Payoff (1991)
From director Stuart Cooper comes a film that represents another fine example of what could show up on the new release shelf of the local VHS store back at the […]
Selling the Movie With Jeff Chandler on the Poster
Jeff Chandler was a sure fire leading man in most any genre during the 1950’s. From his Oscar nominated turn as Cochise in the 1950 western, Broken Arrow till his […]
Now Playing, February 27th, 1977.
My latest find while scouring antique shops for movie memorabilia was a Toronto Sun newspaper from way back when the Montreal Canadians were THE team to reckon with in the […]
Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977) Burt Lancaster in the Seventies
Burt Lancaster and tough guy director Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen) had a long association together that began on Apache back in 1954 and then on to Vera Cruz in the […]
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
Following The Big Knife and Attack, Robert Aldrich directed Jack Palance for the third and final time teaming him with popular leading man Jeff Chandler in this taut tale of […]
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
William Holden won an Oscar for the 1953 film Stalag 17 and in ’54 would star in two films opposite Grace Kelly. This Korean war epic and The Country Girl […]
The Burt Reynolds Starter Kit
On a suggestion from a friend I got a good chuckle so I have borrowed the heading and idea for this nod to Mr. Reynolds. I was there when Burt’s […]
The Lee Marvin Movie Poster Gallery
If you’ve taken the time to visit here on occasion then you know by now that Lee Marvin ranks pretty high on my list of favorite actors or tough guys […]
Ernest Borgnine : Nobody Rides Shack’s Train.
“I played a railroad conductor named Shack, the most evil, sadistic scoundrel who ever existed.” So says Ernest Borgnine in his autobiography published in 2008. Thanks to the fine folks […]
Big Leaguer (1953)
Like William Bendix in Kill the Umpire I get a little bit of baseball fever when spring training camps open up and the 162 game schedule for Canada’s team is […]
Lost Stills From a Career That Could Have Been.
When looking back at the screen career that could have been, I find that while I never became a household name I met some wonderful film stars over the years […]
You Can’t Fool Me, Wonder Woman!
Lately I have been checking out series pilots for some of those cheesy seventies shows. The Six Million Dollar Man, The Man From Atlantis and The New Original Wonder Woman […]
The Prowler (1951)
While greed, adultery and murder are favorite subjects for the Noir genre this Joseph Losey directed effort adds self pity and cruelty into the mix with a sledge hammer as […]
The Angry Hills (1959)
Anytime you team Robert Mitchum with Stanley Baker under Robert Aldrich’s direction you have a formula for success. Or so it would seem. This turns out to be rather unbelievable […]
Directed By Robert Aldrich : Part 2
I’ll come back and take this grenade and shove it down your throat and pull the pin! Oh, Blanche? You know we’ve got rats in the cellar? The only thing […]
Directed By Robert Aldrich : Part 1
`Next time you draw near me, better`say what your aimin`to shoot at. `I should have thrown you off that cliff back there. I might still do it. `What do you […]
