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Written by James M. Tate / 4/24/2024 / No comments / action , bill hickman , carl reindel , classic , cop , crime , cult , don gordon , felice orlandi , jacqueline bisset , jazz-score , pat renella , peter yates , robert vaughn , simon oakland , sixties , steve mcqueen , thriller

PETER YATES GIVES MORE THAN CHASE IN THE CLASSIC 'BULLITT'

<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/AVvXsEjqGcowbgZy8_l1GFYTSWL4ZdjJz6ZieNOvvxYkA4dAEPcRDJukjslHkvqW8Nm4xUtljM-Da1jwEwFD1ZOxmCjs0rN1BFJ8ewgaGY0bo0_2-wfdmX66DWqp96oqRIG7tolnRHh9WUJANcZk8kzgzn3DvTwYLMnXa7X0hruRvLHkQGG6w24BDzbwVQwmFdG_/s1512/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-25%20at%202.37.27%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGcowbgZy8_l1GFYTSWL4ZdjJz6ZieNOvvxYkA4dAEPcRDJukjslHkvqW8Nm4xUtljM-Da1jwEwFD1ZOxmCjs0rN1BFJ8ewgaGY0bo0_2-wfdmX66DWqp96oqRIG7tolnRHh9WUJANcZk8kzgzn3DvTwYLMnXa7X0hruRvLHkQGG6w24BDzbwVQwmFdG_/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-25%20at%202.37.27%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve McQueen in BULLITT Year: 1968 Rating: *****</td></tr></tbody></table>The iconic car chase is the only thing that seems to matter in BULLITT, and not just for the media since director Peter Yates's prior chase in his British heist thriller <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2020/09/AR.html">ROBBERY</a> was so admired by Steve McQueen, Yates got this gig... But like there is far more than just action throughout the strategically tempered neo noir cadence of ROBBERY, Yates's cop/crime classic BULLITT is also more about words than wheels...

action, bill hickman, carl reindel, classic, cop, crime, cult, don gordon, felice orlandi, jacqueline bisset, jazz-score, 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...

CHARLES BRONSON IN THE MODERN NOIR TEMPLATE OF 'ST. IVES'

<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/AVvXsEi5fCtZxuQvtwKMcPRhz2fSO8uHNEyhlNcZXjtKzw4R0y02CTzc0-odA4uBDi57agFdzk3V3rRLhjwJCUGTbmmFVmJBl-bo9ZpzZrtnj3t9fOucytX7KyOtMD-SoxePFIZV1KRudZ1XLwboGSe29wva77xXMtbQW2qh49qepVU7kAf1-gYgjwu3RCM9gA/s962/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-25%20at%2010.23.50%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fCtZxuQvtwKMcPRhz2fSO8uHNEyhlNcZXjtKzw4R0y02CTzc0-odA4uBDi57agFdzk3V3rRLhjwJCUGTbmmFVmJBl-bo9ZpzZrtnj3t9fOucytX7KyOtMD-SoxePFIZV1KRudZ1XLwboGSe29wva77xXMtbQW2qh49qepVU7kAf1-gYgjwu3RCM9gA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-25%20at%2010.23.50%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ST. IVES Stars: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>The second of two Charles Bronson vehicles after DEATH WISH where Jeff Goldblum plays a member of a gang trio, this time as Hood #3 instead of Freak #1 for ST. IVES, a deliberately nostalgic gumshoe throwback liken to THE BIG SLEEP (ignited by the popularity of CHINATOWN) with Bronson as the snoopy, rough yet vulnerable Humphrey Bogart type, only a crime writer instead of private eye...And, given a broad task by millionaire John Houseman to find some important papers within 1970's Downtown Los Angeles, Bronson's titular Ives roams from one location to another in the typical Noir fashion...

action, charles bronson, crime, dana elcar, gumshoe, harry guardino, j. lee thompson, jacqueline bisset, jeff goldblum, john houseman, lynn borden, neo noir, seventies, thriller

CHARLES BRONSON IN THE MODERN NOIR TEMPLATE OF 'ST. IVES'

ST. IVES Stars: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2 The second of two Charles Bronson vehicles after...

