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 […]
by Ted Davis Also Known As: No Place Like Homicide! Directed by: Pat Jackson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Scaredy-cat proofreader Ernie Broughton (Kenneth Connor) travels to Yorkshire for a nighttime reading of his uncle’s last will and testament, accompanied by his more confident and […]
Original Title: Der Name der Rose Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning for Scruffing! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Father William von Baskerville (Sean Connery) is a Franciscan monk who investigates a series of mysterious deaths in a secluded abbey, […]
Review by Ted DavisBehind the Scenes by Linda Kay Starring: Yehudi Directed by: Arthur Lubin This review contains a mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Radio writer Sally Ambler (Wendy Barrie) travels back to Wisteria Hall, the old family mansion outside of […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Robert S. Baker Synopsis: A Scotland Yard detective commits a crime and gets sent to prison in order to go undercover and infiltrate a gang of warehouse breakers that he has been unable to catch by normal methods. Purr Blur (and Cat Burglar Scene Stealer!) The gang and their new […]
Original Title: Il silenzio dei prosciutti Directed by: Ezio Greggio This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Detective Jo Dee Fostar (Billy Zane) enlists advice from serial killer Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza (Dom DeLuise) in this spoof of crime thrillers. […]
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: December 15, 1974 Directed by: Michael O’Herlihy Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Hard-working private eye Joe Mannix (Mike Connors) is hired by Kelly Anderson (Carol Lawrence) to prove that the lone survivor of a plane crash disaster, Penn Anderson (Paul […]
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: June 12, 1979 Directed by: Peter Hammond Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Acerbic and aging, beleaguered quotation-spewing barrister Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) travels again from London, this time to the Northern Circuit in order to defend local actress Maggie Hartley […]
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 […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Anthony Pelissier Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Giles Gordon (David Farrar), an ex-serviceman wounded and nearly blinded during WWII, recuperates in the south of France before resuming his law practice. He is attracted by shop assistant Alix Delaisse née Malinay […]