geer

ROBERT BLAKE & SCOTT WILSON BREAKTHROUGH 'IN COLD BLOOD'

Title: IN COLD BLOOD Director: Richard Brooks Year: 1967 Rating: ***** Made in the late-1960's leading to the early-1970's American ...

ENLARGING BERT I. GORDON'S CULT CLASSIC 'EMPIRE OF THE ANTS'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEh6wjwLvUVNmupYHRE9FUJwHokZdBCwe-WVj_Nys5urRl4rISPIdyvfjLyjEMPkyeaoumgjZg6sTRlooxgJjZh8uByzgOTpN1i2kIJXGusEHD6eOGPZNKo1z0nuo6shJ5yw7kC4lMOwrlgYRjreQftUuSki99N5DGp1H8QUsVNy9ErmfU-heiLtGjSShw/s1304/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-08%20at%2011.24.44%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wjwLvUVNmupYHRE9FUJwHokZdBCwe-WVj_Nys5urRl4rISPIdyvfjLyjEMPkyeaoumgjZg6sTRlooxgJjZh8uByzgOTpN1i2kIJXGusEHD6eOGPZNKo1z0nuo6shJ5yw7kC4lMOwrlgYRjreQftUuSki99N5DGp1H8QUsVNy9ErmfU-heiLtGjSShw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-08%20at%2011.24.44%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: EMPIRE OF THE ANTS Year: 1977 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Cult director Bert I. Young peaked during the 1970's, bringing his previous two decades of signature <i>normal creatures superimposed to look gigantic around their hunted prey humans</i>, with both rats and ants... the first being FOOD OF THE GODS and the second, and best, is EMPIRE OF THE ANTS...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Although infamously campy, there's a good cast playing eclectic characters and a good reason for them to be gathered together... in this case on an island where real estate con-artist Joan Collins is trying to sell bogus<i> dream</i> property...</p><p><span></span></p>

albert salmi, ants, bert i. gordon, body count, brooke palance, creature, jacqueline ellis, joan collins, john david carson, robert lansing, robert pine, seventies

ENLARGING BERT I. GORDON'S CULT CLASSIC 'EMPIRE OF THE ANTS'

Title: EMPIRE OF THE ANTS Year: 1977 Rating: **** Cult director Bert I. Young peaked during the 1970's, bringing his previous two decade...

WARREN DOUGLAS IN THE GANGSTER NOIR 'BELOW THE DEADLINE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEg2R24ces8ECVz7Ju6gUllJtXnKvSpk8T4zMsb30T2T85S4E0RZOr_ntQE5c17i-ELBIp51ABfgNYwrgH2v6604ROyUcsZ7OZZIUlYmbYUpq-nvFmb3Ln63dPRUmD7Sc_ljBCvZlCs0lZe24G543uUx_SKzJkbXmiDfCiCxgKvyS9Tvtj0XueGliWpq_w/s1606/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-27%20at%2012.34.03%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2R24ces8ECVz7Ju6gUllJtXnKvSpk8T4zMsb30T2T85S4E0RZOr_ntQE5c17i-ELBIp51ABfgNYwrgH2v6604ROyUcsZ7OZZIUlYmbYUpq-nvFmb3Ln63dPRUmD7Sc_ljBCvZlCs0lZe24G543uUx_SKzJkbXmiDfCiCxgKvyS9Tvtj0XueGliWpq_w/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-27%20at%2012.34.03%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Warren Douglas, </u><u>Ramsay Ames</u><u> & George Meeker in Below the Deadline Year: 1946 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Little known or discussed Gangster Film Noir where our main man "Jumpin' Joe" Hilton is just that... And in the role, Warren Douglas is perfect. He seems ready for anything and yet is cool as that proverbial cucumber... in an ice box: Just returned from World War II, having inherited his slain, more proper and distinguished (and pretentious) older brother's gambling outfit, he's got just about everything, literally...<br> <br> Including a beautiful young dame in Ramsay Ames's Lynn, going from a roulette wheel worker to the girl who chips at his icy heart... Which is what makes Joe a worthy Noir persona, initially moving forward like a shark: But as cold-blooded as he may be, his recent-past... which had lasted five grueling years... provides a light at the end of the tunnel...<br> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p>

clancy cooper, film noir or melodrama, forties, gangster, george meeker, jan wiley, paul maxey, philip van zandt, ramsay ames, warner archives, warren douglas

WARREN DOUGLAS IN THE GANGSTER NOIR 'BELOW THE DEADLINE'

Warren Douglas, Ramsay Ames & George Meeker in Below the Deadline Year: 1946 Rating: ***1/2 Little known or discussed Gangster Film No...