DIRECTOR SIDNEY LUMET'S 'MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS'

<table 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/a/AVvXsEh2WzOmNDyK-f8MUHa5bc97Ay84EkFKQl84_BdS47IxjPMK5LVc-GIvB4ccsvrWjZEQMLylD6VHOhHfXx0u1buQkhY66UXLLgyD6YHmf-MleW_DGbaOS9E2xMz_9VJ4h-kcoaWCDY5aKML1ZxFORwVCbkNTavrwB9saSoasxM0SpM5fLZYj9PkVFHfQHA=s1814" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="1814" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2WzOmNDyK-f8MUHa5bc97Ay84EkFKQl84_BdS47IxjPMK5LVc-GIvB4ccsvrWjZEQMLylD6VHOhHfXx0u1buQkhY66UXLLgyD6YHmf-MleW_DGbaOS9E2xMz_9VJ4h-kcoaWCDY5aKML1ZxFORwVCbkNTavrwB9saSoasxM0SpM5fLZYj9PkVFHfQHA=w400-h224" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: Murder on the Orient Express Year: 1974 Rating: *1/2 </td></tr></tbody></table>Finishing up reviews of the EMI-backed British productions of <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/search/label/agatha%20christie">Agatha Christie adaptations</a> is the first, and somehow most popular, in Sidney Lumet's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS starring the otherwise splendid actor Albert Finney... Who, as quirky/offbeat Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot, looks as if Charlie Chaplin gained weight after eating pies thrown on a stiff face caked with so much distracting makeup he's hardly able to speak... and with a horribly fake-sounding accent... Meanwhile the 1970's all-star-cast.. ranging from murdered enigmatic "businessman" Richard Widmark with humble aid Anthony Perkins, two veteran actresses Lauren Bacall and Ingrid Bergman, token muscular-handsome fella Sean Connery paired with beautiful young Jacqueline Bissett and Poirot's right-hand-man Martin Balsam... merely fill space within an otherwise stylishly antique setting but the plot, like the titular train, is all dressed up with nowhere to go, slowly.

agatha christie, albert finney, anthony perkins, british, ensemble, ingrid bergman, jacqueline bisset, lauren bacall, martin balsam, mystery, sean connery, train

DIRECTOR SIDNEY LUMET'S 'MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS'

Title: Murder on the Orient Express Year: 1974 Rating: *1/2 Finishing up reviews of the EMI-backed British productions of Agatha Christie ad...

ROB LOWE W/ ANDREW MCCARTHY & JACQUELINE BISSET IN 'CLASS'

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alan ruck, andrew mccarthy, brat pack, eighties, jacqueline bisset, john cusack, rob lowe, romantic comedy, sex comedy, stuart margolin

ROB LOWE W/ ANDREW MCCARTHY & JACQUELINE BISSET IN 'CLASS'

Opening credit for CLASS from 1983 Rating: *** While CLASS stars future Brat Packers Rob Lowe and Andrew McCarthy before ST. ELMO'S FIR...

NAMES BEHIND THE GROOVY COFFEE HOUSE BAND FROM 'BULLITT'

<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/AVvXsEgFYiN6lZCRVkfj2SLJw7lduwMHXTLu4F-Z32tt-jJYx5GAUghH74xqrShcMKuymDhY0SxHwGwxRS46uSpcocJPTN0STqYoNqfP8IKGxc9_VdN-9RwLZLullNr8yJypZBip6yaysrCvrecBMYjyz9GOjDqI4VkinxOwglfm3VyGF942T4OdE4wrnd2Lqg/s2048/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYiN6lZCRVkfj2SLJw7lduwMHXTLu4F-Z32tt-jJYx5GAUghH74xqrShcMKuymDhY0SxHwGwxRS46uSpcocJPTN0STqYoNqfP8IKGxc9_VdN-9RwLZLullNr8yJypZBip6yaysrCvrecBMYjyz9GOjDqI4VkinxOwglfm3VyGF942T4OdE4wrnd2Lqg/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jazz Flautist Julie Iger Roseman imposed behind Steve McQueen in BULLITT</td></tr></tbody></table>A memorable yet dated scene in Peter Yates's cop classic BULLITT starring Steve McQueen, thrusting audiences into the groovy late-1960's with a flurry of flute-spouting, bass-thumping, guitar-strumming hippie jazz is also pretty cool because, hell, it's a standout part of BULLITT; so here's some info backing up the San Francisco band playing at the COFFEE CANTATA where McQueen's titular cop has dinner with his gorgeous gal Jacqueline Bissett...The group was known as MERIDIAN WEST and the members were, on guitar: LARRY VOGT; flute: JULIE IGER ROSEMAN; percussion: AL PIMENTAL and the obvious leader, on standup bass: NAT JOHNSON. According to flautist Julie Iger Roseman, McQueen had discovered the Bay Area musicians, bought them a drink, and hired them for the movie (<a href="http://reelsf.com/reelsf/bullitt-coffee-cantata">info discovered here</a>), in which Meridian West was recorded at Francis Ford Coppola's local studio. But guitarist Larry Vogt stated that the actual music heard was performed and written by composer Lalo Schifrin (with his ensemble), and NOT this foursome... who DID perform live at the Hollywood Opening/Premiere party.

