Written by James M. Tate / 4/30/2023 / No comments / anne sargent , barry fitzgerald , cop , don taylor , dorothy hart , film noir or melodrama , howard duff , john mcquade , jules dassin , kathleen freeman , ted decorsia , thriller
DON TAYLOR & HOWARD DUFF IN JULES DASSIN'S 'THE NAKED CITY'

Howard Duff pays for crime in Jules Dassin's THE NAKED CITY Year: 1948 Rating: ***1/2 After producer Mark Hellinger's famous opening...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/29/2023 / No comments / anita colby , ann blyth , burt lancaster , film noir or melodrama , howard duff , hume cronyn , jeff corey , john hoyt , jules dassin , prison , sam levene , yvonne de carlo
BURT LANCASTER IN JULES DASSIN'S PRISON NOIR 'BRUTE FORCE'

Criterion Cover for BRUTE FORCE Year: 1947 Rating: ***1/2 Director Jules Dassin basically made his own post-war World War II picture, only s...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/28/2023 / No comments / alexander davion , british new wave , hammer films , horror , janette scott , liliane brousse , oliver reed , sixties , suspense , thriller
OLIVER REED IN HAMMER FILMS 'PARANOIAC' WITH JANETTE SCOTT

Poster for PARANOIAC Year: 1963 Rating: **** If Terence Fisher was the Universal Classic Monsters version of England's HAMMER FILMS then...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/27/2023 / No comments / action , crime , escape , fabio testi , frédéric de pasquale , italian , jailbreak , kidnapping , oliver reed , paola pitagora , seventies , teamup , thriller , wrong man
OLIVER REED DOES ITALIAN CRIME IN 'REVOLVER' W/ FABIO TESTI

Oliver Reed in Revolver Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 A promising, clever premise of a government official, played by genuine bad-ass Oliver Ree...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/25/2023 / No comments / british , david lodge , derek francis , hammer films , horror , martin benson , martin reid , michael ripper , mystery , oliver reed , patrick allen , peter cushing , peter graham scott , sixties , yvonne romain
HAMMER PRESENTS 'NIGHT CREATURES' WITH PETER CUSHING

Oliver Reed and Peter Cushing in Hammer's NIGHT CREATURES Year: 1962 Rating: ****1/2 Hammer's decision to name this hybrid of thrill...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/24/2023 / No comments / anthony dawson , british , hammer films , horror , joy webster , oliver reed , richard wordsworth , terence fisher , victorian , werewolf , yvonne romain
HAMMER'S VICTORIAN HORROR 'THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF'

Oliver Reed in THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF Year: 1961 Rating: **** A man gets bitten by a wolf and slowly turns into one… Which probably sou...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/20/2023 / No comments / action , adventure , comedy , james donald , john alderton , michael j. pollard , michael winner , nazi , oliver reed , pow , road movie , sixties , world war II
MICHAEL WINNER DIRECTS OLIVER REED IN 'HANNIBAL BROOKS'

Oliver Reed in HANNIBAL BROOKS Year: 1969 Rating: *** * Short, quirky, extremely offbeat Michael J. Pollard is like a novelty song of an act...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/17/2023 / No comments / body count , british , bully , carol lynley , david greene , drama , gig young , gothic , horror , jazz score , oliver reed , rural , sixties , thriller
CAROL LYNLEY IN 'THE SHUTTERED ROOM' WITH OLIVER REED

Title: THE SHUTTERED ROOM Year: 1967 Rating: ***1/2 A near clone of Sam Peckinpah's STRAW DOGS only five years earlier, during the psych...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/16/2023 / No comments / berry kroeger , biopic , cold war , dana andrews , espionage , film noir or melodrama , gene tierney , june havoc , peter whitney , thriller , war
DANA ANDREWS & GENE TIERNEY DEFECT IN 'THE IRON CURTAIN'

Title: THE IRON CURTAIN Year of Capture and Release: 1948 Rates: ***1/2 Between the famous Otto Preminger Film Noir LAURA and WHERE THE SI...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/15/2023 / No comments / action , barry foster , british neo noir , british new wave , frank finlay , glynn edwards , 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 / 4/13/2023 / No comments / british neo noir , colin welland , david warner , del henney , donald webster , dustin hoffman , jim norton , ken hutchison , peter vaughan , sam peckinpah , seventies , susan george , t.p. mckenna , thriller
SAM PECKINPAH'S CONTROVERSIAL BRITISH CLASSIC 'STRAW DOGS'

Title: STRAW DOGS Year: 1971 Rating: ***** American director Sam Peckinpah's THE WILD BUNCH is considered his peak — yet an even wilder ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/06/2023 / No comments / action , cult , dinosaur , exploitation , fifties , horror , irvin s. yeaworth jr. , jack harris , james congdon , jazz score , lee meriwether , robert fields , robert lansing , sixties , steve mcqueen , suspense , thriller
STEVE MCQUEEN IN THE ORIGINAL LEGENDARY CLASSIC 'THE BLOB'

Steve McQueen in THE BLOB Year: 1958 Rating: ***1/2 During the prelude of an eclectic and highly successful career, Steve McQueen, billed ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/05/2023 / No comments / action , al bright , al lettieri , ali macgraw , ben johnson , bo hopkins , crime , exploitation , heist , modern western , road movie , sally struthers , sam peckinpah , steve mcqueen
STEVE MCQUEEN LITERALLY STEALS SAM PECKINPAH'S 'THE GETAWAY'

Title: THE GETAWAY Year: 1972 Rating: **** The machine-pounding prologue/montage of Sam Peckinpah's THE GETAWAY embodies caged hopelessn...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/03/2023 / No comments / action , classic , cop , crime , cult , don gordon , felice orlandi , jacqueline bisset , pat renella , peter yates , robert vaughn , simon oakland , sixties , steve mcqueen , thriller
PETER YATES GIVES MORE THAN CHASE IN THE CLASSIC 'BULLITT'

Steve McQueen in BULLITT Year: 1968 Rating: ***** The iconic car chase is the only thing that seems to matter in BULLITT, and not just for t...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/02/2023 / No comments / action , ben johnson , biopic , cop , crime , eighties , eli wallach , kathryn harrold , lavar burton , steve mcqueen , tracey walter , tribute
STEVE MCQUEEN'S FINAL LIFETIME BOUNTY FOR 'THE HUNTER'

Title: THE GETAWAY Year: 1972 Rating: **** Steve McQueen began his career as a bounty hunter on TV's WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE and ended as ...
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GEORGE MAHARIS SABOTAGES THE TV-MOVIE 'DEATH FLIGHT'
George Maharis up to no good for DEATH FLIGHT Year: 1977 Rates: ***1/2 Let's quickly kill two birds with one stone... the death of ROUTE...
