by Mark Murton Also Known As: Three Stops to Murder Directed by: Terence Fisher Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Discharged by his employer, a private eye, Tom Conway (Tom Conway) stays on the case of a jewel theft at a London fashion house after a […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Jeremy Summers Synopsis: Young Steve runs away from home, having argued with his father, and hides in a slate mine where his friend Paul finds him and brings him back. However, on returning to their village the two boys find the place completely deserted. Kitty Cameo: Steve and Paul are […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: James Whale Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Long Island socialites Tony Milburn (Robert Young) and Carlota Milburn (Constance Cummings) celebrate their six month wedding anniversary by joining a similarly spoiled, entitled and tiresome group of unregenerate young couples in an […]
How a Female Cat Named Elmer Became a Television Star Across America young actors dream about being discovered by Hollywood, looking forward to the day they would travel sometimes thousands of miles to Tinseltown to launch their careers. For Elmer, that thought probably never crossed his, or rather her, mind. So how exactly did a […]
Original Air Date: October 29, 1958 Starring: Elmer Directed by: John Peyser Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The Millionaire Tipton sends a check to a spinster named Amanda Comfort (Loie Bridge) who recently set up a will stipulating that her nephew Freddie Howard (Del Moore) care […]
Directed by: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young man named Milo Thatch (voiced by Michael J. Fox) jumps at the chance to go on an expedition to find the lost city of Atlantis, a place which his grandfather firmly […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: George Harrison Marks Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film. Synopsis: A young woman (Margaret Nolan in her film debut) returns home to her flat and proceeds to perform a striptease for an unseen audience. Kitty Cameos: The woman’s disrobing is interspersed with shots […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Jacques Deray Synopsis: Fact-based French film depicting the 9-year hunt for ruthless gangster Emile Buisson after his escape from prison in 1947. Purr Blur: Bored and hungry on a fruitless night-time stakeout one of the cops takes out his frustration on a cat sat at his feet (occupied by something […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Richard Loncraine Synopsis: In 1905, after ten years of missionary work in Africa, the Reverend Charles Fortescue (Michael Palin) is recalled to England where his Bishop gives him his new assignment: to minister to London’s slum prostitutes. Kitty Cameo: The first “fallen woman” Fortescue approaches is the buxom Ada (Tricia […]
Original Air Date: January 4, 1962 Directed by: Richard Whorf Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After feeling unappreciated, Chip (Stanley Livingston) decides to run away from home but doesn’t go far. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Chip finds himself alone downtown in an alley. Hearing someone coming, […]