Flick Review < Detour (1945) / Edgar G. Ulmer
Al Roberts: How far you goin'? Vera: How far YOU goin'? Al Roberts: That took me by surprise, and I turned around...
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Flick Review < Sweet Smell of Success | Alexander Mackendrick (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)Director: Alexander Mackendrick The screenplay was written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman and Mackendrick from the novelette...
The Roaring Twenties | Raoul Walsh (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)Director: Raoul Walsh Writers: Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Robert RossenStars: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane(in voice-over): 1929....
The Book & the Movie: The Night of the Hunter | Davis Grubb, 1953 / Charles Laughton, 1955
Harry Powers was a convicted serial killer who was hanged in Moundsville, West Virginia, in 1932. He lured his victims through...
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The Book & the Movie: The Spiral Staircase / Some Must Watch | Ethel Lina White, 1933 / Robert Siodmak, 1946
"For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away." William Shakespeare, Hamlet"The wind shrieked, as though a flock...
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Flick Review < Fallen Angel | Otto Preminger (1945)
Fallen Angel, 1945 black-and-white film noir Director: Otto Preminger Writers: Harry Kleiner (screen play), Marty Holland (novel) cinematography by Joseph...
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Flick Review < Never Let Go | John Guillermin (1960)
. Never Let Go, 1960, poster by Wladyslaw Janiszewsk . Never Let Go , 1960 British thriller Director John Guillermin Story...
Flick Review < White Heat | Raoul Walsh (1949)
White Heat (1949) Director: Raoul Walsh Stars: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien White Heat, Al Fenn, 1949
Flick Review < Ace in the Hole | Billy Wilder, 1951
Ace in the Hole AKA The Big Carnival, Billy Wilder (1951) Cinematography: Charles Lang Stars: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert...
The Harder They Fall | Mark Robson (1956)
First Reporter: Can he box?Eddie Willis: No Gene Tunney.Second Reporter: Can he punch?Eddie Willis: Not like Jack Dempsey.Third Reporter: Well,...