Directed by: Don Siegel Synopsis: A social worker (James Whitmore) tries to get through to hoodlum kids running amok in the streets. Purr Blur: Near the end of the film, Frankie (John Cassavetes), Angelo (Sal Mineo) and Lou (Mark Rydell) crouch in an alley in anxious anticipation of an impending event. After a moment of […]
Original Air Date: July 1, 1982 Directed by: Reza S. Badiyi Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielson) goes undercover as a locksmith to bring down gangsters who are extorting money from local businesses. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The head of the crime […]
Directed by: Lynne Ramsay Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Joe (Joaquin Phoenix) is a traumatized war veteran who gets caught up in a complicated situation when asked to rescue the daughter of a politician from a sex ring. Kitty Cameo: After things go awry, Joe […]
Original Air Date: May 20, 2010 Directed by: Chris Long Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Patrick (Simon Baker) resents Kristina’s (Leslie Hope) involvement when a Red John style murder takes place. Cat Cattle Call: A lead sends Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) and Cho (Tim Kang) looking for […]
Directed by: Dick Richards Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Driving instructor Rafferty (Alan Arkin) gets tangled up with two eccentric drifters, Frisbee (Mackenzie Phillips) and Mac (Sally Kellerman), after they kidnap him at gunpoint. Kitty Cameo: Despite their strained beginnings, Rafferty befriends the girls and […]
Directed by: Alan Madden Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Flo (Julia Blake) and Minnie (Lynette Curran) are elderly women who advertise for a border and end up with a deceased criminal and a policeman on his tail. They then resort to unique means to dispose […]
Original Title: Cobra Nero Directed by: Stelvio Massi Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In this Italian action film, Detective Robert Malone (aka Black Cobra) (Fred Williamson) takes on a biker gang in order to protect photographer witness Elys Trumbo (Eva Grimaldi). Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]
Original Title: Yajû no seishun Directed by: Seijun Suzuki Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jôji ‘Jo’ Mizuno (Jô Shishido) looks for the truth behind a friend’s suspicious suicide and ends up pitting two Yakuza gangs against each other. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Jo is invited […]
Directed by: Phil Karlson Synopsis: Retired mob accountant Eddie Rico (Richard Conte) is drawn back into the fold when his brothers are threatened. Purr Blur: Near the end of the film, Eddie is trying to get back to his mother’s apartment. As he sneaks behind some stairs, a longhair cat runs down them with a […]
Original Air Date: May 29, 1960 Directed by: David MacDonald Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Inspector Duval (Charles Korvin) lands in a South American country to arrest a wanted criminal only to find himself in the midst of a civil war. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): When […]