STANLEY BAKER AND LAURENCE HARVEY IN 'THE GOOD DIE YOUNG'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEjzcd_c4F9CJaJ2_H1tWJw3WMOxk5XpK8YGM8QFzB0phnTIc8Wa9KLd8VSI8OuAoihlWWnxBEsmROZlPCF4FWjnszYTjTo1nZuQpRuqFoXF9GAWGvESenNXOXNj9aSnzFRcXIGn6Cl7-NSYRpqeOGpoDJfNQW1opK2fjN89peUCoC1TdOv2bnUedQSJYw/s925/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-06%20at%2012.54.25%20AM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="925" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcd_c4F9CJaJ2_H1tWJw3WMOxk5XpK8YGM8QFzB0phnTIc8Wa9KLd8VSI8OuAoihlWWnxBEsmROZlPCF4FWjnszYTjTo1nZuQpRuqFoXF9GAWGvESenNXOXNj9aSnzFRcXIGn6Cl7-NSYRpqeOGpoDJfNQW1opK2fjN89peUCoC1TdOv2bnUedQSJYw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-06%20at%2012.54.25%20AM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE GOOD DIE YOUNG Year: 1954 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Lewis Gilbert's London-set Noir/Melodrama would lack some of the Melodrama without the two Americans countering the two Englishmen: although Stanley Baker's working-class boxer does get theatrical outside the ring, and, staring with four men in a car, guns drawn, about to commit a robbery, we experience backstories of each... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>John Ireland's a broke, whiny GI married to cheating movie star Gloria Grahame — a mismatched couple to begin with — while Richard Basehart has pregnant Joan Collins and a clingy mother-in-law, attempting suicide when <i>they</i> attempt flying back overseas: So one American needs airfare while the other needs a divorce... making both weak candidates for crime, saving the best for last... </p><p><span></span></p>

boxing, british, british film noir/melodrama, fifties, gloria grahame, heist, joan collins, john ireland, laurence harvey, lewis gilbert, richard basehart, romance, stanley baker

STANLEY BAKER AND LAURENCE HARVEY IN 'THE GOOD DIE YOUNG'

Title: THE GOOD DIE YOUNG Year: 1954 Rating: ***1/2 Lewis Gilbert's London-set Noir/Melodrama would lack some of the Melodrama without t...

JACK NICHOLSON 'THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS' BRUCE DERN

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEgADuYZIywSyw6eT4Z89zbHZ5WMsyIaTMTiMtIbfuodxfo1kw84Ym6sl6e9MeLHn9GwFeNiL2JNb7c2z2sYyXVKq2qyU_w-jp-KtgRscENa-HpEC4W6ikFNR19pCo8J9Wr-Mb_iMZF6hDsSC3hSNHSBNBEx0VhfYUt_DoBOMq-TMGiRxZsGKeuJcjg7CbVb/s1985/Screen+Shot+2021-09-26+at+4.57.44+PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1985" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADuYZIywSyw6eT4Z89zbHZ5WMsyIaTMTiMtIbfuodxfo1kw84Ym6sl6e9MeLHn9GwFeNiL2JNb7c2z2sYyXVKq2qyU_w-jp-KtgRscENa-HpEC4W6ikFNR19pCo8J9Wr-Mb_iMZF6hDsSC3hSNHSBNBEx0VhfYUt_DoBOMq-TMGiRxZsGKeuJcjg7CbVb/s16000/Screen+Shot+2021-09-26+at+4.57.44+PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Bruce Dern and Jack Nicholson in THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS Year: 1972 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Maybe directors never really outgrow their film school mindset: And in that, following what would forever remain their collaborative pinnacle, FIVE EASY PIECES director Bob Rafelson gave his close friend Jack Nicholson a break from the stereotype of being the feisty rebel type, here a meek Philly-dwelling radio host of melancholy monologues...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then again maybe he should have played Bruce Dern's conniving con-man older brother Jason Staebler, on the stumbling verge of an Atlantic City land deal with a few obstacles including a potentially dangerous kingpin (Nicholson's three picture co-star, Scatman Crothers) and especially his women...<br></p><span></span>

bob rafelson, bruce dern, crime, cult, ellen burstyn, gambling, indie, jack nicholson, julia anne robinson, neo noir, scatman crothers, seventies, thriller

JACK NICHOLSON 'THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS' BRUCE DERN

Bruce Dern and Jack Nicholson in THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS Year: 1972 Rating: *** Maybe directors never really outgrow their film school mi...

