The Rocket Man (1954)

The Rocket Man (1954)

by Brian H Directed by: Oscar Rudolph Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Timmy (George ‘Foghorn’ Winslow), a little boy in an orphanage, is temporarily invited into the home of Amelia Brown (Spring Byington), a middle-aged Justice of the Peace. Amelia and her family are campaigning […]

Have Gun – Will Travel – “Tiger”

Have Gun – Will Travel – “Tiger”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: November 28, 1959 Directed by: Don Taylor This review contains a mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The prolific and mysterious gunslinger known as Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired by wealthy coward John Ellsworth (Parley Baer) to […]

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

by Ted Davis Directed by: Julien Duvivier Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Prosperous and well-fed businessman Doakes (Robert Benchley) visits his club one evening to relieve a bad case of the jitters brought on by the combination of a disturbing experience with a fortune teller […]

Tales of the Unexpected – “Edward the Conqueror”

Tales of the Unexpected – “Edward the Conqueror”

Review by Mark MurtonBehind the Scenes by Linda Kay Original Air Date: May 5, 1979 Directed by: Rodney Bennett Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A musically appreciative stray cat comes between elderly husband Edward (Joseph Cotton) and his wife Louisa (Wendy Hiller). Featured Feline: As Edward […]

Casanova’s Big Night (1954)

Casanova’s Big Night (1954)

by Ted Davis Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In the Italy of 1757, Casanova (Vincent Price) is regarded as the greatest swordsman in all of Europe, and Pippo Popolino (Bob Hope), cowardly tailor’s apprentice, impersonates Casanova as part of a […]

Luck (2022)

Luck (2022)

Directed by: Peggy Holmes Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sam (voiced by Eva Noblezada) is a notoriously unlucky young woman, but that changes when a chance meeting with a polydactyl black cat named Bob (voiced by Simon Pegg) leads her to the Land of Luck. Cartoon […]

Mr. Jones (2019)

Mr. Jones (2019)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Agnieszka Holland Synopsis: Welsh journalist Gareth Jones (James Norton) risks his life to expose the truth about the devastating famine in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. Kitty Cameo: Jones’s writing is said to have influenced George Owell’s Animal Farm and the film opens with Orwell (Joseph Mawle) working […]

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – “An Unlocked Window”

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – “An Unlocked Window”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: February 15, 1965 Directed by: Joseph M. Newman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A rash of brutal and inexplicable murders of young female nurses shocks the neighborhood and surrounding town where they occur. During a dark and stormy night, on […]

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)

Directed by: Henry Levin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Three pals, Max (Tom Ewell), Gus (Mickey Rooney) and Rocky (Mickey Shaughnessy) are so determined to set themselves up with a race horse they resort to felonious means. Kitty Cameo: Max runs a tire repair garage […]

Dancing with Crime (1947)

Dancing with Crime (1947)

by Ted Davis Directed by: John Paddy Carstairs Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In post WWII London, decorated war veteran and current-day cab driver Ted Peters (Richard Attenborough) investigates the murder of longtime friend Dave Robinson (Bill Owen), who was involved in the black market. […]