Blindfold (1966)
With Cary Grant retiring, Rock Hudson steps into this very Grant like role that sees the popular leading man tangling with spies, generals and best of all, Claudia Cardinale. In […]
99 River Street (1953)
Proving once again that he was an actor who perfectly fit the mold of the Noir leading man, John Payne, stars as an ex-boxer in a dead end marriage doing […]
Taras Bulba (1962)
This Harold Hecht production with J. Lee Thompson directing comes across as if it had been intended to be the biggest spectacle of the year capturing the bulk of the […]
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
While Burt Lancaster was as big a star as Hollywood could boast of by 1958, the actor wasn’t scared to give up top billing to play opposite a screen legend […]
Von Ryan’s Express (1965)
Occupied Italy, 1943. A plane passes overhead, clearly circling for an imminent crash. German officers arrive at the scene of the downed plane only to find Italian soldiers claiming the […]
Vigilante Force (1976)
“They called it God’s Country till all hell broke loose!” With Dirty Harry and Death Wish leading the way in a new type of screen justice, exploitation producer Gene Corman […]
Trivial Pursuit : Silver Screen Edition Part 2
Putting on my Alex Trebek mustache once again I have selected another card featuring a variety of topics and questions meant to exercise your mind in the art of movie […]
Macao (1952)
Once again Robert Mitchum meets up with Jane Russell in a far off exotic location for more escapades in the Noir genre. Previously they had joined forces under the RKO […]
ELI WALLACH : Before Tuco There Was Calvera
When the opening credits of John Sturges’ The Magnificent 7 come to a close, Elmer Bernstien’s memorable western score shifts dramatically as an army of bandits on horseback ride into the frame. […]
Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
This WW2 saga from screenwriter Harry Brown (Sands of Iwo Jima) was directed by workhorse Richard Fleischer. Fleischer is a guy who directed feature films from 1948 to 1987 and […]
