by Ted Davis Directed by: Sacha Guitry Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After enduring 30 years of something less than connubial bliss with drunken and slovenly shrew Blandine (Germaine Reuver), the exhausted and constantly harassed Paul Louis Victor Bracconier (Michel Simon) determines to put an end […]
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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”
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 […]
The New Daughter (2009)
Starring: Marmalade Directed by: Luiso Berdejo This review contains a Severe Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: John James (Kevin Costner) moves his daughter Louisa (Ivana Baquero) and son Sam (Gattlin Griffith) to a remote home in South Carolina only to realize that […]
Vengeance Is Mine (1949)
by Mark Murton Directed by: Alan Cullimore Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Believing himself to be dying, Charles Heywood (Valentine Dyall) hires an assassin to kill him so he can frame a former business partner who got him sent to jail for the death. Purr […]
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”
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 […]
Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter (1968)
Directed by: Saul Swimmer Synopsis: A group of Manchester lads travel to London to race a greyhound named Mrs. Brown in a big race in this showcase for Herman’s Hermits. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): At the very end of the final credits a shot of Judy (Sarah Caldwell) modeling is included. The camera pans down […]
The Revealing Eye (1960)
Synopsis: A compilation of fascinating films showcasing slow motion, microscopic and telescopic photography, time-lapse and other methods used to expose what it normally impossible to see, brought to you by the Shell Oil Company! Kitty Cameos: A couple of early experiments in capturing motion through a series of photographs using cats is showcased at the […]
Seventh Heaven (1937)
Directed by: Henry King Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Parisian sewer worker Chico (James Stewart) reluctantly rescues an abused prostitute named Diane (Simone Simon) and gives her shelter in his attic flat, slowly realizing over time that he is falling in love with her. Cat […]