by Ted Davis Original Air Date: May 27, 1961 Directed by: Bernard L. Kowalski Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Young and credulous David Gideon (Karl Held) is romantically involved with the experienced and wily Dorine Hopkins (Patricia Barry), who is married to the obnoxious Tony […]
Directed by: Charles Correll Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A made-for-TV movie based on a true story. Linda DeSilva Edelman (Cheryl Ladd) tries to divorce her abusive husband (Jameson Parker), who in turns hires a hit man to kill her before their court date. Cat Burglar […]
by Ted Davis Also Known As: Walk in the Shadow Directed by: Basil Dearden Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Because of his deeply held religious convictions, John Paul Harris (Michael Craig) refuses to allow a blood transfusion which would save the life of his beloved daughter […]
Directed by: William Dieterle This review contains a Slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Synopsis: Danny Haley (Charlton Heston), who runs a recently raided gambling location, bilks a visiting businessman (Don DeFore) out of a large sum of money which then leads him to fear reprisal from the man’s criminal brother (Mike Mazurki). Purr Blur: Danny’s buddy […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Robert Butler Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Approaching his fiftieth year, weary streetwise cop Bumper Morgan (William Holden) has been pounding the L.A. beat for close to two decades and feels the weight of each one of his years. He’s […]
Music Artist: Baby Shakes Synopsis: The band performs this cover of The Angels song for a pandemic-themed video. Kitty Cameo: During the video a tuxedo cat is shown lounging on a couch as the camera zooms in for a close up. Final Mewsings: Cats did their best to take the pandemic in stride. Many thanks […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: David Butler Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: During the early days of WWII, Pulitzer Prize winning (!?) foreign correspondent Robert Kittredge (Bob Hope) pulls a boner by reporting that Germany would not attack Russia. When the inverse occurs, Kittredge is […]
by Mark Murton Original Title: 5 tombe per un medium (5 Graves for a Medium) Director: Massimo Pupillo Synopsis: An attorney, Albert Kovac (Walter Brandi), arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner, Jeronimus Hauff. Hauff’s widow and daughter claim that the late lord could summon the souls of ancient […]
Directed by: Robert Voskanian This review contains an Implied Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young woman named Alicianne (Laurel Barnett) takes a job as a nanny to a motherless little girl named Rosalie (Rosalie Cole) who has some very unusual friends […]
by Mark Murton Director: Wes Craven Synopsis: Two teenage girls heading to a rock concert try to score some marijuana in the city, where they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychopathic convicts. Kitty Cameo: Near the start of the film Fred (Fred J. Lincoln) and Sadie (Jeramie Rain) are at their seedy […]