Distant Drums (1951)
Gary Cooper vs. the Seminole Indians by way of Warner Brothers and Raoul Walsh. Coop is in full heroic mode here as a Captain living in the Florida Everglades who […]
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
One question. Where’s Peter Lorre’s Oscar for Best Supporting Actor? If Anthony Quinn can win the award for a similarly short role in Lust For Life then surely the Academy […]
They Died With Their Boots On (1941) Errol Flynn Day 5
I decided to save this film to the end of my Errol Flynn salute because there is a scene in this film that I must admit makes it hard for […]
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
Long before modern day actors like Robert De Niro parodied themselves in films like Analyze This, Edward G. Robinson was doing it wonderfully in films like this and others such […]
Seminole (1953)
Here’s a Universal-International western that kind of struck me as a Mutiny on the Bounty wanna be in the Florida everglades. Rising star Rock Hudson plays a young Lieutenant under […]
Across 110th Street (1972)
This violent seventies film jump starts very quickly as 3 men out to make a quick score take down a money exchange between the Harlem mob and the local Italian […]
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond has been played by some notables over the years including romantic Ronald Colman in 1929 and dependable Richard Johnson in 1967. For this 67 minute time […]
