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Written by James M. Tate / 8/28/2022 / No comments / burt reynolds , carl reiner , dark comedy , david steinberg , dom deluise , joanne woodward , kristy mcnichol , myrna loy , norman fell , pat o'brien , robby benson , seventies

BURT REYNOLDS DIRECTS AND STARS IN TO DIE IN 'THE END'

<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/AVvXsEiIuvPvmKocJKfFhCkZ-E86qoqQwJmlUyGWI_b0FcEutVnSF_3miX_XDbISNaccicr2grIx0OweeMYdfFQhxJkho2DvIijSptsl0lh0hEYHvD5huVDGfriP3bcQ6Sfiw39MydLGGHhR0KUqbqtUxEl6KqZGrDcAnnVkAd3wyMk2x0qHOXWTS0VQsoTmBCSF/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-20%20at%2010.14.10%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuvPvmKocJKfFhCkZ-E86qoqQwJmlUyGWI_b0FcEutVnSF_3miX_XDbISNaccicr2grIx0OweeMYdfFQhxJkho2DvIijSptsl0lh0hEYHvD5huVDGfriP3bcQ6Sfiw39MydLGGHhR0KUqbqtUxEl6KqZGrDcAnnVkAd3wyMk2x0qHOXWTS0VQsoTmBCSF/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-20%20at%2010.14.10%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burt Reynolds in THE END Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>Best remembered for the last half-hour involving Burt Reynolds, as a dying man with less than a year to live, and Dom DeLuise, whom he meets at an insane asylum after an unsuccessful suicide attempt: Crazy Dom's given the personal task to kill Burt so he doesn't have to do it himself...Before the human cartoon zaniness is a satisfying, darkly comedic hour where Reynold's character, a formerly shady insurance scammer, Sonny, meets with a young priest (Robby Benson, basically playing, Robby Benson as a priest) who's more curious about Sonny's sins than a confession...

burt reynolds, carl reiner, dark comedy, david steinberg, dom deluise, joanne woodward, kristy mcnichol, myrna loy, norman fell, pat o'brien, robby benson, seventies

BURT REYNOLDS DIRECTS AND STARS IN TO DIE IN 'THE END'

Burt Reynolds in THE END Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 Best remembered for the last half-hour involving Burt Reynolds, as a dying man with less ...

EARLY JAMES CAGNEY MILITARY COMEDY 'HERE COMES THE NAVY'

<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/AVvXsEg_gkxTUoOsREc705RQ3cSGDY2r1Ap69VvBgVirEAaeoP2AUFPkBnfEicOrN2jkE3kvf1JwU-FhJqzXTvWNoAHkl1SzylVFETG5-UA3Ob8Inj2t4nAPplmb4SRWlTg503tdJJBFHinUmgFAaQi9qX3-MQ_waN-SZr_4l3onOz96E-WSKgvcfb2j296J8Q=s531" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="531" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_gkxTUoOsREc705RQ3cSGDY2r1Ap69VvBgVirEAaeoP2AUFPkBnfEicOrN2jkE3kvf1JwU-FhJqzXTvWNoAHkl1SzylVFETG5-UA3Ob8Inj2t4nAPplmb4SRWlTg503tdJJBFHinUmgFAaQi9qX3-MQ_waN-SZr_4l3onOz96E-WSKgvcfb2j296J8Q=w400-h345" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YEAR: 1934 Rates: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>James Cagney as feisty construction worker/dance-contest running Chesty O'Brien has a row with Navy braggart Pat O'Brien, so he joins-up to simply punch out his rival in Lloyd Bacon's HERE COMES THE NAVY, another early Cagney programmer, here with most of the screen-time onboard the doomed/legendary U.S.S. Arizona aircraft carrier, in 1934...Cagney, along with his usual tubby comic-relief sidekick Frank McHugh, meet up in a 90-day boot camp that flies by too quickly.... But with HERE COMES THE NAVY, featuring bad (as in flirtatious two-timing) dancing girl Dorothy Tree followed by the token perfect girl who just happens to be O'Brien's little sister Gloria Stuart predictably falling for Cagney yet in an equally mutual fashion, the best scenes showcase how Chesty cuts corners onboard the Arizona, from taking an illegal liberty to working extremely hard to NOT have to work as hard as everyone else... That's until the inevitable tables turn and Cagney goes from snarky clown to intrepid hero, equally a stretch to how and why he'd joined in the first place... but it's all lightweight fare with the resilient young Cagney once again making pure adventure out of just a few locations.

