Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Edmund Lowe, H.B. Warner, Benita Hume Directed by: Edwin L. Marin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A series of mysterious suicides surrounding millionaire Lowe Hammle (Gene Lockhart) has detective Philo Vance (Edmund Lowe) working overtime to learn the truth. Kitty Cameo: Hammle’s mother (Jessie Ralph) is […]
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Warner Bros. Starring: Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer Directed by: Fritz Lang Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Prof. Alvah Jesper (Gary Cooper) is recruited by American authorities to help rescue a scientist who has escaped from Nazi, Germany, leading him to Switzerland and then Italy where he meets an […]
Major Payne (1995)
Universal Pictures Starring: Damon Wayans Directed by: Nick Castle Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: A ruthless Marine named Major Benson Payne (Damon Wayans) finds himself assigned to an ROTC class full of misfit boys. Kitty Cameo: Near the beginning of the film Major Payne is lying in a room […]
Lost Cat Corona (2017)
Choice Films Starring: Ralph Macchio, Gina Gershon Also Starring: Baxter Directed by: Anthony Tarsitano Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A guy named Dominic (Ralph Macchio) who always plays it safe comes face to face with some crazy neighborhood people as he searches for his wife’s cat Leonard. Featured […]
The Belles of St. Trinian’s (1954)
London Film Productions Starring: Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell Directed by: Frank Launder Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a slight spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Headmistress Millicent Fritton (Alastair Sim) leads the rough and rowdy schoolgirls of St. Trinian’s who strike fear into the hearts of local townspeople. Purr Blur: Near the end of the film […]
The Wild Wild West – “The Night of the Watery Death”
Original Air Date: November 11, 1966 Starring: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin Directed by: Irving J. Moore Synopsis: James West (Robert Conrad) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin) investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding a ship being sunk by a dragon torpedo in San Francisco. Purr Blur: At the beginning of the episode James is walking down a dark San Francisco street. He […]
Doctor Faustus (1967)
Nassau Films Starring: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor Directed by: Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill Synopsis: Based on the play The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, this film tells the classic Faust story of a man who sells his soul to the devil. Kitty Cameo: In one scene Doctor Faust (Richard Burton) appears […]
The Big Turnaround (1988)
Dove Productions Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Bryan Cranston Directed by: Joe Cranston Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of renegades defend a small southwestern town besieged by narcotics-driven crime and a ruthless (and musically inept) crime boss. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Among the many characters in this confusing and […]
The Return of Dracula (1958)
Gramercy Pictures Starring: Francis Lederer, Jimmy Baird Directed by: Paul Landres Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Dracula (Francis Lederer) travels to Carleton, California, a small mining town, and moves in with an unsuspecting family of middle class Americans. Kitty Cameo: We see a little boy named Mickey (Jimmy Baird) […]
Hawaii Five-0 – “King Kamehameha Blues”
Original Air Date: November 12, 1969 Starring: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Randall Duk Kim Directed by: Barry Shear Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A group of young college students decide to break into the Bishop Museum and steal King Kamehameha’s cloak just for kicks. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The students stage […]