cult film freak: joseph wiseman

Written by James M. Tate / 6/01/2023 / No comments / action , charles bronson , depression-era , gerald s. o'loughlin , italian , jill ireland , joseph wiseman , lino ventura , mobster , seventies , terence young

CHARLES BRONSON IN TERENCE YOUNG'S 'THE VALACHI PAPERS'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSpFOXXwlggHMeqznOQnygZ_m8BtigJ8l2JIcdq_eC8cfnLlFENXJB3HMOsZ6e64M7Luzxkb0uDQQmULabcIu03F44z5nhDLvLXALWcqHuYRn-_LX3M5SioReRGi1eDw8gNyU5JZrwUTC/s1137/s-l1600.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1104" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSpFOXXwlggHMeqznOQnygZ_m8BtigJ8l2JIcdq_eC8cfnLlFENXJB3HMOsZ6e64M7Luzxkb0uDQQmULabcIu03F44z5nhDLvLXALWcqHuYRn-_LX3M5SioReRGi1eDw8gNyU5JZrwUTC/w389-h400/s-l1600.jpeg" width="389"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The Valachi Papers Year: 1972 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>One of the last Charles Bronson roles as a moody and irritable, tempermental <i>characte</i>r, soon mellowing int strong-silent types after DEATH WISH while director Terence Young follows along the exploitation crime template of their European venture <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/12/bronson70.html">COLD SWEAT</a> (before RED SUN); yet THE VALACHI PAPERS is an American-backed feature that <i>had to be</i> shot in Italy, thus resembling Bronson's European phase and, like THE GODFATHER the same year, two main time periods are used: back when gangster's reigned and later as they're being gathered up and thrown away... </p><p></p><p></p><p>Beginning with Bronson's gray-haired Valachi in prison, surviving various shiv-driven attempts and ending up seated in a tape-recorded backroom telling cop's cop IN COLD BLOOD actor Gerald S. O'Loughlin his story as a mob driver seen in flashbacks while randomly (and intrusively) heard narrating throughout the action... </p><p>A sparse, violent tale with Classic Gangster Cinema cliches from loaded cement dumped in the ocean to Tommy Guns blasting, there's enough antique visual style even during overlong detours and a convoluted plot involving Valachi forced to end the career of mob boss Lino Ventura. But the Italian veteran actor's underused, not as important as need be given the primary task; Valachi's initial boss Joseph Wiseman is far more interesting as overall PAPERS has an unfocused story eventually marred by forced ingenue Jill Ireland in another dull performance, which isn't entirely her fault since this particular tough guy flick needn't an ingenue at all. </p><p><span></span></p>

action, charles bronson, depression-era, gerald s. o'loughlin, italian, jill ireland, joseph wiseman, lino ventura, mobster, seventies, terence young

CHARLES BRONSON IN TERENCE YOUNG'S 'THE VALACHI PAPERS'

The Valachi Papers Year: 1972 Rating: **1/2 One of the last Charles Bronson roles as a moody and irritable, tempermental characte r, soon me...

Written by James M. Tate / 11/23/2015 / No comments / 007 , espionage , james bond , joseph wiseman , sean connery , sixties

CONNERY BOND ONE: DR. NO

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Couple things to begin. We first learn that Sean Connery's secret agent James Bond likes his Martini "<i>Mixed </i>not Stirred" as opposed to "Shaken." A very bland individual, never to appear again, plays Q and provides 007 a new gun and no gadgets. Bernard Lee is introduced as M while Lois Maxwell's young-enough Moneypenny is worth more than goading flirtation, and the opening credit sequence doesn't have its own song with lyrics or without, but rather, just as we're setting up the Scottish actor in the lead role, the (soon to be iconic) Bond theme is established from the start...<br>

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CONNERY BOND ONE: DR. NO

year: 1962 cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, John Kitzmiller Director: Terence Young Couple things to begin. We first lea...

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