MARLON BRANDO INVADES 'THE NIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING DAY'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEhcVqxvKjAhezI4gr7SuKESrJF6nidUBmS_E3Z6ICMO7zwvjJHJWcs-olVYU8O8FbcsmYtVsbQ_ZiG5UZCPgLuDXCb9whNp_3lg9EUwA4rjI6DD0FT-Hyw67LXm46qgFnP2uIgovkLKXMEggGElCZ8XBOb0PR6GphtG8dxlc4Ml6of3ejRX6VLZwnNvWkq1/s2132/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-23%20at%203.09.55%20AM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="2132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVqxvKjAhezI4gr7SuKESrJF6nidUBmS_E3Z6ICMO7zwvjJHJWcs-olVYU8O8FbcsmYtVsbQ_ZiG5UZCPgLuDXCb9whNp_3lg9EUwA4rjI6DD0FT-Hyw67LXm46qgFnP2uIgovkLKXMEggGElCZ8XBOb0PR6GphtG8dxlc4Ml6of3ejRX6VLZwnNvWkq1/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-23%20at%203.09.55%20AM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Marlon Brando in The Night of the Following Day 1969 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There are two things that <i>must be </i>intentional about THE NIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING DAY: One is fortyish Marlon Brando was proving to <i>still </i>be fit and great looking (and he did); the other is this kidnap-thriller's not one bit thrilling, and director Hubert Cornfield deliberately made a character-driven film more about edgy criminals than the edgy situation they're involved in... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And kidnapped Pamela Franklin is hardly shown, especially once inside the main location, a French beach house where even a literally fishing cop — flirting with Brando's junky girlfriend (and the passive leader's sister) Rita Moreno — doesn't  evoke suspense...</p><p><span></span></p>

al lettieri, hubert cornfield, jazz score, jess hahn, kidnapping, marlon brando, neo noir, pamela franklin, richard boone, rita moreno, sixties, suspense, thriller

MARLON BRANDO INVADES 'THE NIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING DAY'

Marlon Brando in The Night of the Following Day 1969 Rating: ***1/2 There are two things that must be intentional about THE NIGHT OF THE FOL...

DON SIEGEL'S VERSION OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S 'THE KILLERS'

<p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEgb2c7L1CNGSRYClg2aosrvnBJASPWmgmQcSyBhOaC4BCIE6piQZeNDfy_5F8K5IP5fQpv2jxMrBqNrK5c4BwyLfm3KZ5ti44hyYAh0h8aWVuRiGq97i_irJoLWueYF9WZRu4Rot8YA2pFGd9gvMfOZiu0gaP2t5udYmJNhoIJqwL_5F_HINI-IDLWeMw/s1233/2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2c7L1CNGSRYClg2aosrvnBJASPWmgmQcSyBhOaC4BCIE6piQZeNDfy_5F8K5IP5fQpv2jxMrBqNrK5c4BwyLfm3KZ5ti44hyYAh0h8aWVuRiGq97i_irJoLWueYF9WZRu4Rot8YA2pFGd9gvMfOZiu0gaP2t5udYmJNhoIJqwL_5F_HINI-IDLWeMw/s16000/2.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE KILLERS Year: 1964 Rating: **** </u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Ernest Hemingway's 1927 short-story THE KILLERS is indeed quite short, mostly taking place in a diner where two hit men are looking for a renegade who that tale's protagonist, Nick Adams, works with at the small town's gas station... also the prologue to the 1946 Film Noir introducing Burt Lancaster... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This 1964 Don Siegel version couldn't be more different, deleting the central diner scene (from the book and previous film) and was originally intended for television: no surprise given the somewhat mundane framing, noticeable studio sets (more inexpensive than stylized), soapy dialogue and lack of blood — THE KILLERS is not violent enough a theatrical thriller and too intensely lethal for the small screen... <br></p><span></span>

angie dickinson, claude akins, clu gulager, crime, don siegel, ernest hemingway, john cassavetes, lee marvin, norman fell, race car, robert phillips, ronald reagan, sixties, thriller

DON SIEGEL'S VERSION OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S 'THE KILLERS'

Title: THE KILLERS Year: 1964 Rating: **** Ernest Hemingway's 1927 short-story THE KILLERS is indeed quite short, mostly taking place i...