action, adventure, comedy, dorothy tree, frank mchugh, gloria stuart, james cagney, military, pat o'brien, thirties

EARLY JAMES CAGNEY MILITARY COMEDY 'HERE COMES THE NAVY'

YEAR: 1934 Rates: **** James Cagney as feisty construction worker/dance-contest running Chesty O'Brien has a row with Navy braggart Pat ...

JOHN WAYNE PRESENTS 'RING OF FEAR' WITH JOHN BROMFIELD

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pat O'Brien, Sean McClory & Mickey Spillane YEAR: 1954</td></tr>
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There's THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, considered by some the greatest
 Circus Movie — unless you count the more personal, character-driven 
melodrama, TRAPEZE or maybe JUMBO, THE BIG CIRCUS or else this lesser known but more entertaining little circus thriller: a John Wayne production (that he doesn't appear in) 
titled RING OF FEAR wherein the first three credited stars include two that are exploited for their skills while being 
non-actors and playing themselves... 
 
The
 second is real life pulp author Mickey Spillane, complimented by 
surrounding circus employees, all fans of his gritty and popular (and 
brilliant) gumshoe novels: as an example of the unapologetic exploitation element, one vendor just happens to be reading a Spillane potboiler as Mickey stops for a hot dog — then hands him his latest paperback potboiler...

action, body count, circus, exploitation, fifties, film noir or melodrama, john bromfield, john wayne, marian carr, mickey spillane, pat o'brien, sean mcclory, thriller

JOHN WAYNE PRESENTS 'RING OF FEAR' WITH JOHN BROMFIELD

Pat O'Brien, Sean McClory & Mickey Spillane YEAR: 1954 There's THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, considered by some the greatest ...

FAVORITES SHORTLIST

1)OTLEY 2)ROBBERY 3)HELL IS A CITY 4)THE FEARMAKERS 5)CANYON PASSAGE 6)HOT CARS 7)VIOLENT SATURDAY 8)THE BREAK 9)THE CROWDED SKY 10)THE ROARING TWENTIES 11) ANATOMY OF A MURDER 12)CALCULATED RISK 13)SWEENEY TWO 14)RAIDERS FROM BENEATH THE SEA 15)HARDCORE 16)JUNGLE STREET 17)WHITE HEAT 18)FALLEN ANGEL 19)A PRIZE OF ARMS 20)THE BIG HEAT 21)SHARKS' TREASURE 22)THE MARKED ONES 23)THE DRIVER 24)THE SYSTEM 25)AIR PATROL 26)THE STONE KILLER 27)JOURNEY INTO FEAR 28)WILLIAM CONRAD'S BRAINSTORM 29)FRENZY 30)THE MAN FROM LARAMIE FAVORITE ACTORS 1)DANA ANDREWS 2)JAMES CAGNEY 3)STANLEY BAKER 4)MARLON BRANDO 5)JACK NICHOLSON 6)CHARLES BRONSON 7)BURT REYNOLDS 8)WILLIAM LUCAS 9)TOM COURTENAY 10)GENE HACKMAN DIRECTORS 1)JACQUES TOURNEUR 2)RICHARD FLEISCHER 3)VAL GUEST 4)STANLEY KUBRICK 5)OTTO PREMINGER 6)ORSON WELLES 7)JOHN GUILLERMAN 8)JOHN LANDIS 9)SAM PECKINPAH 10)MICHAEL WINNER