article, cop, cult, jacqueline bisset, jazz score, music, peter yates, sixties, steve mcqueen

NAMES BEHIND THE GROOVY COFFEE HOUSE BAND FROM 'BULLITT'

Jazz Flautist Julie Iger Roseman imposed behind Steve McQueen in BULLITT A memorable yet dated scene in Peter Yates's cop classic BULLIT...

NEWMAN & HOLDEN DO ALLEN AGAIN IN 'WHEN TIME RAN OUT'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">rating: ***1/2</td></tr>
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In Irwin Allen’s classic THE TOWERING INFERNO, Paul Newman played the chief architect of an enormous building with many problems under the surface, and it was all Richard Chamberlain’s fault for not checking fire codes, or something of that expository/technological nature while William Holden ran the show and eventually sided with Newman, but everyone on board was in the same dire predicament. And a similar thing happens in WHEN TIME RAN OUT with two INFERNO veterans… actually three including producer Irwin Allen, master of disaster cinema. Once again, William Holden is financially in charge of things. His character, Shelby, adores Jacqueline Bisset’s Kay, madly in love with Hank Anderson, an oil foreman who realizes the deeper they drill, the more angry a near-distant volcano becomes. 
 
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Year: 1980</td></tr>
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Newman plays Hank, another Irwin Allen created self loathing millionaire who, being more cautious and hesitant than conceited by wealth, his the good while while his new Richard Chamberlain is James Franciscus as Bob Spangler, a greedy businessman, son of a sugar cane mogul seeking oil as gold who runs a plush hotel in a South Pacific Island: a sublime resort that, like all man-made devices in disaster films, is supposedly indestructible in this black sheep ensemble featuring Ernest Borgnine as a cop pestering Red Buttons as a bond scammer living in plush retirement... 
 
The talent involved, also including Burgess Meredith, are somewhat wasted, seeming part of an extremely bland FANTASY ISLAND episode. Meanwhile the token young starlets include Veronica Hamel (who was in Allen's sequel to POSEIDON ADVENTURE, the original featuring this film's Borgnine and Buttons) and native beauty Barbara Carrera, eventually becoming pretty wallpaper compared to Bissett’s female lead although, other than her Faye Dunaway-style attraction for working class Newman, she really doesn't do very much but prove that gorgeous women can be smart and down to earth... around a man who deserves them, that is. 
 
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Off to get killed! Damn fools!"</td></tr>
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The story finally gets underway when the volcano erupts. The residents must choose a risky trek with Newman to the other side of the island, or staying put with Franciscus at the resort. It’s pretty obvious what the logical option is – at least from the audience perspective. Yet only a small group joins in on the mobile caravan and, while the stubborn hotel dwellers watch the volcano spit fireballs into the sky, Newman leads his herd on foot around a mountainous incline, and then to the place we'll spend the entire third act, and, alternative title for WHEN TIME RAN OUT could very well be A BRIDGE TOO FLIMY: Once the gang arrives at a makeshift native bridge with a gushing river of molten lava bumbling beneath, the dilapidated structure begins falling apart. Therefore the survivors must cross slowly, and cautiously, to the other side… Which does have suspenseful moments, yet we never got to know the characters well enough to really care about their success or demise. Still though, while not top of the shelf Irwin Allen, it's a nice little, swift and entertaining ride. 
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disaster, eighties, ernest borgnine, irwin allen, jacqueline bisset, james francsiscus, paul newman, red buttons, william holden