by Ted Davis Directed by: Carol Reed Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Responsible and compassionate Nurse Anne Graham (Margaret Lockwood) is wrongfully accused and tried for murdering invalid patient Miss Blakey (Irene Handl), but is acquitted of the charges, mainly through the efforts of her […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Stephen Roberts (Grandma segment) Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Released during the depths of the Depression, this omnibus movie follows elderly but still feisty mega-millionaire John Glidden (Richard Bennett) as he presents a million dollars each to folks picked at […]
Music Artist: INXS Directed by: Soren Jensen Synopsis: A music video for the Australian band features a crazy feast. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): The band is sitting at a table with some beautiful women, all of whom are feasting on a huge meal of figs, bread and turkey. Also on the table are several cats […]
Original Title: Кошачий концерт Directed by: Vladimir Kadukhin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of cats gather to sing on a rooftop but are interrupted by the noise of people all around them in this animated short from the Soviet Union. Cartoon Cats: A […]
Directed by: Al Christie Synopsis: Mrs. Newlywed faces the daunting prospect of preparing a last minute meal for her husband’s friends but is helped by three musical men who extoll to her the virtues of pork through song and cooking lessons. Purr Blur: When the meal is prepared the doorbell rings and Mrs. Newlywed rushes […]
Original Air Date: March 17, 2017 Directed by: Amy Sherman-Palladino Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this series! Synopsis: Mrs. Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) is living a picture-perfect life until her husband leaves her and she stumbles into the bawdy world of nightclub comics. Kitty Cameo: In the pilot episode, […]
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: December 9, 1986 Directed by: Daniel Haller Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Santa Claus in the person of down-on-his-luck Korea war veteran Tom McCabe (Pat Hingle) is arrested for murdering slimy slumlord Alan Rollins (Linden Chiles). Wily and folksy Ben […]
Directed by: Stuart Cooper Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Amanda Kingsley (Loretta Young) is a wealthy, charitable older woman who finds out she has an incurable aneurism and hires a detective to track down and reunite her grown children. Cat Cattle Call: Amanda likes to go […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Michael Relph and Basil Dearden Synopsis: Retired Colonial Serviceman Henry Phipps (Cecil Parker) takes a job as a probation officer in a run-down London borough and finds it more of a challenge than he imagined. Purr Blur: As Phipps gets to know the neighbourhood where he will be working he […]
by Brian H Directed by: Russell Rouse Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Arnie Judlow (Jack Palance) is an inmate at California’s San Quentin prison. Arnie arranges with his honest brother Bill (also Jack Palance but not a twin) to escape by having Bill sneak into […]